Pic of the Month: March ’10
posted by on 03/31/10
Heidelberg
Photoshoot fun usually starts with a phone call. Well, this one ended a little different than normal.
“Well James! I’m so glad you are still in the office” I heard David say after picking up the phone at around 4:45 at the end of long day at work, “we’ve got a little project for you, if you are available.” Of course I was available; I would never turn down the opportunity to take a custom picture for Mr. Gothard’s next book! “All we need is a picture of the 5-color press.”
Five minutes later, I was suddenly finished my work for the day and was downstairs snapping pictures of the beautiful, Heidelberg, 10-Color Press. “I’ll take my time to get some sweet pictures; it’s not very often I get to express my expertise in this way!” I thought.
I excused the fact that I took a long time by reminding myself that I was doing a high quality job. “It’s always better to have a lot of different angles to choose from, right?” The problem is, it always takes more time. It was 6:00 before I had sent the pictures to David.
Five minutes later, I got a friendly call from David: “Hi James. I, um, would you mind? . . . you know James! the pictures of the 10-color press are great. But, you see . . . would you mind taking some pictures of the 5-color press?”
Avoid embarrassment: listen attentively, then work diligently.
Wow… not the normal type of photo I’m used to seeing from your camera.
Excellent – very thought provoking – analogy!
Does this go down in the record as a “life’s most embarrassing moment”?
The end of the month passed by so quickly that I forgot to post on time! I’m glad you were still able to enjoy it.
Though it’s not at the top of “the list”, I must admit that it is embarrassing enough to make a good story around a dining room table. Trust me, I’m sure this was only the second time this kind of mistake has ever happened.
Good pictures. I like the way the 4th one shows the “10″ and gives an impression of the size of the machine. Good lesson too. Thanks for sharing them.