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They now call me MISTER Mitsy...

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Egad.

So 'smits finally has a new J-O-B... "Executive Assistant". Sounds important, huh? Well, she took to it like a duck to water and for that I'm overjoyed.

BUT! I ~somehow~ got "volunteer'd" to do some work for her new organization... SHOOTING GOLFERS! Chasin' a horde of golfers around an 18-hole course, making reflected light images ALL DAY yesterday. Shotgun start, a list of "celebrities" to hunt down. Weather was ideal, high 70's. They did furnish me with a "cart". A greenskeeper's utility cart, Jacobsen manufacture. Poor ol' thing groaned at every start (a gas engine!), the "transmission" seemed to be a belt on a centrifugal clutch. Brakes would shudder at the very second before it stopped completely and the pedal lock would work about half the time. Steering "response" would be a misnomer. Now, I'm a 'reformed' golfer, understand the game, the rules, the etiquette. Trying to tip-toe up to a tee or green in that thing was out of the question, so I had to consider that in the equation when attempting to get all the pix on my 'duty roster'. Weapons of choice: two Nikons with motor-drives, one with a 135mm other with a 35~70mm zoom. Fuji print film for ammo. I think I got 'em all. Had to stick around for the trophy presentations and dinner. They fed me (rubber chicken, I think). Dog-tired when it was over.

...and all I got for it was a lousy T-shirt. :smirk:

But Herself got kudos from the podium and raucous applause from the crowd for her efforts. For that I'm pleased :thumbsup:


This about sums it up:

 
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Needless to saw, when I heard you were shooting golfers, my thoughts went a little more in this direction:

 
Good thing it wasen't a seafood dinner, you would have had .......... Rubber Sole.
 
You do the good work for the team, that's what you got to do sometimes.

I'll admit that I went to the same place JP did when I thought of you and golf, Doc. Fire in the hole!
 
Was wearin' my boonie hat, couldn't find a pair o' Wellies tho.

And considered having Mrs. Esterhouse paged.

...Mebbe next year I'll get a gopher puppet and ask for th' same cart... :smirk:
 
...And a shot for the March assignment?

Quite possible, Greg. I had it in mind while I was shooting tee shots. We'll see.
 
Sounds like something that happened to me a few years ago, was on a temporary job at an office building (helping out the maintenance department), within a few days conversation somehow betrayed my photography background :rapture: and as they was some corporate function/launch/something like that I was quite suddenly volunteered to be the photographer, and they hardly even knew me!

I was only there for a week or two after the party but I guess I was there for the most important day... :emmersed:

Egad.

BUT! I ~somehow~ got "volunteer'd" to do some work for her new organization... SHOOTING GOLFERS! Chasin' a horde of golfers around an 18-hole course, making reflected light images ALL DAY yesterday. Shotgun start, a list of "celebrities" to hunt down. Weather was ideal, high 70's. They did furnish me with a "cart". A greenskeeper's utility cart, Jacobsen manufacture. Poor ol' thing groaned at every start (a gas engine!), the "transmission" seemed to be a belt on a centrifugal clutch. Brakes would shudder at the very second before it stopped completely and the pedal lock would work about half the time. Steering "response" would be a misnomer. Now, I'm a 'reformed' golfer, understand the game, the rules, the etiquette. Trying to tip-toe up to a tee or green in that thing was out of the question, so I had to consider that in the equation when attempting to get all the pix on my 'duty roster'. Weapons of choice: two Nikons with motor-drives, one with a 135mm other with a 35~70mm zoom. Fuji print film for ammo. I think I got 'em all. Had to stick around for the trophy presentations and dinner. They fed me (rubber chicken, I think). Dog-tired when it was over.

...and all I got for it was a lousy T-shirt. :smirk:
 
Doc,

Does this mean that you'll fly out,& photograph our local car show in June?
BTW - I'm "32nd Assisatant Manager" at my job.

- Doug
 
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