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08/24/2006 10:25:05 PM · #1 |
...the continuing chronicles of my freelancing...
this was the front page photo for this week's midlothian exchange (one of the weeklies i shoot for). it has already grabbed a fair amount of attention, which is a good thing.
who knows, i probably should have held this one back for the free-study. oh, well...
anyways, this assignment was an absolute blast. i had my camera wrapped up in plastic grocery bags, with masking tape helping to keep them in place. i shot everything at f/4 iso400 in av mode, so i didn't really need to get to the dials. all i really needed was access to the shutter buttons. it was a royal pain to switch lenses, so i had to somewhat plan my shots. unfortunately, since i had only planned on protecting my camera, i was somewhat tentative about where i went. i might just have to look into some of those housing made just for this type of work ;-)
however, the team invited me to come back sometime so i could suit up in battle armour and take the field with my camera so that i could 'really' see what it's like. can't wait for that!!!
anyways, amanda did a pretty good job with the story, which you can read here. or, if you want to just skip to the pix, you can see more here. |
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08/24/2006 10:33:18 PM · #2 |
| Ya gotta love 8.5 fps!!! :D Could you imagine the rumoured 12 fps on the upcoming 1-series... |
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08/24/2006 10:43:01 PM · #3 |
Great images, as always Skip! Thanks for continuing to take the time to share your adventures with us! :)
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08/25/2006 01:17:18 AM · #4 |
Those are great! :D
Paintball is SUCH a blast. |
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08/25/2006 01:21:09 AM · #5 |
Haven't played paintball in years. Paintballs really don't taste good. Getting a face shot will lead to some in the mouth.
I think my handheld camera steadiness came from years of sniping.
Message edited by author 2006-08-25 01:22:28. |
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08/25/2006 01:23:25 AM · #6 |
That's a fantastic capture! Takes me back to my paintballing days (was illegal here back then). My claim to fame was my 5 man team coming 3rd in a pump only tournament! Woot!
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08/25/2006 01:28:39 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by Makka:
That's a fantastic capture! Takes me back to my paintballing days (was illegal here back then). My claim to fame was my 5 man team coming 3rd in a pump only tournament! Woot! |
Pump only. That's what we did.
Originally posted by Skiprow:
however, the team invited me to come back sometime so i could suit up in battle armour and take the field with my camera so that i could 'really' see what it's like. can't wait for that!!! |
You should show up with a BushHawk camera mount :P
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08/25/2006 01:43:01 AM · #8 |
Give me LaserCorps anyday, held outdoors, instead of paintballs you shoot lasers and the guns have scopes or dot sights on them - I am a sniper so I go the scope - and they are accurate to about 150 metres which is something I have never seen in paintball guns.
The gun I use is a light machinegun with telescopic scope and 3 fire modes, you can have single aimed shots, fully automatic - a waste, or you can have a scattergun effect which is good to use if you get ambushed. |
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08/25/2006 08:09:29 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by davyaldy:
Give me LaserCorps anyday, held outdoors, instead of paintballs you shoot lasers and the guns have scopes or dot sights on them - I am a sniper so I go the scope - and they are accurate to about 150 metres which is something I have never seen in paintball guns.
The gun I use is a light machinegun with telescopic scope and 3 fire modes, you can have single aimed shots, fully automatic - a waste, or you can have a scattergun effect which is good to use if you get ambushed. |
Yeah...fun, but not the same without the pain! ;)
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08/25/2006 09:29:27 AM · #10 |
| Great photos Skip (as usual). I don't know if I would've been as ballsy as you taking the camera out there, but it paid off nicely with excellent shots. |
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