Point and shoot. Capture a hero!
By carolyn Mikkelsen
24 March 2008
Before i joined JPG i was reluctant to show my photographs off to anyone who had a bit of know how.
Through the great people i have met here i am now brave enough to share some of the secrets i have learned in a short time.
1. Don't think that no one is interested.
2. Don't think that you have to have the best equipment.
3. Ask yourself what is the best equipment?
4. By sharing you are learning from day one.
5. Critic is positive.
well enough of that, you already know all of that and more.
Here is my story.
my little point and shoot Sony may not be the most expensive camera in the world but i think that it did a pretty good job of getting some action shots from the chairlift.
It was really cold at minus 18 my fingers were freezing and my camera must have been shaking like mad. The guys coming down the slope directly under the lift are really taking a chance, in one way i admire their courage in that deep loose snow, but on the otherhand i am thinking that they are crazy, there are avalanche warnings out due to the new snowfall and extreme cold. The snow won't stick to the layer underneath and moves easily with the rider.
I have to admit at this point i would have loved to have had a tele lens and been able to have captured the depth of field bla bla bla. But little Sony is capturing a story right? I love my little camera and it does fit into my pocket. I know only too well that i would never have got down that slope with heavy equipment. My point here is that you don't stop taking photos to share just because you can't afford or carry the most expensive.
There is alot of snow falling to day and visibility is not the best, everyone is tired by the time we got back down. jay spots a car that goes well with her suit. Sony got a great colour match in this light.
then i heard another guy say "Hey whats going on over there? " Quite a distance away we could see the ambulance helicopter with lots of activity around it. It was quite unclear as the distance and the weather made it hard to see. What do you do then.
Little Sony to the rescue. ......I pointed her in the right directly and zoomed as much as possible. Here are the results to finish my story.
The helecopter gets louder and begins to go up but very slowly, this was weird, we thought it was having problems. The snow was being blown everywhere and i wasn't too sure if i could capture it anymore. Then suddenly out of the white haze the orange and yellow chopper appears looking like a helium balloon. There was a line attached.
The line never seemed to end and it was impossible to capture the full picture. Suddenly another orange dot appeared out of the cloud, a rescue worker was strapped to the end.
It became quite obvious that there was a mountain side rescue in process. At the end of the line there is a hero on an extremely cold day risking his life to save another human being. Fr me that is humanity at it's best.
Even more exciting my little Sony captured it all allowing me to share this story with you.
All stories should have an ending and this one is a happy one. The skier wHemsedal in as off piste and taken in a little avalanche. Apart from a few broken bones he survived. No one ever got to know the recuers name, it was just his job, but at least i can honour him by sharing these pictures. The pictures are from hemsedal in the South of Norway.
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