Sounds like you've got plenty of luck already, Tanya. :-) Just keep going. cheers, Jostein
2011/1/21 Tanya Love <tanyal...@bigpond.com>: > Ok, so I don't know how I've pulled this off, but in the past four days I > have managed to put together a huge project for the Flood Appeal. > > Tomorrow, I am going, under police/government escort to a little town called > Grantham. I use the term "town" loosely as there is nothing left of it now. > :( > > It is the spot where over 10 lives were lost and there are still about 8 > missing. It is currently a crime scene and even the towns folk are only > allowed limited access. > > From 6am tomorrow (Saturday), until 6pm Sunday night, I will be there, K-7s > in tow, photographing the scene and its people for a calendar that I am > designing. > > Don't ask me how but I have endorsement from the AIPP, Pentax Australia and > Qld Premier Anna Bligh, all of whom will be providing a Foreward and logos > etc for > Inclusion in the calendar. We have an initial print run happening of > 10,000, and the Premier's office itself is paying for the printing! It is > going to be distributed to every > Newsagent in the country and possibly into Myer and Target department stores > too. > > There was a meeting last night of the Qld Council of the AIPP, where they > elected to allow me to wear official AIPP attire, reserved usually only for > officials and judges > at the National Awards etc. Apparently, all of those at the meeting were > chomping at the bit wishing that they were in my shoes. The Chairperson > even exclaimed in > astonishment "How the fuck did she manage to get in there?!" To which a > highly respected photographer, who for some reason has taken me "under his > wing" this > past few months replied, "Because she has BALLS, and she is a tenacious > little thing too!"(He told me this story when I went to his studio to > collect the uniform today). > > Exciting stuff, but to say that I am crapping myself is an understatement, > this is BIG time. This could really make or break me! Wish me luck! > > Oh, and did I mention that I managed to get a rather nice lens on loan from > CR Kennedy for the expedition too? > > Tan.x. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
