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\nThe last few days have been, well, different. I wasn\u2019t really planning on blogging the rest of the week, there is simply more important things to deal with right now. You as a community, you \u201cfans\u201d though have been simply amazing! Your out pouring of concern to my family and me has let us know just how blessed we are!<\/p>\n
Jake & I both had shot lists, aircraft and folks we wanted to photograph and with the sheer size and magnitude of Reno Air Races, we break things down by days. Now if we see something come up that we know is a once in a lifetime opportunity, we would deviate but otherwise, we kinda stick to our plan so we cover all we want to cover. Sunday night when we got back home, Jake & I realized we were light about 5000 images. Images we planned on taking Saturday and Sunday. Planes and folks we wanted to tell their story visually are missing as there was no Saturday\/Sunday. It\u2019s something we\u2019re still coping with.<\/p>\n
In the process of communicating with all from the races as we gather ourselves up and move forward, some web comments were brought to my attention. Now I am very use to this in the environmental world, been dealing with it for 30yrs. It is 100% human nature, it\u2019s what we do and it is a survival mechanism that permits us to deal with bad times and horrible information. Sometimes it\u2019s just plain old ignorance and other it\u2019s just the bad information pressed upon us. That\u2019s probably why whenever I blog about doing your homework for wildlife photography, I can hear the jeers arise. For example if I mention climate change in a blog (like I did just now), my email box will fill with emails telling me I\u2019m an idiot. They tell me that what I\u2019ve seen firsthand is not the case, I didn\u2019t see it correctly. I love those emails. Well I\u2019ve got a new one now that has its own folder as well.<\/p>\n
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I wrote in my Gone West blog that \u201cIt is just part of aviation.\u201d Accidents and deaths that is and as a wise person just told me, \u201cYou\u2019ll find more submarines at the bottom of the ocean then planes stuck in the sky.\u201d I\u2019d fly right now, right this moment with any of my friends in their aircraft if they\u2019d come and pick me up (this does not include commercial flights). But with that desire, I know accidents, no matter how careful you are, happen. We spend a couple of hours at our Air2Air Workshop talking just safety because it is apart of the passion. The list of planes, pilots, photographers and passengers that I personally know that have tragically lost their lives in a plane crash in the last 45 days is too long to think it\u2019s not part of aviation. From Jimmy Leeward to Frans Dely to Jack \u201cFlash\u201d Mangan to 7 others I know in the last 45 days. If you head to NTSB<\/a> or PlaneCrashInfo<\/a> you\u2019ll see this is the tip of the ice berg.<\/p>\n Sharon & I have been fighting the battle, because it is a battle, to make the public aware of the plight of our wild heritage for a long time. It has taken its toll on us over the years as the message falls on fewer and fewer ears with less and less being done on their behalf. We still battle but we now have a wall to protect us from the bad news we feel is coming (critter extinction is hard to handle). That\u2019s why we weren\u2019t surprised by those who think I\u2019m all wrong about what my dear friend calls, \u201cThe under belly of flight.\u201d Planes do come down and tragically, good folk pass.<\/p>\n We\u2019re living in a time when change is needed. It\u2019s needed on every level at ever sector for everybody. Talking with so many vets from WWII, I crave that spirit of that era to infuse itself again in us as a society. There are many avenues available to us to make the needed changes and I don\u2019t mean to trivialize the solution, but I think knowledge could take us a long ways to solving our problems. No matter your age, beliefs or goals, pushing yourself to be better educated and informed and knowledgeable, leads to conversations that will unite and improve us all. We don\u2019t all have to agree but with knowledgeable and educated conversation we can make a positive change. Be it politics, the environment, aviation, sports, no matter what, take some time to read, ponder and learn so common sense and not ignorance rules the day. Keep that open heart for your fellow man but don\u2019t forget knowledge is a powerful force!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The last few days have been, well, different. I wasn\u2019t really planning on blogging the rest of the week, there is simply more important things to deal with right now. 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<\/p>\nKnowledge is a Powerful Force!<\/a><\/blockquote>