Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At the NBA championships in Portland in 1978 I asked Dr. J of the Sixers if the flash (overhead strobes in the rafters) bothered him. "If you see the flash, you ain't playing basketball," he replied. James Mason Alaska >Flash bother? >I did think of one time that it was a bother. >In early 1990's Formula One (newly crowned) World Champ Nigel Mansel >became unhappy with his F-1 contract and told his team where to go. >So what's he to do? Come to the USA and go Indy Car racing. He won >the first race of the season--his first Indy car race. He was >nothing short of sensational. >By the time he got to Indianapolis, in May, there was literally a >media frenzy around him. The pits are always crowded but with Nigel >there a ton of international media came to town. >One practice day we (!) were all shooting a lot of him. Everybody >(most) uses flash in the pits at Indy because of the hats, helmets >and bright sunshine. You really need to fill-in the shadows. This >day it was bothering Nigel (actually, everything bothered him, but >that's another story). There were alot of photogs shooting. Anyway, >he went to an official to complain ( a few of us overheard the >conversations and most of us decided to just back off). In the >middle of his tirade to this official about the number of flashes >blinding him a French photographer ran up and popped off about five >shots in about three seconds directly in Nigels face. Nigel was >jumping up and down mad, and the rest of us were practically on the >ground laughing. >John Fulton >Fort Worth >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html