[Leica] Being an international sports photographer! :-)

[Tina Manley]

+1!

Tina


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:32 PM, George Lottermoser <
george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:

>
> On Sep 2, 2014, at 9:25 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> Terrific Reality Check Ted!
>
> Thanks to you and Scott both
> for explaining what professional means in his field;
> (and this doesn't even touch on equipment maintenance;
> and on and on and on.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
>
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