On 26/9/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >it must hard work with the cameraman on his back like that.
Funny you should say that. I once filmed a group of women on an aerial ropework course. They were swinging through trees, abseiling, god knows what. One of them was a TV presenter and she was mic'd up so I was basically filming her as she tried all this. One of the exercises was called the leap of faith. (With a safety line attached to the back of your full harness and a bloke on the ground to steady your rapid descent if you fell), they climbed 40 feet up a pole and negotiated a platform at the top, to stand and jump 6 feet to catch onto a trapeze, then being lowered to the ground. I filmed all this from the ground and a neighbouring pole, same 40 feet up. I had a safety harness as well, and filmed it all, great fun. Next was lunch, and a dozen chatty women saying that 'yeah go on you should have a go' etc. I couldn't let the side down so climbed the pole. Negotiating the platform at the top, a simple 2 foot ledge on one side of the pole was a nightmare. Leaping to the trapeze damned near killed me. I have never been so terrified in my life. Took me ages to realise why - no camera. Whenever I'm at height (up a tower, hot-air balloon, in a helicopter with no doors etc etc) I have the safety of a viewfinder to look down and everything is concentrated in getting the best angle for the shot. No camera = no life obviously for me! It was terror like I couldn't believe. Curiously enough I've never skydived either.... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
