[Leica] Nathan's PAD 20/7/2016: the swing

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

Hey Ted, 
In my first photo job, we shot football sidelines using a Rollei and TriX.  

Talk about fun following action looking down!

We usually got some shots.

from my iPad

Sonny Carter

> On Jul 21, 2016, at 6:48 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
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> Hi Nathan,
> Imagine what it was like in the film days and trying to capture golfer in 
> swing and ball? 
> It was always, or nearly so?
> "OK do it again just in case?" "Yeah I know it's the second roll of 36 
> exposures, but the "SPORTS PAGE EDITOR SAID!" Don't come back unless you 
> have that kind of shot!" now I did say film! :-)
> No there wasn't a portable darkroom you took along. You shot roll after 
> roll until the golfer became too tired to hit a ball or ticked off with 
> you and your damn camera. So if you were tagged for this assignment? 
> Before you left the newspaper you picked-up an extra 10 rolls "JUST IN 
> CASE?"
> These digital days and cameras with high speed motor drives? They shoot 
> one then look at the screen and "chimp the images!" Aaaaaahhhhh digital! 
> :-)  Life is so easy!  :-)
> cheers,
> ted! 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman
> Sent: July-21-16 12:28 AM
> To: Leica Users Group; Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 20/7/2016: the swing
> 
> Yesterday was the last full day of my son?s visit?later today he and I 
> will drive to Madrid, from where he flies to New York tomorrow morning. 
> Last night my wife enticed us to go to the golf practice range. After many 
> failed attempts, I managed to capture a shot of my son?s swing, with the 
> ball still in the frame:
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> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-t89tLwD/A
> 
> And then we posed for my wife:
> 
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-22brDHS/A
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
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