Photo Essay : Ian Fisher : American Soldier Photos

I have seen some very good photo essays over the years on the internet, but this one has to be amongst the best I have seen.

This is how an American soldier is made.

For 27 months, Ian Fisher, his parents and friends, and the U.S. Army allowed Denver Post reporters and a photographer to watch and chronicle his recruitment, induction, training, deployment, and, finally, his return from combat. A selection of photos from Ian’s journey are posted below.


Ian Fisher : American Soldier

Swimming with Dolphins


Swimming with Dolphins, originally uploaded by norbography.

It isn’t often I get as excited as I was this morning. Here is what I wrote on Flickr….

Out swimming this morning after a bike ride, and a pod of dolphins were a couple of hundred yards off the beach. I swam out to meet them and then they headed up the beach. I got to within about 3 metres of them at one stage. Was terrific. I have never got that close to wild dolphins before.

The quality isnt the best with the GoPro camera, but you can see what they are.

It was very cool.

21/52.

21/52., originally uploaded by norbography.

This weeks 52 week project. I will start by quoting what I wrote on Flickr.

Ha! This weeks self portrait is done with 5 days to spare!

Today was my first swim of the summer. I have had a bit of a nasty chest infection that has kept me out of the water up until now. The water is beautiful, if a bit rough today.

Here I am napping under a wave.

More info on the camera I used here…. www.goprocamera.com/index.php?area=2&productid=1

It is a great little camera.

Now, for those wondering how I did it, there really is no trick at all. The little camera has a very wide field of view, and as such, makes anything that is close, look like it is far away. The camera was at arms length in this shot.

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20/52

20/52, originally uploaded by norbography.

This weeks self portrait for the 52 Week Project was taken at sunset at Tilbury Cove. Pity the clouds came over, as it was a stunning site about 30 minutes beforehand when I rode past on the pushbike.

Once again, I set up the off camera flash.

norbist info : Flash at full power, off to the right of the frame at 45 degrees to me.