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A Penguin in the Arctic
Today I was thinking what I could possibly write that would be something positive and pleasant as I suffer my Christmas melancholy associated with my loss of Rosemary.
Thinking about it last night I knew exactly what that would be although I will just be adding (in the beginning!) a preamble.
The photograph illustrating the previous blog (in link above) and this
one is the most difficult photograph I ever took in my long career. Its reason
for existence is that Vancouver Magazine Editor, Malcolm Parry was a decent
photographer in his own right and his command for the photograph we
collaborated in involved his magical preconception. Of preconception have
written about here. Minor White - Previsualizing the Unpredictable
While I explain in the blog (The Penguin in the Arctic) the mechanics of the shot (and shots that led to the one used) the most nonsensical demand of his (but he was proven right) that I mount a portable flash (a Norman 200B, heavy one at that) for the photograph. In the photograph you will see that little flash in front of the Porsche I was riding in. Did Mac (as we affectionately called him) preconceive that little flash on the pavement?
In this 21st century with the rapid disappearance of good magazines and pushy (but smart) art directors like the two I worked with, Rick Staehling and Chris Dahl, photographers are now ships without rudders.
I am glad I was around when those excellent persons pushed me.