Are you a risk taker?
Jan 5, 2017 11:01:16 #
Quote-- "We loose some dummies now and then here in the San Diego area to death, serious injuries or badly damaged egos. Here is a shot I took a while back of some contenders for the next series of Darwin Awards. chase
Perhaps they couldn't read English?"
I dunno--that far south, ya never know.
Perhaps they couldn't read English?"
I dunno--that far south, ya never know.
Jan 5, 2017 11:02:27 #
I will take risks to get a shot sometimes, but I always weigh the risk before taking it. No shot is worth losing my life or suffering serious injury for, in my opinion.
Jan 5, 2017 11:25:32 #
Whuff wrote:
When you're out shooting somewhere (anywhere), do ... (show quote)
As Dirty Harry said, "A man's got to know his limitations". I do take risks, but, I also know my limitations.
Jan 5, 2017 11:38:50 #
Jan 5, 2017 11:53:48 #
People seem to equate Risk and Fate, some even see it as a consequence. A Risk is simply doing something out of the ordinary.
As a child I cycled alone all over the moors and fell roads, now children hardly cycle at all. I walked up most of the mountains in the Lake District alone. Few people walk out of the car-park. I was Scree running long before it became a craze and rock scrambling (No rope) before it was considered dangerous.
People say 'you could do that in those days' Now 'apparently' it needs a sign saying 'Do Not'.
I am old enough to remember when taking risks was considered as being character building - now it is my fate to be too stiff to have so much fun!
Live life like there is no tomorrow - one day you will be right!
Have fun
As a child I cycled alone all over the moors and fell roads, now children hardly cycle at all. I walked up most of the mountains in the Lake District alone. Few people walk out of the car-park. I was Scree running long before it became a craze and rock scrambling (No rope) before it was considered dangerous.
People say 'you could do that in those days' Now 'apparently' it needs a sign saying 'Do Not'.
I am old enough to remember when taking risks was considered as being character building - now it is my fate to be too stiff to have so much fun!
Live life like there is no tomorrow - one day you will be right!
Have fun
Jan 5, 2017 11:54:59 #
Yeah I was once called out in a RR yard, standing on the tracks shooting a slowly approaching freight train. I heard over the loud speaker, 'hey there's an asshole with a camera there'. I got the shot and moved on.
Jan 5, 2017 12:03:49 #
Yes! Slipped on a wet exposed tree root and nearly went over a 40 foot cliff in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Luckily my wife was there and grabbed onto me.
Then there was the time in North Carolina, going done a narrow path after a rain (of course) when the dirt gave way and I fell about 20 feet. The dirt below was somewhat soft due to the rain and helped break my fall. My camera, though bounced up and hit me in the face.
I'm 68 now with a bad back so I think long and hard now before I take chances. Thinking of doing more food and portrait photography...less hazardous to my health.
On the other hand, the stories of what we sometimes have to go through to get the shot makes it all the more interesting and fun to tell.
Then there was the time in North Carolina, going done a narrow path after a rain (of course) when the dirt gave way and I fell about 20 feet. The dirt below was somewhat soft due to the rain and helped break my fall. My camera, though bounced up and hit me in the face.
I'm 68 now with a bad back so I think long and hard now before I take chances. Thinking of doing more food and portrait photography...less hazardous to my health.
On the other hand, the stories of what we sometimes have to go through to get the shot makes it all the more interesting and fun to tell.
Jan 5, 2017 12:12:32 #
Whuff wrote:
When you're out shooting somewhere (anywhere), do ... (show quote)
I quit venturing out from the tree trunk many years ago but thanks for the kind thoughts just the same.
Jan 5, 2017 12:18:30 #
Will leave will call home time when out. Also expect to be home time. Kids know how to activate lost phone. Take a compass with me. Caution is always wise. At this point wouldn't mind quick whenever as spouse makes more. I would feel bad putting others at risk because I did something stupid.
Jan 5, 2017 12:22:22 #
bobmcculloch wrote:
As I age I'm getting a little more careful, I found out I don't heal as fast.
Agreed! With age comes wisdom, (normally). LoL
Jan 5, 2017 12:39:41 #
SharpShooter wrote:
Hey, I already had the Captain chew me out for shooting on the Railroad Tracks!!
If you stay on the beaten path, all you get are beaten path shots.
If you not RISKING it...., you're NOT GETTING it!!!
One mans risking his life....., is just another mans regular day at the office!!!
By the time you're our age, at least take a risk!
SS
If you stay on the beaten path, all you get are beaten path shots.
If you not RISKING it...., you're NOT GETTING it!!!
One mans risking his life....., is just another mans regular day at the office!!!
By the time you're our age, at least take a risk!
SS
There are damn few thing worth risking your life for, a photo, sure as hell aint one of them.
Jan 5, 2017 12:44:03 #
terry44 wrote:
I used to be very risky but age and experience with those situations as well as having to use a walker to get around have slowed me down. I am risking going across the border to Rocky Point on the Gulf of Cortez this coming week, that's the biggest risk I take these days is crossing the border.
"...the biggest risk I take these days is crossing the border." Curious. I've been working in Pinacate (the Biosphere reserve you pass on the way to Penasco) for nearly half a century. My "elderly geologist's walker" (a 2 m sotol stem) is sufficient for me to get around most places. I still crawl out on the rough lava, the rocks ain't commin' to me. I have met people who have been robbed, and one woman who was raped, on the beach at Rocky Point during spring break but have never even heard of anyone having problems among the volcanoes.
On the other hand, the volcano I'm currently working is fiendishly complex (My motto - "What the hell is this?"), the desert is always lovely, even without flowers. The nights are dark enough to see faint objects like comets. I receive little enough appreciation from the people around me, but at least, the coyotes are kind enough to laugh when they see me coming.
Jan 5, 2017 12:48:34 #
jcboy3 wrote:
Just the opposite; I have less to lose.
Perhaps you have less to lose, but as we age, it's much easier to lose it.
Jan 5, 2017 12:53:16 #
UPDATE: last night on the news there was another story about this incident. Apparently the report that he had crossed a barrier was false. They interviewed his son who was with him at the time it happened and there is no barrier in that location. The son took his family to the spot to help them understand what went wrong and a woman was there taking a picture from the same place. In the interview the son stated that he would not support an effort to place a barrier there.
Jan 5, 2017 13:00:41 #
In my film days have stood on a swinging suspension bridge over a small waterfall somewhere between Snoqualmie Falls and Cougar Mtn. Watched a friend get washed downstream in a flash flood, two of us had just crossed when we heard that rush of water. Luckily he survived with minor injuries. Pulled another friend from an almost frozen lake after he yelled "follow me" and jumped over a guard rail. At age 66 I have become a little more safety conscious. Still hike with my camera but carry gps plus cell phone.
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