Very long time ago, a friend fell from a wooden bridge to a boat mooring
over a mix of rocks, oysters and muddy water. Lots of stitches, a wet
FM2 and 70~210 zoom, a wet and battered bag with lots of gear inside
(safe), almost 4 weeks without work. He passed the job to yours trully.
Next photo was in a nearby sierra - the client supplied the 4x4, wich
suffered 3 punctured tires in 25 km. The place really sucked, the photo
ops were almost inexistent, and exactly the opposite the client expected
(magazine story about Fortaleza's different attractions). I made the
mistake of smiling to the wrong person, wich promptly got the team
evicted from the only interesting place - a Macumba Courtyard.
Two days after the the job, my FG and 35~70 got hit by a bike, and
almost disintegrated. I suffered only a minor scratch, but had to return
the money I just received (sales agreement of said FG and zoom) and had
to borrow another camera since all my pentax gear was in Sao Paulo being
cleaned...
Yes, the photos sucked too. Some days (weeks?) we'd better stay in bed.
LF
Larry Colen escreveu:
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:17:05AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Sucky.
But then my bad tooth is costing me a thousand bux, I don't get a
camera to take home when it's done, and I had to deal with a week on
painkillers so as not to scream out loud.
Fortunately, with insurance, my two root canals over the past year and
a half didn't quite total to that much, but I'm out of pocket $1300
for my girlfriends tooth work over the past couple of months.
Frankly, I'd rather spend the dosh on camera gear. It wouldn't have
been nearly so painful if the shots of the hawk had been worth it.
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Luiz Felipe
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http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/
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