[Leica] IMG: RicC PAW2015.02

[Ted Grant]

Ric Carter SHOWED:
Sent: January-24-15 6:21 AM
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Subject: [Leica] IMG: RicC PAW2015.02

PAW 2 is posted
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Hi Ric.
What you have here is an excellent example of Photojournalism story telling pretty well at its best form.

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.

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!"

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. 

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!!!!!! :-(

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!

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! :-)

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!" :-) 

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. :-)

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?

Good on you lad! Well done!
cheers,
Dr. ted :-)













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