Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hard work, but extra results, excellent continuity of Grant?s Saga! Cheers Lluis El 03/09/2014, a las 04:25, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> escribi?: > Hi Crew, > A note from my son Scott whom many of you know his name and have seen his > photography. So here's his life during the past 21 days! > ============ > Scott's message: > I added up some numbers for those that might be interested in what it > really > like to travel and work as a professional in my field. During August this > year, I had three big assignments, Para Pan Pacific swimming Championships > in Pasadena, California, Pan Pacific Championships on the Gold Coast in > Australia and the Jr Pan Pacific Championships in Maui. To the general > population it all sounds pretty amazing and glamorous, don't get me wrong, > it was a pretty amazing month. I put together some facts on the trip. This > is over a three week period, crossing the international date line, which > got > me two Tuesdays last week. > > Travel: > > Time spent in the air: 54 hours > Distance travelled: 24,671 miles(38,634 km) > Time in trains: 14 hours > Time waiting in airports: 28 hours > Days shooting: 15 > Days off: 1 > Images shot: 9850 approximately > Time to edit everything: 2-3 weeks > > For swimming the events start between 9am-10am each day for the heats, > usually last until 11:30-12:30, arrival time to the pool is 8am. Back to > the > hotel spend the afternoon working on photos. Finals start between 5pm-6pm, > last until 7:30-9:00, back to the hotel and work on pictures until > midnight. > In between the events it was grabbing a quick bite to eat, sometimes it was > real food, other than just a sandwich. > > As for visiting beautiful places and seeing the world, I did, I saw > airports, hotels and swimming pools. That's about it. <<<<<<<< > cheers, > Scott Grant > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information