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shakran · 06-13-2004, 08:13 AM

Perhaps this will clear it up for everyone.

http://b-roll.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php...c;f=1;t=006086

And on top of that

http://b-roll.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php...c;f=1;t=006064

As you can see, it's been a tough week in the photojournalist community. We do a very dangerous job working with very dangerous equipment - think about it. Our live trucks have metal masts that can raise to 60+ feet. Raise it into powerlines, you're dead. Raise it anywhere near lightning, you're dead. Raise it on a slight incline, the van tips, and you and several onlookers are dead or injured. Compound that with the fact that the people back at the assignment desk usually have never been near a live truck and will therefore tell you to raise the mast whether there's lightning, powerlines, or God himself telling you not to, and if you don't raise it you're fired.

Then throw in the equation that whenever something happens we have to get the video. No matter where it is. Car wreck on a busy highway? Guess who's out there covering it - and remember that we can only see to the left. That big camera blocks our view to the right.

http://b-roll.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php...c;f=1;t=006098

That should sum it up for you nicely and explain why I was a little pissed off at the insensitivity displayed here.

06-13-2004, 08:13 AM	#19 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	Perhaps this will clear it up for everyone. http://b-roll.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php...c;f=1;t=006086 And on top of that http://b-roll.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php...c;f=1;t=006064 As you can see, it's been a tough week in the photojournalist community. We do a very dangerous job working with very dangerous equipment - think about it. Our live trucks have metal masts that can raise to 60+ feet. Raise it into powerlines, you're dead. Raise it anywhere near lightning, you're dead. Raise it on a slight incline, the van tips, and you and several onlookers are dead or injured. Compound that with the fact that the people back at the assignment desk usually have never been near a live truck and will therefore tell you to raise the mast whether there's lightning, powerlines, or God himself telling you not to, and if you don't raise it you're fired. Then throw in the equation that whenever something happens we have to get the video. No matter where it is. Car wreck on a busy highway? Guess who's out there covering it - and remember that we can only see to the left. That big camera blocks our view to the right. http://b-roll.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php...c;f=1;t=006098 That should sum it up for you nicely and explain why I was a little pissed off at the insensitivity displayed here.