Mechanism of Injury

I saw this video on Motor Cop's blog "If you got stopped you deserved it". 

Although it appears to have a slightly copcentric point of view, I found it pretty damn funny. Apparently, it was produced by Officer Joe Snuffy, who has his own YouTube channel with several videos posted on it.



I often wonder what the Po Po really thinks of the games that we play, now I know! I only wish I had the technical skills to produce a rebuttal video.

Thanks for reading,
Schmoe

It felt good...

...to get out of the house over the weekend, even though I couldn't really do anything really fun. I did get to use my camera a little. I worked on some night scape stuff, mediocre results, I won't bore you with those.

I did manage to get a few shots of a helicopter doing some work not too far away and was able to get pretty close without getting in the way. I have actually flown in this helicopter several times, long ago in a place far away, back in my pilot days. A friend of mine worked for the owners of this Hughes 500, and he took me up a few times in it. It was a well used machine then and that was probably 15 years ago.

That's one thing I miss about not working at the airport on my days off. I met some great people and was able to fly in some nice aircraft - stuff that I would have never been able to do had I not worked there.

Of course, I don't miss laying flat on my back underneath a filthy airplane scrubbing the oil off of the belly. The sensation of solvent running down my arms into my shirt is one I would rather forget.

I was glad to see this ship still in the air though, it is apparently still going strong. I'll bet it's still flying 15 years from now.

Thanks for reading,
Schmoe

P.S. I am trying to get released to return to work on Saturday, we'll see how that goes.
Thanks again.

Camera Lens Diplomacy

I had been happily snapping pictures for half an hour or so when I saw the Chief came over the hill. He did not appear to be smiling, in fact he appeared to be scowling. This did not bode well for me, as I did not know anyone at this scene and had no real right to be there.

I should have been paying more attention so I could have repositioned before he reached where I was, but it was too late for that so I continued shooting.

I was surprised to see, when he came into my viewfinder, that he was smiling. Maybe he thought I was from the media or maybe he just knew I was taking his picture and didn't want to be caught frowning. Regardless, I thought it amusing.

I was equally surprised when I snapped this picture a short while later.

He was taking pictures of his crews as they mopped up their portion of the fire. Later, I spoke with him for several minutes and explained to him who I was. It turned out that we had several acquaintances in common and I ended up sending him some of the better images.

It was a good opportunity for some camera lens diplomacy, hopefully he'll let me shoot one of his scenes again if the opportunity arises.

Thanks for reading,
Schmoe