
I’ve been gone for about a week and a half. I was spending all spare time processing the 1,100+ photos I took during the C-Scow National Regatta back on it’s first day, June 18.

And what did we learn? You can meter for light conditions but when you are shooting outdoor sports where your angle is constantly changing in relation to the light source you are still going to spend a lot of time pushing levels. You see the value in something like PhotoMechanix so you can do fast sorting, ranking, stamping etc. I’m thinking of buying it. The hours of labor saved would be sweet.

The thing about shooting in RAW is HUGE FILES…and when you are doing that first quick sorting job sometimes all you need to do is to push the levels a wee bit and crop well to find you have a great shot. That takes so much time.

These one design sailors are dedicated, crazy good sailors.

I had an opportunity to do two cross lake (Lake Michigan) races with the position of photographer/rail meat. (I’m usually pit halliards/pit) Had the weather report been ‘friendlier’ I would have went but I am now 2 months out of a broken back. That fact plus the fact I lack a high quality water proof housing kept me from participating.