http://www.oss237.com/2008/04/11/here-to-help/ Photography by Oss237 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:32:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.oss237.com/2008/04/11/here-to-help/#comment-15693 OSS237.com - Ross Costigan Photography Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:00:13 +0000 http://www.oss237.com/2008/04/11/here-to-help/#comment-15693 [...] It was both scary and awesome to be so close and shooting the car crash scene, as the firemen secured the cars and set about saving the survivors. It was also pretty eerie with hundreds of people standing around watching in silence. I need to get rid of my manners when trying to shoot something at the same time as other photographers. Whilst trying to stay out of the way of all the fire and ambulance crew doing their jobs, I was trying to compete with several other photographers and film crew for the best angles. With only seconds to get shots before something/somebody gets in the way, I found that being polite obviously isn’t high up on the list of things to worry about (at least with some photographers). [...] [...] It was both scary and awesome to be so close and shooting the car crash scene, as the firemen secured the cars and set about saving the survivors. It was also pretty eerie with hundreds of people standing around watching in silence. I need to get rid of my manners when trying to shoot something at the same time as other photographers. Whilst trying to stay out of the way of all the fire and ambulance crew doing their jobs, I was trying to compete with several other photographers and film crew for the best angles. With only seconds to get shots before something/somebody gets in the way, I found that being polite obviously isn’t high up on the list of things to worry about (at least with some photographers). [...]

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