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 11/14/2007 01:36:30 AM · #1
WTF? this guy might have 30 grand worth of equipment on him at one time but why does he vandalize his lenses with those stickers? and why on earth would you need that much stuff... maybe 3 bodies is max BUT SIX!!! i dont know if this has bee posted before but maybe an explanation?
11/14/2007 01:42:47 AM · #2
I'm not sure about this guy but my grandmother always used to say
"One must always expect the unexpected"
surely this guy is prepared.
 11/14/2007 01:45:20 AM · #3
Well, he's at a golf tournament, it looks like. So he doesn't have the luxury of a gear bag behind him in a defined shooting position, like at a baseball game, say. In general, in sports photography, stopping to switch lenses isn't a very useful option either. Golf, especially, requires a really large range of lenses, it covers a lot of ground. And for all I know it's not all digital equipment, either; may be film bodies there too.

The stickers? I donno. You see them a lot on big lenses at big events. Maybe someone PAYS them to put the stickers on? Anyone know?

R.
 11/14/2007 01:46:41 AM · #4
I'm not gonna ask about the knee pads...
 11/14/2007 01:49:48 AM · #5
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I'm not gonna ask about the knee pads...


Aw, c'mon. You'd wear 'em too if you spent all day hiking around, and shooting from your knees. Which shooters at golf tournaments are required to do around the greens, so as not to block spectator views.

R.
 11/14/2007 01:50:47 AM · #6
i can tell at least one is film due to the lack of an LCD
 11/14/2007 01:51:22 AM · #7
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I'm not gonna ask about the knee pads...


heck, the knee pads are the only part of this that makes sense
 11/14/2007 01:54:11 AM · #8
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I'm not gonna ask about the knee pads...


heck, the knee pads are the only part of this that makes sense


he has a P&S camera in each one of them (just in case)

Message edited by author 2007-11-14 01:54:30.
 11/14/2007 01:54:46 AM · #9
yeah... looks like a older version of me. one with alot of money:P come on guys this is photoshopped....:P
 11/14/2007 01:55:48 AM · #10
Originally posted by Jimbo_for_life:
yeah... looks like a older version of me. one with alot of money:P come on guys this is photoshopped....:P


not potoshopped.. look at that! you cant make that stuff up
 11/14/2007 01:56:43 AM · #11
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I'm not gonna ask about the knee pads...


Aw, c'mon. You'd wear 'em too if you spent all day hiking around, and shooting from your knees. Which shooters at golf tournaments are required to do around the greens, so as not to block spectator views.

R.


On a nice soft golf course? Ofcourse, it could save on the cleaning bill from less grass stains.
 11/14/2007 01:58:20 AM · #12
Sheesh...looks like someone's over-compensating to me. :P

How can he even move? Seems like you'd miss more shots fighting with the equipment than gain shots by having anything and everything.

Message edited by author 2007-11-14 01:58:39.
 11/14/2007 01:59:08 AM · #13
Wouldn't you just get a little golf-cart and modify it to hold cameras instead of clubs? Or maybe he does it for the exercise. :)

Actually, how many photogs do you know who mix brands? There are a few Nikon neckstraps, but the big white lenses I would assume are Canon. I'd say he's playing caddy for at least one other photog, possibly more.
11/14/2007 02:11:00 AM · #14
dude its totally me:P and photoshopped:P lol
 11/14/2007 02:13:32 AM · #15
hhaahahaha thats me..well actualy thats just my assistant holding all my cameras
 11/14/2007 03:09:49 AM · #16
hope he doesn't fall into a water hazard, that would be quite an insurance claim!
 11/14/2007 03:23:44 AM · #17


Message edited by author 2007-11-14 04:16:38.
 11/14/2007 03:33:49 AM · #18
Man I thought I was bad...
 11/14/2007 03:51:11 AM · #19
.

If you look closely, his one of us! He's a "Two-Time-Blue-Ribboner!"



LOL!

Message edited by author 2007-11-14 03:53:40.
 11/14/2007 04:17:39 AM · #20
I had my car photographed once for a UK magazine. The photographer had loads of stickers over his kit. he gave me two reasons for all the stickers:

1 - It helps make the kit look unique and a bit "Older" and therefore less attractive to thieves.

2 - It helped make things like lens hoods stand out if you took them off and set them down on rocks for example. Helps you find them and stops you stepping on them!
 11/14/2007 04:56:16 AM · #21
Skip, is that you?

~Terry
 11/14/2007 05:57:00 AM · #22
Everything I see there is fairly practical. I would imagine that I would include a bit of something on the end of the monopod stand for the really big lens on his shoulder, but maybe that's in the bag.

I've often thought of buying a cheap second digital body (like a D70 or something) and putting a lens I know is good on it to take advantage of: A, a good deal on a second hand lens, or B, just having the freedom to have the second body. I wouldn't care what brand the body was compared to my main body if the money was right.

Considering the price of some of the excellent high quality film bodies, it wouldn't be a bad idea for someone used to film either.
 11/14/2007 06:52:03 AM · #23
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
Skip, is that you?

~Terry

OHMIGAWD!!!!

That was my first thought.....I just didn't have the stones to say it out loud!

You da man, Terry!!! LOL!!!
 11/14/2007 06:54:49 AM · #24
Originally posted by eschelar:
Everything I see there is fairly practical. I would imagine that I would include a bit of something on the end of the monopod stand for the really big lens on his shoulder, but maybe that's in the bag.

I see no umbrella......I hope he's got a poncho in that mess somewhere.

As long as it takes to play 18 holes of golf, it's reasonable to expect that rain is a possibility.

That'd be expensive!
 11/14/2007 06:57:34 AM · #25
Just think about what he has to do to use the bathroom
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