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

[Frank Dernie]

Reminds me of my 35 years motor racing. Flight pretty well every week and see nothing but airport, hotel and circuit, leaving hotel at 6am and returning after midnight mostly.
Now I am retired I have only been into an airport twice in the last 4 years, and that was twice too many...
Frank D.

On 3 Sep, 2014, at 03:25, 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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