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10/10/2011 12:26:47 AM · #1 |
Ouch
The article said the photog was dazed, but otherwise ok.
Gotta say, I laughed pretty hard when I saw this. I laughed, then I wondered how the camera fared.
I came pretty close to a similar situation last week, expect the two football players were sliding over the grass and I managed to pirouette out of the way. Luckily there were no video cameras (I think) to catch my close call.
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10/10/2011 12:51:24 AM · #2 |
That happened to me when I was shooting the Chargers, except I was hit by an immense Defensive Tackle, Louie Kelcher. Immense for those days anyway, 6'5" and about 300 lbs. He totally flattened me. But at least he stuck around to help pick me up... :-) He felt real bad...
R.
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10/10/2011 02:24:33 AM · #3 |
I must be slow..but what was the deal with the camera/lens setup? When he's on the ground, it appears the lens is not attached to the camera, but on the monopod. The camera part around his neck appears to have another white lens attached. |
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10/10/2011 04:19:31 AM · #4 |
I know Americans just love statistics in sports, so maybe there could be a new one for gridiron - Photographers flattened. |
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10/10/2011 04:36:24 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by bergiekat: I must be slow..but what was the deal with the camera/lens setup? When he's on the ground, it appears the lens is not attached to the camera, but on the monopod. The camera part around his neck appears to have another white lens attached. |
He had two bodies. One was on the 400mm, the other had a 70-200..
Btw, I cried a little inside to see a 1D ripped off a super-tele.. |
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10/10/2011 07:44:04 AM · #6 |
The player never even looked back to see if the guy was ok.
wow... |
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10/10/2011 01:34:50 PM · #7 |
krap. I've been *almost* run over several times -- granted, the players I shoot are a fraction of this guy's size. But still, a 10 year running at you at full speed with 5 or 6 other 9/10 yos in hot pursuit can be intimidating.
The worse one was a couple of years ago when I was shooting 12 and 13 year olds and didn't get all the way out of the way and about 4 or them slid across my foot and leg, and knocked the monopod up (I caught my camera). My foot hurt for a couple of days.
As far as the player not looking back, I have seen players get so "tracked" on what is going on, they don't notice the "peripherals." There is a chance he knew he hit something, but didn't realize what.
Or, he was a Viking, so yea, probably just inconsiderate. (hahahahah GO PACK hahahahahah) |
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10/10/2011 09:33:12 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by apercep: Originally posted by bergiekat: I must be slow..but what was the deal with the camera/lens setup? When he's on the ground, it appears the lens is not attached to the camera, but on the monopod. The camera part around his neck appears to have another white lens attached. |
He had two bodies. One was on the 400mm, the other had a 70-200..
Btw, I cried a little inside to see a 1D ripped off a super-tele.. |
Ah, so there was another body...somewhere...(besides his on the ground, lol). Makes more sense. |
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10/11/2011 01:05:23 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by karmat: As far as the player not looking back, I have seen players get so "tracked" on what is going on, they don't notice the "peripherals." There is a chance he knew he hit something, but didn't realize what. |
Looked like he was eyeball to eyeball with the photog when his facemask impacted the photog's face. I can understand being so focused under circumstances like during a war battle or a police action of some sort, but hard to understand the complete disregard for the well being of another human being you smashed into during a sports game. |
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10/11/2011 10:57:37 AM · #10 |
Meh... you just need to take things into your own hands sometimes. Here's a shot of me stomping on Todd Heap of the Baltimore Ravens during the playoff game against the Steelers back in January:
Well, at least it looks like I was stomping on his head :) He slid right into me, and kinda came to rest against my foot. Sorry for the nasty quality of the shot... that was a picture of a TV screen. |
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10/11/2011 10:59:53 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by alanfreed: Well, at least it looks like I was stomping on his head :) He slid right into me, and kinda came to rest against my foot. Sorry for the nasty quality of the shot... that was a picture of a TV screen. |
HAHA, that's a keeper! Good conversation piece! |
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10/11/2011 11:09:27 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao: Originally posted by karmat: As far as the player not looking back, I have seen players get so "tracked" on what is going on, they don't notice the "peripherals." There is a chance he knew he hit something, but didn't realize what. |
Looked like he was eyeball to eyeball with the photog when his facemask impacted the photog's face. I can understand being so focused under circumstances like during a war battle or a police action of some sort, but hard to understand the complete disregard for the well being of another human being you smashed into during a sports game. |
He *looked* eyeball to eyeball, but considering he was trying to catch a pass, my bet he was looking for the ball and didn't see the photog until after he hit him, and until that point, may not have realized it was a photog. And even if he were looking at him, he was moving forward and couldn't stop.
The rule I've always been given is that it is my job to get out of the way. Even on the sidelines, the football players do not have to avoid me. The others were moving, but I'm wondering if this guy was taking a picture of something else on the field and didn't see it (again, his responsibility to know where the action is and a painful less to learn).
I was more amazed that the players from the other team just looked at him and walked off. *That's* the one that was rude (in my opinion).
Message edited by author 2011-10-11 11:12:54. |
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10/11/2011 11:59:18 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by karmat: Originally posted by Art Roflmao: Originally posted by karmat: As far as the player not looking back, I have seen players get so "tracked" on what is going on, they don't notice the "peripherals." There is a chance he knew he hit something, but didn't realize what. |
Looked like he was eyeball to eyeball with the photog when his facemask impacted the photog's face. I can understand being so focused under circumstances like during a war battle or a police action of some sort, but hard to understand the complete disregard for the well being of another human being you smashed into during a sports game. |
He *looked* eyeball to eyeball, but considering he was trying to catch a pass, my bet he was looking for the ball and didn't see the photog until after he hit him, and until that point, may not have realized it was a photog. And even if he were looking at him, he was moving forward and couldn't stop.
The rule I've always been given is that it is my job to get out of the way. Even on the sidelines, the football players do not have to avoid me. The others were moving, but I'm wondering if this guy was taking a picture of something else on the field and didn't see it (again, his responsibility to know where the action is and a painful less to learn).
I was more amazed that the players from the other team just looked at him and walked off. *That's* the one that was rude (in my opinion). |
As much as I'm sure it sucked to me thrown 10 feet from that collision, I bet even the photog agrees that it was partially his own fault for not getting out of the way. That's generally the first rule of sports photography: if you get hurt, it was your own fault. It's basically in the job description : ) I think it was a touch rude of the players not to at least make a gesture of concern, but other people from the sidelines descended on the photog pretty quickly, so he looked to be in good hands regardless, which is nice. |
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