Thanks Gero! We used to have "How slow can you go.....?" contests at Oshkosh and Alliance, on a good day I could get down to panning at 1/25 with the EF800 handheld and my keeper ration would be consistently high.
gerov wrote:
I remember some of those images, Jim.
Glenn Watson and I have had several slow shutter speeds duels at Oshkosh way back in the day. I think we were shooting one of those big snorkel helicopters from Canada. Lots of fun. We had a half dozen people trying their luck and it just ended up to be Glenn and me. Seems to me we were getting down into ridiculous areas like a second, until no one was getting anything but a blur.
I miss Glenn on this forum, Jim. He had some outstanding images and I was always amazed by his progression as a photographer and the gigs he was able to work up to. Very inspiring story.
I miss him to Gero. He stops by occasionally, but he's so busy he doesn't have time to turn around most days. Glenn is an amazing person. I have told him numerous times how impressive his ability to reinvent himself is, in the span of time since we met on this forum he has morphed from a Dell Tech guy, to a business jet marketing photographer, then American Airlines pilot, to a corporate jet pilot. I haven't looked today to see what he has become this week. The guy is absolutely impossible to defeat, a rare individual for sure, obviously one of the most intelligent and driven people on the planet.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I miss him to Gero. He stops by occasionally, but he's so busy he doesn't have time to turn around most days. Glenn is an amazing person. I have told him numerous times how impressive his ability to reinvent himself is, in the span of time since we met on this forum he has morphed from a Dell Tech guy, to a business jet marketing photographer, than American Airlines pilot, to a corporate jet pilot. I haven't looked today to see what he has become this week. The guy is absolutely impossible to defeat, a rare individual for sure, obviously one of the most intelligent and driven people on the planet....Show more →
Apparently his whole family is amazing. His wife is quite remarkable too, very adventurous.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
It's been a bit of a process, but I finally have everything rigged on the C400. The camera can be stripped down for run n gun production and it works very nicely in its simplest form. This configuration its pretty much fully decked out. I'm still waiting for a Kondor Blue Mount battery adapter that attaches to the back of the camera, it's on back order, then it will be all finished.
Now you ARE hitting the weights to lift this correct Jim
Monster!!
Dan
Configured the way it is in the photo, it is not hand holdable. The camera can be trimmed down considerably and it's a great run n gun camera.
Reminds me of a "camera holding shoulder stock long rifle accy" that Gerov" built for me 20 years ago or so! Still have it, still use it! Even more now that I have tremors!!! You literally "shoot" the image!!!!!
Have a photo somewhere, need to post it for Gero and other members!! makes "shooting" pictures literally that!
Dan...Thanks Gero!
Gero on our left and Lou Buscher- longtime FM'r(RIP) in the late 1990's at Conowingo-on a VERY cold Winter Day
Dan,
thanks for the memory - that was a long time ago and I think it predates the fisherman's pier. Here is the original of what i sent you - remote plugged into the camera and it worked like a charm. Used to get some funny looks from the Secret Service when I took that to the office in DC to go to the pool on the Mall to practice my BiF tracking
gerov wrote:
Dan,
thanks for the memory - that was a long time ago and I think it predates the fisherman's pier. Here is the original of what i sent you - remote plugged into the camera and it worked like a charm. Used to get some funny looks from the Secret Service when I took that to the office in DC to go to the pool on the Mall to practice my BiF tracking
As I did also Gero! Yes to pre-fisherman's pier. Way before!!!!
You were kind enough to use a router to indent the shutter release so it is flush with the stock!!!
Again I will be using it more now that I have tremors!
Dan
Just delivered the largest print order in the history of my company. My lab called me yesterday to tell me all the prints were finished, wrapped and packaged, ready for the client. I delivered them but my clients were all off site so I put them in one of their conference rooms. They called me this morning to tell me that it was like Christmas morning and the battle for who got to hang what had begun, always nice to hear!
I've had larger dollar amount print orders for murals, etc., but never a quantity of individual prints like this, hope it's a trend. The lab business being what it is these days, my lab folks were very pleased to have the order and they did their usual incredible job. The same team has printed my work for the past four decades, one key technician passed away a couple of years ago, but the core printing and mounting group remains in tact, and they are wonderful. I think that I have had two "remakes" in all that time, which is truly amazing. The lab that I used prior to finding these fine people were doing remakes every week, rarely did I have an order that wasn't dinged, or off color. They even managed to shred my 4x5 master transparency of the Dallas Skyline which had sold thousands of prints and numerous murals right up to the time one of their machines ripped it in half. That's when I went looking for a new printer. I had a huge lab bill the month they destroyed that transparency, huge but not big enough to mitigate future revenue from that image. I called the president of the lab, who had been made aware of the situation and was holding his breath waiting for the other shoe to drop, didn't even call to apologize when it happened. Needless to say, they ate that bill.
That was a bad month for that lab, one of their in house couriers had a 4x5 transparency processing order from a very well known landscape photographer named Muir, who had been shooting National Parks across the US and Canada for a year. Mark had been holding the entire project until it was complete because he wanted it to be processed in the identical chemistry for color consistency. The courier put the boxes of transparencies on the roof of his vehicle while he loaded something else, then proceeded to pull out on to I35 and head from the processing facility to the main lab, the transparencies were never seen again. Imagine having a year of your work disappear like that. I have no idea what the lab ended up settling that law suit for, but it had to be in the millions.
Folks, I haven't been around for a while and I apologize if I'm just repeating terrible news...
I just found out that one of the best humans I've ever met, the inimitable Steve Zimmerman (steve here on FM) passed away last weekend after a yearslong battle with cancer.
I've never seen anyone meet Steve and not love him. A talented entrepreneur, engineer, photographer, pilot, friend, owner (for his dog) and partner (for his beloved Marcia), one of the smartest and wisest men I've ever crossed paths with, one of my best friends (despite this being mostly online) for the last 17 years, one of the best shooters on this thread, and a man who was nevertheless one of the humblest, nicest, and kindest humans I've ever known. An inspiration and an example to me, and many others, and one whose memory I will cherish until I get to shoot with him again.
I know the heavens are celebrating that he has joined them. But my heart broke reading the news.
Very sad to read that Rodolfo, I never had many interactions with Steve but he was on my very limited list of FB friends and it was obvious he was a great human who lived life to the full with kindness and grace. I just wish I could have met him at least once. His pinned post on his Facebook page sums him up perfectly, a generous guy and a fine photographer. RIP Sir.
here on FM) passed away last weekend after a yearslong battle with cancer.