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Published On: Mar 16, 2007 12:28 AM
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Published On: Mar 16, 2007 12:28 AM
Photo Field Trip to Joshua Tree and a flesh wound!
What a day! My very good friend Joe
Photo and I headed out to Joshua Tree National Park early yesterday morning to
go on a little photo field trip as we try to do at least once a month to make
sure we are shooting for ourselves, in addition to shooting for our
clients.
I got up super early, it was dark outside still... and because I was slightly disoriented at that early hour, I left my Nikes on my bed, and proceeded to drive out there in my flip flops. That should have been a warning sign of things to come. We did a lot of hiking, and it's just not fun in sandals.
It was a beautiful day in the Southern California desert, and somebody (both of us actually) neglected to bring sunscreen. Hmmm... that was smart! Crystal clear blue skies... 3,000-4,000 foot elevation and a hot sun. It was going to be a long day. Strike Two!
But shortly after arriving, as we are both walking around and snapping away... I accidentally bumped the top of my head into the bottom of a Joshua Tree. In case you all aren't aware, the leaves are very hard and very sharp. So sharp, that I didn't even feel the smooth puncture into my noggin. It didn't hurt, I just thought to myself... that was stupid, then a few seconds later... I felt moisture. I reached up and my hand was instantly covered in blood. I called for Joe, told him to "Hurry... I am serious!"
Again, it didn't hurt, but the sight of that much of my own blood, made me a little queasy and I was a little scared. We were in the middle of nowhere. At least a half hour or so from even a gas station. Of course I noticed that I didn't have cell coverage when I got out of the car. I just tried to apply pressure, but since I couldn't feel the wound, I wasn't sure where the blood was coming from. Thankfully it stopped pretty quickly and everything turned out fine. Of course Joe said we had to take a photo for the blog, and this wasn't even that bad. We should have taken a photo of my hands.
Between being sunburned, dizzy from blood loss, tired from getting up at the crack of dawn, and cranky because I was hiking in flip flops, I didn't shoot a lot of photos and only got a couple of decent ones taken at an abandoned mine:
Speaking of Joe, here's a portrait and a couple of actions shots:
Check out his blog to see his shots from the day.
I got up super early, it was dark outside still... and because I was slightly disoriented at that early hour, I left my Nikes on my bed, and proceeded to drive out there in my flip flops. That should have been a warning sign of things to come. We did a lot of hiking, and it's just not fun in sandals.
It was a beautiful day in the Southern California desert, and somebody (both of us actually) neglected to bring sunscreen. Hmmm... that was smart! Crystal clear blue skies... 3,000-4,000 foot elevation and a hot sun. It was going to be a long day. Strike Two!
But shortly after arriving, as we are both walking around and snapping away... I accidentally bumped the top of my head into the bottom of a Joshua Tree. In case you all aren't aware, the leaves are very hard and very sharp. So sharp, that I didn't even feel the smooth puncture into my noggin. It didn't hurt, I just thought to myself... that was stupid, then a few seconds later... I felt moisture. I reached up and my hand was instantly covered in blood. I called for Joe, told him to "Hurry... I am serious!"
Again, it didn't hurt, but the sight of that much of my own blood, made me a little queasy and I was a little scared. We were in the middle of nowhere. At least a half hour or so from even a gas station. Of course I noticed that I didn't have cell coverage when I got out of the car. I just tried to apply pressure, but since I couldn't feel the wound, I wasn't sure where the blood was coming from. Thankfully it stopped pretty quickly and everything turned out fine. Of course Joe said we had to take a photo for the blog, and this wasn't even that bad. We should have taken a photo of my hands.
Between being sunburned, dizzy from blood loss, tired from getting up at the crack of dawn, and cranky because I was hiking in flip flops, I didn't shoot a lot of photos and only got a couple of decent ones taken at an abandoned mine:
Speaking of Joe, here's a portrait and a couple of actions shots:
Check out his blog to see his shots from the day.
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Posted: Fri - March 16, 2007 at 12:28 AM