Monthly Archives: May 2012

First day at the Derby, the gear arrived today, and as usual, it was a load!  Over 75 bodies, 12 600’s, 12 400’s, 8 500’s, a dozen 300 f2.8’s 23 28-70’s and more and more goodies!

For the benefit of all my friends that think no one could be luckier than being at the Derby, here is how it all arrives, in 14 rolling cases and large, heavy pelican cases.  Arrives means at the street about 50 yards for the Media building.  It was a simple job to push them over half a football field of cobblestone, not sweat, well actually I was ringing wet by the time we got them all in.  Then it was unload, every trunk, check every serial number, and organize everything for loans to start tomorrow!

Then sort the 24-70 from the 14-24, put all the teleconverters together, line up all the 300 f 2.8s and 200-400s.

Now all I have to do is set up the loan department, help Francis get ready to do clean and checks, pay for lunch for all the photographers and help sort out the shooters vests for the media from all over the world!  Just another fun filled day on vacation!

 

O.K. enough with the sarcasm, I really don’t hate this job, and the work involved, I just get tired of well meaning buddies, thinking I’m off hobnobing with George Clooney, drinking Mint Juleps, and winning on the horses!  Hey really don’t want to do any of that anyway.  You see,  God always has a better plan, a much better one, so I’ll just suffer through another Derby, and wait and see what God has planned!

 

It’s amazing how he uses these situations!

 

the pilgrim