A photographer for a national magazine was assigned to take
pictures of a great forest fire. He was advised that a small
plane would be waiting to fly him over the fire.

The photographer arrived at the airstrip just an hour before
sundown. Sure enough, a small Cessna airplane was waiting. He
jumped in with his equipment and shouted, “Let’s go!” The tense
man sitting in the pilot’s seat swung the plane into the wind
and soon they were in the air, though flying erratically.

“Fly over the north side of the fire,” said the photographer,
“and make several low-level passes.”

“Why?” asked the nervous pilot.

“Because I’m going to take pictures!” yelled the photographer.
“I’m a photographer, and photographers take pictures.”

After a long pause, the “pilot” replied: “You mean, you’re not
my instructor?”