Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Shotgun Wedding - Sort Of..


As some of you know, last week I finally got hitched to my new bride, who is now Tami Lee. Has a nice southern ring to it to match her accent. I never thought I could have as much fun at a wedding, especially my own. Up until now I've always mostly endured them for the opportunity to party with friends. But everything came off perfectly, thanks to all the help to make it that way, and we partied until the lights went out. Our friends came from all over the country, some of which I haven't seen in a decade and I don't think it's possible to express what that meant to us though I tried in a blundering speach at the reception. For those of you who didn't make it down to North Myrtle Beach for the weekend, I had 6 of the worlds best photographers who also happen to be six of my closest friends, in town covering it. So, we'll have heaps of good pics to come. Thanks guys. We made a little side trip on Sat. morning over the the family farm for a little shooting fun and blasted away any hangovers from the previous night before gorging on my favorite home cooked meal, Chicken Bog.
This week started again with a bang here at The International Sniper Competition at Ft. Benning, GA where I'm covering the event as well as the Combatitives Competition this coming weekend. I'm shooting both Video and Still pics and transmitting from the road. What that means is that with 2 big digital SLRs, a video camera with shotgun mic, headphones and a tripod, I'm trying to keep up with guys who are in top phisical condition as they run obstacle courses, climb ladders, jump in and out of helicopters and shoot targets. All that and my editors want me to try to hold the camera steady. Their advice, hold your breath! Just thinking about it makes me want a smoke. It's my first time editing video without being able to shout for help over my shoulder and have one of my fellow staffers come running. It's been a challenge consisting of many late hours in a claustophobic motel room, but you can see my first efforts on this new frontier of muli-media journalism here: SNIPERS click "See the Video." Baby steps right?
As aways, thanks for checking in. JLee