Ok, so its not directly sports, but its called the largest extreme sporting event in the world...and this is my little story (so far, totally unfinished) to go with it
so Bridge Day, organize a small crew, mostly video, mostly students, to team up and go shoot cool stuff at birdge day and make something cool out of it, basically a workshop by students for students, last year it was 3 of us who went for random fun, this year there were 6 with a vague goal of covering the event for fun but we get media passes ect, and next year i expect 12 and more out of it
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388mi road trip for me, i arrive to meet everyone at 5am the day of, gear check and pack up
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5:30am - Steven here is packin a dsr-570 and had a nice glide camera vest to go with it...video whores *sigh* hehe
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7:00am, we pick up media passes, and head to the gates, media and security are the only ones inside
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Russel Metlitsky, a paraplegic from Southern California, smiles as he plans out his piggyback base jump
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"damn thats like 900ft down man!"
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Jason Bell, Bridge Day organizer, gets interviewed yo...
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yah, thats like part of the bridge
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A pretty solid crowd starts to show up mid day
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IMAGE: http://blinking8s.com/photos/bridge_day_2005/IMG_0512.jpg
Pigs can fly? no no, pigs with bunny ears can fly!
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IMAGE: http://blinking8s.com/photos/bridge_day_2005/IMG_0863.jpg
this shot looks wicked in print
i wish i had like 3 bodies, remotes and shutters, and some long ass glass
*sniff*
i shot a lot more, but the backs of people jumping off a bridge is only interesting for so long, and i was burn out on editing after one memory card...and most photos will require a caption and i dont have my notepad on me, its still in the car
but they gave everyone and their mother a press pass, and fighting for a slot when the person in the way has a sony cybershot in the media area, yeah...just not cool
i'll post the finish product, it will probably be a week or two, got a lot of interviews, lot of photos, lot of video, lot of audio...*yawn* ok im gonna go find food now
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