First
day kicked off with top dressage competition in four
rings, which were all to be covered by the Phelps Photo
video team. For one day Mary had to jump in to handle
the video recorder instead of doing the photography,
but in the end she was very well pleased with her job
and actually referred to it as more easy than walking
around all day having a heavy camera to carry. My task
for the day was function as carrier of the tapes and
taking in orders. Luckily I had a golf cart at my disposal,
which made the job much easier. I drove from one ring
to another delivering and picking up tapes, making sure
that they were all kept organized.
The day was long and the whole team, consisting of
Mary, JJ, Dell Greenwell and Lu Spinks had
to work hard. Lu covered the CDI part in arena 1 all
day and with a replacement of a replacement in her hip
that lady is still alive and kicking, doing a lovely
job. I met Nicho Meredith again and
took some nice images from his fort, which is located
under the roof of the show office building. I was also
asked to do my first photography shoot of an award ceremony.
It was exciting of course but I'll doubt the quality
of the shots, until I have actually seen the proofs.
After a long day of work we went to Boonie's where I
had a plate of pork tenderloin for supper. I was quite
exhausted
when I went to bed. Although I woke up round 3 AM in
the morning I had a better sleep than the night before
as a group of mosquitoes then terrorized me and left
me covered with a million red, itching, bloody bumps.
Images by Astrid Appels and copyrighted for Phelps
Photo
First
day kicked off with top dressage competition in four
rings, which were all to be covered by the Phelps Photo
video team. For one day Mary had to jump in to handle
the video recorder instead of doing the photography,
but in the end she was very well pleased with her job
and actually referred to it as more easy than walking
around all day having a heavy camera to carry. My task
for the day was function as carrier of the tapes and
taking in orders. Luckily I had a golf cart at my disposal,
which made the job much easier. I drove from one ring
to another delivering and picking up tapes, making sure
that they were all kept organized.
