Emily,
You have marvelous talent. Treasure the plaudits! Everyone is
jealous of your skill and your fame. From now on you will be
referred to as the "boat lady photographer." Too bad you weren't
active in the '30s -- you could have been a WPA photographer like
Dorthea Lange!
Roger
Roger Eichhorn
eichhorn@xxxxxx
On 15 Nov 2006, at 8:28 PM, Emily L. Ferguson wrote:
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.
--
Emily L. Ferguson
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New England landscapes, wooden boats and races
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