Derby: Glad you got the shot, and I hope your mending nicely. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Derby Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:16 AM Subject: Re: Your Great Photographic Moments? > Christine Aguila wrote: >> Hi Everyone: >> >> I hope you don't find this request tiresome, but given the great >> international reach, the delightfully varied life experiences and >> photographic interests, and the endless talent of the list, I'd love to >> hear >> stories about your greatest photographic moments. Anyone willing to >> share a >> story or 2? >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> > > I have been thinking about how to answer this, Christine. But today, I > had one of the most embarrassing photographic moments. > > Every year, we need a company shot so the US CEO can do his global > employee presentations. This year, I thought I'd bring out the long > lens, park everyone under a tree, with the company building and signage > in the background. The lens needed to be about 150-200mm to compress the > perspective and get the 2nd storey signage in shot, and so I had to be > about 50m back to fit everyone in. > > 12s timer, and a short sprint I thought, no worries. But my office shoes > have no grip, so in front of everyone took a tumble half way, scrapping > arms, knees, hands, and (ahem). > > Got the shot though. > > D > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
