[Leica] IMG: RicC PAW2015.02

[George Lottermoser]

Like he said!

a note off the iPad, George

On Jan 24, 2015, at 11:33 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Ric Carter SHOWED:
> Sent: January-24-15 6:21 AM
> To: A forum dedicated to the Picture-A-Week project; Leica Users Group; leica at freelists.org
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: RicC PAW2015.02
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> PAW 2 is posted
> <http://www.2015.cartersxrd.net/2015/PAW2015/Pages/PAW02.html>
> http://tinyurl.com/kh75939
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> Hi Ric.
> What you have here is an excellent example of Photojournalism story telling pretty well at its best form.
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> This isn't a "one picture event" This is a photo story illustrating what the area looks like all about the place. The little bits and pieces that require a sharp eye of observation! I loved doing assignments of this nature simply because they weren't a walk in see a pretty flower === "click!" And leave.
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> Depending on the assignment? It could be? : "LIFE IN A STEEL MILL?" I maybe around there 12-14 hours a day for a week or longer depending on how the shooting went?" Quite often with a guide to avoid getting injured by accidently going someplace it might happen? Generally it was a free roam look for "neat photos!"
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> Another? "Harvest time on the Prairies?" A month, dawn till dusk day after day as soon as the farmer was ready to rock & roll? Me and cameras were right alongside or nearby! Doing nothing but roaming about looking for as many photogenic story telling images as possible to illustrate the whole story! AND NOT A POSED IMAGE IN THE THOUSANDS OF FRAMES! Always. "What I Observed and was turned on by? Is what I shot!" That usually entailed some aerial photography from a plane with no door on so I had maximum movement as we flew about. 
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> Oh yeah and a couple of near crash & burns included? "WHY?" The pilot was looking at what I was shooting and not where we were flying and what was in front of us!!!!!! :-(
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> How close? Enough for a rapid climb away from a hillock returning to the airport "WHERE FOLIAGE" had to be removed from the under-carriage! TRUE!
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> Well the pilot did that!  ME? I was in the toilet looking after series personal things requiring the removal of some under garment!  "SCARED?" Indescribable! :-)
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> LESSON LEARNED? Every time since on aerial shoots my pilot instructions have been...... "YOU LOOK WHERE THE PLANE IS GOING AND I'LL SHOOT THE PICTURES!"  Then smile, :-) as you don't want the pilot to feel "you are being a side seat driver!" :-) 
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> But it was documentary shooting at its best. Even though 90% was shot in B&W I always managed to come back with several dozen rolls of Kodachrome where "Real cool" colourful things were happening. :-)
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> Ric, a very nice story telling series of photographs. Looks like a neat place to hang out and walk about "Hunting" for a couple of days or weeks depending how large an area it is?
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> Good on you lad! Well done!
> cheers,
> Dr. ted :-)
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