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Topic: Ralph Morse: Photographing the space shuttle an engineering challenge
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-23-2007 02:25 AM
   
From the Associated Press:
Photographing the space shuttle an engineering challenge quote:
Veteran space photographer Ralph Morse destroyed about half a dozen cameras capturing the first space shuttle launch in 1981.The Life magazine photographer set cameras on and around the shuttle's launchpad, rigged them with vibration sensors and hoped to catch the liftoff. But the violent launch sent them flying, and the cameras returned in pieces, their metal twisted. "They were blown all over the place," remembered Morse, who turns 90 on Tuesday, the day of the next scheduled shuttle launch. One camera took salvageable photos but "the others were just blown apart too much," Morse said.
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Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 10-23-2007 12:01 PM
In this day of digital cameras, I often wonder how crazy it got back in the days of film only cameras when several photographers would go running off to the developers to see how their remote film came out. Then I also think of how many of those pictures ended up in the trash due to problems with them. At least with digital cameras, its pretty easy to see the image right away and delete it if it doesn't look right (assuming the camera survived). |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 10-23-2007 04:43 PM
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Originally posted by Jay Chladek:
At least with digital cameras, its pretty easy to see the image right away and delete it if it doesn't look right (assuming the camera survived).
True, but if you're photographing a launch, you don't have much time to review your images and adjust settings accordingly.  |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 10-23-2007 07:01 PM
You are correct. If the settings are off on one photo, then they will be off for all of them. But at least one doesn't have to go developing the film to find out they are scrap.  |
Ali AbuTaha
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Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 10-23-2007 08:56 PM
Ralph Morse is a gentleman and a true professional, who deserves recognition for the first fifty years anniversaries. From the first launches, he didn’t just carry a camera; he envisioned the whole process and strategically placed a network of cameras using hit-tech equipment and imagination to capture unique and memorable record. Is the AP announcement associated with any upcoming publication?I flew to New York and spent a day with Ralph in the Time-Life photo vault – actually a suite of rooms and not only a box-shaped enclosure. Ralph’s record of launches is the most extensive after that of NASA. For example, he had a remotely controlled camera placed out in the water clicking away and capturing exclusive views of events, not captured by other cameras and from other angles. These, and other pictures, have not been published yet. Time-Life has great footage of launches, due to Ralph Morse, and could, or should, produce great book(s) of the first fifty years. Happy Birthday, Ralph. | |
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