[LargeFormat] 65mm SA

[Karl Wolz]

Most ground based folks don't realize that the tops of buildings generally
have walls around them to keep folks from the actual edges.

I had scheduled to do a shot of a hot-air balloon "glow" (a bunch of
tethered balloons in the city streets lighting up their burners
simultaneously; quite a sight) in downtown Phoenix a few years ago.

The day before, someone had managed to commit suicide by leaping off the
side of the same building from which we were to be shooting.  The building
security folks were very touchy about us getting up on the roof that next
night!

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Caluori" <pcaluori@hotmail.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] 65mm SA


> Interesting Les.  Before moving to Colorado, I lived in NYC where I did
> Satellite Data Communication.  Doing that work, I often had to access the
> roof of many of NY's skyscrapers.  Yes, it's a nice view from up there,
but
> it could also be challenging.  Once I was alone on the roof when the wind
> blew over the ladder I had used to get on top of the tallest structure.
>
> Regards,  Pete
>
> >From: Les Newcomer <lnphoto@ismi.net>
> >
> >Pete Caluori wrote:
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > Les, I don't envy you your work.  Nice picture of the sewer!  Do you
get
> > > hazardous pay for your efforts?  I think I'll take my chances
> >photographing
> > > during lightning storms.:)
> > >
> >
> >Shocking! just shocking!   :-)
> >
> >
> >Yeah I have to say this was my worst job in terms of the environment.
> >Luckily I"ve been able to stay on the clean side of the department most
> >of the time.  My lastest job is photographing meter pits-- effectively
> >an underground chamber about the size of a typical tract house basement
> >full of large pipes and a very large water meter. These are on the
> >borders between cities so the Detroit water department can bill each
> >city for the water they used. The city is rehabbing the chambers,
> >installing better meters and automating the data (each of these has a
> >cell phone so DWSD can call each and download the data)
> >
> >After the 10th pit, it's boring work, but there are 270 of these pits
> >they want 10 pre construction photos and 12 post construction of each
> >pit and from each photo they want 3 prints and a slide.  At $12 a print
> >and $3 a slide I can't say it's not profitable, particlulary when we get
> >a good day and shoot 10 pits. With the extra photos I figure this job
> >will top out at 7000 shots, 21,000 prints. I keep tell them they are
> >going to have to add the Les Newcomer wing to the water board building
> >just to hold all the binders.
> >
> >The rest of the work I do is construction, it's a lot of fun, getting to
> >run around on a construction site. I've gotten to fly in helicopters,
> >ride in buckets of back hoes, and once they swung me out on a crane
> >about 500 feet above Woodward Ave, so I can shoot back onto the building
> >during the topping out ceremony.
> >
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