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

[Frank Dernie]

Same for me in motor racing, even the Australian Grand Prix (the other side of the World for us) arrive Wednesday evening, work Thursday, practice Friday, qualifying Saturday, race Sunday and straight to the airport from the circuit for the night flight home and straight to work as soon as arriving home.
My wife went twice in 35 years, once to Montreal, where we have family, and once to Budapest, where another wife went too and they went sight seeing (and where we were burgled at night whilst we slept and everything non-traceable taken which amounted to cash and film).
Funnily enough, pre digital the photogs were greatly envied since they were the first to finish and leave the circuit, at least they got to eat in a restaurant. Since digital they have had to work all evening like everybody else!

I have a heap of air miles, but may well waste them, I hate the airport experience so much.

Frank D.

On 3 Sep, 2014, at 20:29, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> 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. :-(
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> 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.:-(
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> cheers,
> ted 
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> -----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! :-)
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> Sounds similar to some business trips, although I do usually manage to make
> time to enjoy the places I visit.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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> On 03 Sep 2014, at 04:25, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> Travel:
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>> 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.
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>> 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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