At 8:52 PM -0500 11/15/06, Guy Glorieux wrote:
It's probably more fun than being one in these rows of sports
photographers all flocking with their huge telephotos on tripod and
just clicking away like crazy throughout an event to get that "one"
shot better than the competitor... -:)
Well, I'm not sure. I can tell you that shooting baseball and
softball is a blast, and shooting the track and field events is also
very nifty. I'll bet tennis is neat too, although I didn't get to
shoot much of it the year I worked at the paper. Football at night
was hard, lax, field and ice hockey never came my way, and basketball
was actually the very best.
It would never have occurred to me to shoot a sport when I started at
the paper - farthest thing from my mind. The sailing had crept up on
me, but I didn't recognize it as a real deal until after I got sent
out every weekday afternoon to shoot high school sports.
I do think, however, that the contrast between the very fast and the
very zen enriches my time with the camera. The landscape stuff is
definitely zen - simply can't be done in a hurry. Takes me an hour
just to get into the zone, whereas the sailing I drop right in as
soon as I step on that photoboat and start out to the course.
And I do think the sailing's easier.
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Emily L. Ferguson
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