Good story, and some terrific photos on that website. -- Bob
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of cbwaters > Sent: 13 April 2007 01:55 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Cory > Subject: clueless in the presence of greatness, again > > In 2002 when we had the men's Final Four at my stadium of > employment, I had > the occasion to work with a photographer who wanted to put > his Nikon under > the scoreboard and shoot down towards the center-court logo. > After the > tournament, I received a print of this image from the > photographer for my > efforts: > http://richclarkson.com/images/picBody_ffoverhead.jpg > > Fast forward a few years and there I am helping the same very > nice older > gentleman get his Nikon under the scoreboard again. Different Nikon, > different scoreboard, different floor, different teams, same two guys. > > I had occasion to ask him how long he'd been working with > Nikon as they were > providing the camera for this endeavor. He smiled a little > and said "quite > a while" in that way only an older gentleman can. > > The gentleman's name is Rich Clarkson and a little web surfing today > revealed that he probably has been working with Nikon for > quite a while > indeed. There are pictures on his website (richclarkson.com) > from Super > Bowl ONE for cryin out loud. He's been shooting the Final > Four since 1952. > Remember the photo of Greg Louganis hitting his head on the > diving board in > the 1988 Olympics? > http://www.nikonnet.com/assets/img/articles/clarksonedu_large.jpg > > I had no idea and I'm a little taken aback, actually. I'm > feeling a little > daft this evening. > > Check out his story on Nikon's site: > http://www.nikonnet.com/dyn/articles/article_detail/105.html > > Cory > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
