{"id":6320,"date":"2012-09-09T15:08:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T15:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=6320"},"modified":"2012-09-09T15:18:36","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T15:18:36","slug":"ready-set-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=6320","title":{"rendered":"Ready, Set, Go………."},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the week, the week, one of my favorite weeks of the year! \u00a0Great friends, tons of airplanes, both flying and sitting on the tarmac! \u00a0Photo opportunities galore and just plane great Reno early fall weather, couldn’t be better! \u00a0I always get to work with my favorite crew from Nikon, Bill Pekala and Mark Kettenhofen, and we are joined by David Lee for part of the week, all aviation guys and great to work and hang out with! \u00a0 I have a special love for airplanes and love to photograph them, especially the antique and older planes and I will be giving the D800 and real workout this week. \u00a0I have also, as mentioned earlier, assigned myself the single subject of color for color sake. \u00a0I think it is valuable to assign yourself things to look for and work on while doing your normal photographic walk arounds.<\/p>\n

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The shot above is one of my favorites with a liberal application of Glamour Glow from NIk Color Efex 3.0. \u00a0I hope to find more subjects that will work with his kind of digital filter use.<\/p>\n

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I’m asking a special favor of you guys, I need you to pray for me in a special way. \u00a0 This will be the first time the entire team will be back at Reno since last year’s terrible crash. \u00a0I know a lot of people will need to be wrapped in love, prayer, and concern. \u00a0For those of us that were in the middle of last years tragedy will find it hard to return to the scene of so many bad memories. \u00a0It is especially hard for me, as I was the unlucky fellow selected by the NTSB and the FAA to edit the video and still images that revealed what really happened in the crash, that very few in the public will ever see. \u00a0I still have lasting memories I wish I could erase. \u00a0I want to be there for others and be supportive, but will also be struggling with those horrible memories myself. \u00a0I shutter when I think back and remember that I was standing, shooting, at almost the exact spot of the crash fifteen minutes before it happened. Please lift all of my team up, and all the photographer, and officials of the Reno Air Racing Association that must climb this hill together!<\/p>\n

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Now to better thought; God is in control, He has a plan, and I will trust Him with everything! \u00a0How good it is to leave home knowing He is with me, driving up to the airport, flying out to Reno, and in my day by day duties there. \u00a0Please pray that I can rise above my own concerns and be His man on the ground in Reno. \u00a0I would not want to be doing anything more, than serving Him, and that goes for my obligation to you too! \u00a0I will pray for you, and will share faithfully what God is giving me for you and I!! \u00a0 I hope to post everyday from Reno, but just in case that doesn’t start until Tuesday, (the first day is always rea lly busy getting set up), this hopefully will work as my Monday post!<\/p>\n

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One last thing, thank you so very much for your visiting this blog, and I’m so pleased that so many of you are sharing that it means a lot to you, and that God is speaking to your heart!! \u00a0 Just remember to put the praise where it belongs, with my Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus! \u00a0When we lift Him up and praise Him, it frees Him to bless us in unimaginable ways! \u00a0I know, that’s what He has done for \u00a0me!<\/p>\n

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Blessings to all of you,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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