Thanks, nice series. One thing I thought was missing was a wider angle
view of the entire pool area with good depth of field. Maybe a shot
from one corner of the pool across to the other side showing the group.
From the looks of Clare's lens she didn't take such a shot either.
Chuck Norcutt
Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> On Wednesday evening I posted a picture from a bar which a lot of
> people liked. Here is the rest of the story of that afternoon.
>
> Some time ago I was approached by the husband of one of the employees
> on my team (he also works at the office but in a different
> department). He told me that he was part of a diving group which was
> working with a foundation called APADIS. APADIS seeks to help mentally
> handicapped people integrate into society in various ways, sports and
> outdoors activities being one of them. So my colleague's diving club
> was going to spend an afternoon giving 5 people with Down's Syndrome
> an experience with diving in a large pool belonging to APADIS.
>
> They wanted their work documented so that the pictures could be used
> for fund-raising and publicity. Clare, our "official" in-house
> photographer, and I went along. In Clare's words, for her it was very
> gratifying to photograph something other than men in suits (she
> usually photographs office events like visiting delegations etc.). She
> did her kind of photography, and I did mine. She used a Canon DSLR
> with a big lens and took care of the group shots and much else. I
> stuck to my M8 and used just two lenses, the 35mm for most of the
> pictures, and the 24mm for the latter part of the afternoon, using my
> legs to zoom. Hopefully between us we have covered the event in the
> way the divers wanted.
>
> I have posted a small selection of my images here:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/7670615_chFAf#495235479_DcX5E
>
> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>
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>
>
>
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