Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1! Tina On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:32 PM, George Lottermoser < george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > > On Sep 2, 2014, at 9:25 PM, Ted Grant 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 > > Terrific Reality Check Ted! > > Thanks to you and Scott both > for explaining what professional means in his field; > (and this doesn't even touch on equipment maintenance; > and on and on and on. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com