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

[Ted Grant]

Hi Nathan,
In our cases, mine in the past. We were rarely allowed time for site seeing
as there was always the next event on the other side of the world and away
you went right after Closing Ceremonies. :-(

Sometimes during the Games we'd have a half a day to site-see if you wished.
However after doing 3 or 4 days of near 19 hour days in the heat of the day,
time off was usually for body and brain rejuvenation and not picture taking.
Unfortunately.:-(

cheers,
ted 

-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Nathan Wajsman
Sent: September-03-14 11:59 AM
To: lug Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Being an international sports photographer! :-)

Sounds similar to some business trips, although I do usually manage to make
time to enjoy the places I visit.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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YNWA













On 03 Sep 2014, at 04:25, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> 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
> 
> 
> 
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