[LRflex] Re: The Road Report
- From: Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:26:12 -0500
Great story, Ted!!! Can't wait to read it in the book - illustrated with
the photos ;-)
Tina
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 1:23 PM, <tedgrant@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> David Young SHOWED:
> Subject: [LRflex] The Road Report
>
> > Had a great holiday with all the family - kids, grand-kids and six dogs.
> I hope your holiday was as
> > enjoyable.
> >
> > The skiing was good, and the roads even better... almost summer driving,
> for the most part...
> > but, not everywhere.
> >
> > http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/Road.html
>
> Hi David,
> Beauty action photo. Thank goodness you didn't shoot from where I did as
> explained in the following story! :-)
>
> Buried Alive:
>
>
>
> Most news photographers hate weather assignments. These assignments rarely
> occur on good weather days. But be assured, if the temperature is blowing
> the top off the thermometer or dropping through the bottom, if there is a
> torrential downpour or a heavy snowfall, the city desk expects a weather
> picture. You dress, go out the door, and shoot a weather picture on the way
> to the office hoping to avoid the need to go out again.
>
>
>
> One winter the city was severely snowed in. Before I awoke, the editor
> called insisting on something different from the usual kids sliding down
> hills or stranded cars. His lilting voice barked over the phone in a way I
> didn't want to hear before coffee. "I want something really exciting
> instead of the same old crap!" Always up for a challenge, I decided to look
> for a working snowplow crew. The challenge: how was I going to make a
> snowplow look exciting?
>
>
>
> I found a plow moving quickly along the street throwing huge waves of snow
> off its blade. I decided to shoot from a low angle and get the plow
> approaching. It would look like a Pacific Ocean "surfs-up" wave. I lay down
> at the side of the road. The low angle increased the height and size of the
> snowy wave and approaching plow. The beautiful arcing white wave looked
> incredible through the viewfinder. It was close and I squeezed the motor
> drive release.
>
>
>
> Whump! Thump! Surprise! The force of impact and volume of snow knocked the
> wind out of me. I was buried. I wasn't sure how deep, but I knew I was in
> trouble. Trying to move my right arm with what I hoped still held my camera
> was useless. The left arm was equally immobilized.
>
>
>
> Being buried alive began to cross my mind. Then, with one frantic heave, I
> exploded out of the snow. Shaking like a wet dog, I must have been quite a
> sight-woolen toque missing, snow inside my shirt, inside my parka and down
> my pants; my camera looked like a snow sculpture.
>
>
>
> When I looked for the snowplow-it was gone. The crew never knew they had
> buried me. If I had failed to free myself, someone would have found me the
> following spring still clutching my camera.
>
>
>
> Returning to the darkroom, I processed the film and discovered a beautiful
> sequence of high curling snow waves coming off the blade, including the
> final wave that buried me. I printed the sequence, including the "buried
> frame," and attached a note of the incident. I walked in and put them on
> the city editor's desk.
>
>
>
> "Are these different enough?" I asked.
>
>
>
> "Yeah, not bad. But if you do something this stupid again, have your
> obituary ready first."
>
>
>
> Nothing like a challenging assignment first thing in the morning!
>
>
>
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