I don't doubt they've exercised good judgment in giving you the assignment, Tanya. Attendant pressure will only insure your success and satisfaction with the results.
Jack --- On Fri, 1/21/11, Tanya Love <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Tanya Love <[email protected]> > Subject: wish me luck! > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 21, 2011, 12:24 AM > Ok, so I don't know how I've pulled > this off, but in the past four days I > have managed to put together a huge project for the Flood > Appeal. > > Tomorrow, I am going, under police/government escort to a > little town called > Grantham. I use the term "town" loosely as there is > nothing left of it now. > :( > > It is the spot where over 10 lives were lost and there are > still about 8 > missing. It is currently a crime scene and even the > towns folk are only > allowed limited access. > > From 6am tomorrow (Saturday), until 6pm Sunday night, I > will be there, K-7s > in tow, photographing the scene and its people for a > calendar that I am > designing. > > Don't ask me how but I have endorsement from the AIPP, > Pentax Australia and > Qld Premier Anna Bligh, all of whom will be providing a > Foreward and logos > etc for > Inclusion in the calendar. We have an initial print > run happening of > 10,000, and the Premier's office itself is paying for the > printing! It is > going to be distributed to every > Newsagent in the country and possibly into Myer and Target > department stores > too. > > There was a meeting last night of the Qld Council of the > AIPP, where they > elected to allow me to wear official AIPP attire, reserved > usually only for > officials and judges > at the National Awards etc. Apparently, all of those > at the meeting were > chomping at the bit wishing that they were in my > shoes. The Chairperson > even exclaimed in > astonishment "How the fuck did she manage to get in > there?!" To which a > highly respected photographer, who for some reason has > taken me "under his > wing" this > past few months replied, "Because she has BALLS, and she is > a tenacious > little thing too!"(He told me this story when I went to his > studio to > collect the uniform today). > > Exciting stuff, but to say that I am crapping myself is an > understatement, > this is BIG time. This could really make or break > me! Wish me luck! > > Oh, and did I mention that I managed to get a rather nice > lens on loan from > CR Kennedy for the expedition too? > > Tan.x. > > > -- > 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.
