Famous people
Mar 7, 2021 10:31:55 #
machia
Loc: NJ
medphotog wrote:
"Shaky" Lovell is a Captain. (Didn't want ya to reduce his retirement)
How did Jim Lovell get that nickname?
I was fascinated with the space program as a kid, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo. Got signed photos of Stafford and Cernan but never met them.
Mar 7, 2021 10:56:14 #
medphotog
Loc: Witness protection land
My understanding is Pete "Tweety" Conrad gave it to him. Chatted with Cernan on the phone. Great guy.
Mar 7, 2021 11:29:52 #
Mar 7, 2021 15:17:22 #
At age 13, I went to my first rock concert in NYC to see Jimi Hendrix. I brought my Kodak Instamatic with me, and with my elbows on the rotating stage, grabbed a couple of shots. Here are a couple I scanned.
Mar 7, 2021 16:19:46 #
sudamar wrote:
Who is the most famous person you have photographed?
The REAL Herbert A Philbrick. The subject of the TV show "I Led Three Lives". The man who exposed 11 top Communist leaders in order to save this country from being taken over by Communism in 1945. They were exposed 3 weeks before their plan to overtake our government was to take place.
They made a TV series about his life. He was played by Richard Carlson. Herb was married to my husband's sister.
Mar 7, 2021 20:56:48 #
sudamar wrote:
Who is the most famous person you have photographed?
I've been very fortunate to have photographed Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barak and Michelle Obama, Jack Jones, Max and Jimmy Ernst, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Vereen, Lloyd Mayweather, Evander Holyield, and SHECKY GREENE!
Mar 7, 2021 22:25:09 #
DavePDX wrote:
At age 13, I went to my first rock concert in NYC to see Jimi Hendrix. I brought my Kodak Instamatic with me, and with my elbows on the rotating stage, grabbed a couple of shots. Here are a couple I scanned.
What a wonderful story !
Unfortunately my experience was to photograph Jimi Hendrix's funeral for International distribution in the editorial market thought my Photo Agent.
Mar 9, 2021 23:14:50 #
Mar 10, 2021 13:47:22 #
Took a 3 minute, 8mm movie of the Beatles playing in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. Then, Paul McCartney in concert two times in later years.
Mar 10, 2021 13:56:55 #
Bill Graham also used an old barn in Eugene OR called the Haystack and had new bands refine the act up there. I remember my brother taking me there in about 1964-67. I was 12. Saw some great acts by sitting back stage.
Mar 10, 2021 13:59:40 #
Mar 10, 2021 14:15:57 #
DavePDX wrote:
At age 13, I went to my first rock concert in NYC to see Jimi Hendrix. I brought my Kodak Instamatic with me, and with my elbows on the rotating stage, grabbed a couple of shots. Here are a couple I scanned.
You did good.
Mar 10, 2021 17:13:06 #
Mar 10, 2021 17:28:52 #
A mentor of mine, back in the day, a kinda grandmaster of portraiture, once told me "It ain't HOW you shoot it's WHO you shoot that brings fame and fortune". I was a humble young portrait photographer, shooting brides and babies, in a kind middle-class ethnic neighbourhood, with little or no access to famous folks. My sarcastic response to my mentor was "yeah, next wee I'm gonna shoot the Proesident, The Queen of England, and The Pope"!
Later in life, I did a stint as a press photographer, shooting for a daily newspaper. I was the rookie on the team so I got the night shift, traffic accidents, murders, riots, etc. The senior guys go the political events, award shows, VIP arrivals, etc. This was a time when press photographers and photojournalists had a kind of sloppy dress code- some refused to wear a suit, dress shirt and necktie. They thought the "war zone look" was fashionable. There we labour issues- unionization stuff- so "suits and ties" were the tip of the grievance iceberg.
One morning, as I was coming off my shift, the boss asked me if I had a suit or sports coat that I would be willing to wear to work- I would get the day shift! Seem the Prime Ministers' office and several embassies complained that the photographers that were covering diplomatic and government official events were inappropriately dressed and found this to be an embarrassment in front of visiting dignitaries.
So... by default, I finally got to shoot Queen Elizabeth and her hubby, Princess Dianna, President Reagen, a bunch of visiting heads of state and including P.M. Begin of Isreal, a few Canadian Prime Ministers, yes Ministers, and yes, His Holiness!
Honestly, none of these folks came to my studio to be photographed or summoned me to photograph them at their palaces. These are grabbed shots where my press card and security clearances enabled my access and to get it close enough. I made some souvenir copies for my scrapbook but weh I displayed prints in my studio, later on, folks were impressed. When there was limited access, there were press pools with one shooter each for UPI, AP, Canadian Press and Reuters and ONLY one or two from local media- the guy with tie got in!
I'll post a few from my collection- the rest are buried in my "archive" which is a bit of a mess. If I can find a few more interesting ones, I'll scan and post them. Sorry for the damaged prints- the scans are from beaten-up old prints. I have to dig out the negatives and make new prints- I've been procrastinating. Some day!
Later in life, I did a stint as a press photographer, shooting for a daily newspaper. I was the rookie on the team so I got the night shift, traffic accidents, murders, riots, etc. The senior guys go the political events, award shows, VIP arrivals, etc. This was a time when press photographers and photojournalists had a kind of sloppy dress code- some refused to wear a suit, dress shirt and necktie. They thought the "war zone look" was fashionable. There we labour issues- unionization stuff- so "suits and ties" were the tip of the grievance iceberg.
One morning, as I was coming off my shift, the boss asked me if I had a suit or sports coat that I would be willing to wear to work- I would get the day shift! Seem the Prime Ministers' office and several embassies complained that the photographers that were covering diplomatic and government official events were inappropriately dressed and found this to be an embarrassment in front of visiting dignitaries.
So... by default, I finally got to shoot Queen Elizabeth and her hubby, Princess Dianna, President Reagen, a bunch of visiting heads of state and including P.M. Begin of Isreal, a few Canadian Prime Ministers, yes Ministers, and yes, His Holiness!
Honestly, none of these folks came to my studio to be photographed or summoned me to photograph them at their palaces. These are grabbed shots where my press card and security clearances enabled my access and to get it close enough. I made some souvenir copies for my scrapbook but weh I displayed prints in my studio, later on, folks were impressed. When there was limited access, there were press pools with one shooter each for UPI, AP, Canadian Press and Reuters and ONLY one or two from local media- the guy with tie got in!
I'll post a few from my collection- the rest are buried in my "archive" which is a bit of a mess. If I can find a few more interesting ones, I'll scan and post them. Sorry for the damaged prints- the scans are from beaten-up old prints. I have to dig out the negatives and make new prints- I've been procrastinating. Some day!
Mar 10, 2021 18:56:49 #
Thanks for your bio. Do not shortchange your time as a press photographer. Today, looking back, you must see the special value of your photographs. The one of P.M. Begin of Israel stands out as iconic. Other gems in your archive deserve daylight, too.
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
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