Strnge
18th of June 2009 (Thu), 00:46
Went to the game today and had a major hickup.
The day before, my 4 year old daughter wanted to take photos of me with my MKII, so I took my CF card out of my camera in order not to have a ton of photos I would have to delete. We pretended to take them. I did not notice I forgot to put the card back in till I pulled the camera out to set it up during the national anthem at today's game. I cursed a couple of times and started to put my equipment away, when I noticed a photog in the well with a MK series camera. I told my buddy I was with, that I was gonna try and buy a card from him. I figured what the h*ll, he could only say no and I would still have to put my camera equipment away anyhow. So I walked over 1 section and 3 rows down and politely excused myself to this man and explained what I had done and inquired if I could buy a CF card from him. He said, "No, but I can do you one better than that since I have done that in the past too. I will lend you a card if you promise to send it back to me." I graciously acepted the 1Gig card and gave him my Sheriffs Department buisness card. He handed me his card. It said:
Associated Press
Marcio Sanchez
San Francisco, Ca
I was so happy Marcio lent me a card, I thanked him several times and headed over to my seats. As I sat down, Marcio called me back over and handed me a second 1 Gig card. He said I am guessing you are shooting in RAW and will need more than just 1 Gig. I thanked Marcio again and headed off to shoot.
I called Marcio after I got home and thanked him again for lending me the cards. He told me about his experiance as a 6 year AP Photographer, and offered to meet up to discuss about sports photography. I have seen his photos for many years in the local newspapers, and magazines such as Sports Illustrated.
I am so glad that there are people like him in the world still. In my profession, I only get to see the bad part of society. It is always reasuring when I meet people like him. It helps remind me not every one is like the people I meet day in and day out in my job. So Marcio if you do join this forum, I again thank you!
Mike
http://i44.tinypic.com/2jd26v8.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/eb1s7s.jpg
The day before, my 4 year old daughter wanted to take photos of me with my MKII, so I took my CF card out of my camera in order not to have a ton of photos I would have to delete. We pretended to take them. I did not notice I forgot to put the card back in till I pulled the camera out to set it up during the national anthem at today's game. I cursed a couple of times and started to put my equipment away, when I noticed a photog in the well with a MK series camera. I told my buddy I was with, that I was gonna try and buy a card from him. I figured what the h*ll, he could only say no and I would still have to put my camera equipment away anyhow. So I walked over 1 section and 3 rows down and politely excused myself to this man and explained what I had done and inquired if I could buy a CF card from him. He said, "No, but I can do you one better than that since I have done that in the past too. I will lend you a card if you promise to send it back to me." I graciously acepted the 1Gig card and gave him my Sheriffs Department buisness card. He handed me his card. It said:
Associated Press
Marcio Sanchez
San Francisco, Ca
I was so happy Marcio lent me a card, I thanked him several times and headed over to my seats. As I sat down, Marcio called me back over and handed me a second 1 Gig card. He said I am guessing you are shooting in RAW and will need more than just 1 Gig. I thanked Marcio again and headed off to shoot.
I called Marcio after I got home and thanked him again for lending me the cards. He told me about his experiance as a 6 year AP Photographer, and offered to meet up to discuss about sports photography. I have seen his photos for many years in the local newspapers, and magazines such as Sports Illustrated.
I am so glad that there are people like him in the world still. In my profession, I only get to see the bad part of society. It is always reasuring when I meet people like him. It helps remind me not every one is like the people I meet day in and day out in my job. So Marcio if you do join this forum, I again thank you!
Mike
http://i44.tinypic.com/2jd26v8.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/eb1s7s.jpg