Marc
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One of mine from a post a couple of years ago:
Now doing it using a remote.
Blimey Colin! Having just bought a 10-20mm, I know how close you would have needed to be to get that shot!
One of mine from a post a couple of years ago:
Now doing it using a remote.
being surrounded by a mob of angry mum's who had decided i was a paedophile at my nephews football match
Photographing some demolition training. I worked out roughly where I should be safe, but somebody got the maths wrong (possibly me) big bang and I ended up going arse over elbow backwards with a tripod landing on top, luckly camera was fine. Not the first time I have been blown up but definatly the best view! Wayne
Mine was out with the wife shopping and I was looking in a London camera exchange shop front and she was beside me and said look that looks like your camera there, I said yes it is the same model..... Can't be she said it was a lot cheaper then that one, errrr yes phew!!
Don't know if this counts. I was carrying a camera, but not using it, the first time I was shot at. Which was also my first time in a helicopter.
I suppose Helmand Province in 2006 with 3 Para and the Battles of Sangin and Mas-e-Qaleh...lots of small-arms fire and RPGs flying around...
At Mas-e-Qaleh I crossed about 200m of open ground, zig-zagging like fcuk in true infanteer-stylee in near 60C temps carrying all my kit...when I reached the section of troops I'd been trying to catch up with, they all looked at me like I was deranged: apparently I'd been under fire the whole way across and they'd been taking bets on how far I'd make it across before I was hit (and more importantly, which one of them would then have to risk his life to come and get me)...
One British soldier died that day from small-arms fire...
It didn't actually feel that dangerous though as I was too busy trying to breathe through my ass...
Climbing a 300ft chimney with my cameras over my shoulder to take an 'aerial' photo of an Army camp was the most dangerous situation that actually felt dangerous...in that I was poo-ing myself all the way up...I hate heights...(but love flying in helicopters with the doors open..wierd eh?)...
I suppose Helmand Province in 2006 with 3 Para and the Battles of Sangin and Mas-e-Qaleh...lots of small-arms fire and RPGs flying around...
At Mas-e-Qaleh I crossed about 200m of open ground, zig-zagging like fcuk in true infanteer-stylee in near 60C temps carrying all my kit...when I reached the section of troops I'd been trying to catch up with, they all looked at me like I was deranged: apparently I'd been under fire the whole way across and they'd been taking bets on how far I'd make it across before I was hit (and more importantly, which one of them would then have to risk his life to come and get me)...
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I could be a right a-hole and say that doesn't count as you wern't trying to take a photo/carrying a camera ... but I won't! well done congrats for the bravery!
Army Photographer: 2x D2x bodies - one with a 17-35, the other with a 70-200, and a bag of bits, plus 9mm pistol, ammo, 2 frag grenades, 1 smoke grenade, body-armour, helmet and about 15 litres of water, which lasted half as long as I wanted it to...lol
Mine has to be taking this one at Woburn with the window open.
It was shot a 55mm and that's the car wing mirror in the bottom of the shot. I took it to emphasize how close the thing was.
I'm sure she wasn't about to bite my face off, but you never know.
Mine was out with the wife shopping and I was looking in a London camera exchange shop front and she was beside me and said look that looks like your camera there, I said yes it is the same model..... Can't be she said it was a lot cheaper then that one, errrr yes phew!!