What he said. Igor
> Stan Halpin stan at stans-photography.info > Fri Jan 21 07:00:08 CST 2011 > > You don't need luck, you have the skill and experience to handle this > nicely. And obviously you make your own good luck. But for what it is > worth, Good Luck! > > Stan > > On Jan 21, 2011, at 3:24 AM, Tanya Love wrote: > > > 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.
