Famous people
Mar 5, 2021 00:02:01 #
Most photos were at concerts, nothing really up close and personal except Huey Lewis. Paul Simon, Dylan w/Tom Petty, Santana, Ottmar Liebert, Jackson Brown, but I did catch Jonathon Winters at a local Santa Barbara restaurant. Other characters around here I have not had my camera with me!
Mar 5, 2021 00:11:39 #
Seabastes wrote:
Yes, I was very fortunate and started my first staff news photographer job at 20 working my way through 3 years of college over four years. I spent 10 years as newspaper and wire service staffers then went freelance in 1970. I consider myself retired now and will be 82 in four more days.
Happy Birthday Seabastes! Wishing you more years of happy reflections on past achievements. Jim
Mar 5, 2021 00:26:20 #
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Mar 5, 2021 01:42:38 #
Pete Rose, was hired to shadow him and photograph him for 2 days. He’s actually a very nice and interesting guy. The twist was he was The Hit King, I was the Strike-Out King. If he ever makes Hall of Fame I have several items autographed by him.
Mar 5, 2021 05:19:42 #
Mar 5, 2021 06:45:03 #
sudamar wrote:
Who is the most famous person you have photographed?
Actress Abby Dalton about a hundred years ago during my long hair, bearded, flowered VW bus days. Most recently spending some time with Lawrence Taylor.
Mar 5, 2021 09:14:12 #
Would you give me your lens and camera settings for that moon shot. All I ever get is a bright white dot.
Mar 5, 2021 09:37:05 #
Most of my photos of famous people were up close and personal, though the one of Pope Paul was in a crowd. I did get up close to the Pope once but didn't photograph him then. Just after I took JFK's photo, Hubert Humphrey introduced me to him and I shook his hand. I was surprised at how soft it was (he had to take good care of it, I suppose, because he shook hands with so many people). My photo of the Apollo 13 astronauts was just after they had suited up and were about to get into the vehicle that would take them to the launch site. I also covered a night parade in East Berlin that included Brezhnev and Ulbricht. Not sure if I got photos of them. Haven't checked. Been to lots of concerts featuring famous people but never photographed at them. Biggest stars were probably Leonard Cohen and Marcel Marceau.
Mar 5, 2021 10:38:29 #
KTJohnson wrote:
Denny Hulme, Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda, Graham Hill, Clay Regazzoni.
Very cool!
Mar 5, 2021 11:00:22 #
Mar 5, 2021 11:21:10 #
jaycoffman
Loc: San Diego
Emmylou Harris with the Hot Band at an outdoor venue. What fun--she was drinking tequila from a bottle that day. Wonderful day. That was years ago.
Mar 5, 2021 12:00:20 #
gwilliams6 wrote:
I was a white house photo intern for President Ford.
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So you knew David Kennerly!
I've been to a few of his talks.
Great stories!!
(I'm more impressed with him than the other Famous People)
I've photographed Loretta Lynn (nice lady!) in Conway Twitty's house, Barry Switzer, Paul Ryan, Michelle Obama, Gary Sinise, several governors, several Miss America winners including Vanessa Williams ....all 1 on 1. Most from working for a daily newspaper.
Mar 5, 2021 12:01:09 #
Mar 5, 2021 13:37:20 #
Richard M. Nixon, Henny Youngman, Gloria DeHaven, Georgie Jessel, Pope John XXIII, About twenty State Governors. Walter Cronkite
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