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Post by tomfalater on May 6, 2016 10:38:34 GMT -5
Hi,
I'm a photographer with an assignment to shoot miners in a coal mine. I'm bringing my portable speedlight and soft boxes.
Anything special I need to know about lighting and reflections?
Thank you in advance.
Tom Falater
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Post by John on May 6, 2016 11:52:51 GMT -5
Hi, I'm a photographer with an assignment to shoot miners in a coal mine. I'm bringing my portable speedlight and soft boxes. Anything special I need to know about lighting and reflections? Thank you in advance. Tom Falater
Check with the mines inspectorate in your country, they will advise you on what you can and cannot take underground. I did take a 35mm film SLR and standard flash UG when I worked at a colliery in NSW Australia, but the risks were, if I got caught, I'd have lost my job. I did tell the Deputy, (safety foreman) in my district to stay out the way for half an hour so he was not a witness.
Same in the UK, when it had a coal industry, had to get permission, which wasn't readily granted! The old UK government collieries came under the National Coal Board, and they had their own photographic team, who used to have all flameproof lighting certified, and while they were photographing, they had an electrician with them, to cover the lighting equipment. Their cameras were stock film cameras with no electrics.
As I said, contact the Mines Inspectorate in the country you live in, then you will have to persuade a mining company to allow you underground, some countries have very stiff insurance rules on none trained personnel being underground.
The company I last worked for, you had to sign a card saying you couldn't hold the company responsible for any injury or your death should it happen, you also agreed to follow all orders given you by the companies representatives while underground. Varies country to country. Some companies won't take the risks on legal grounds.
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Post by Clive on May 7, 2016 7:55:08 GMT -5
Please dont shoot them Tom..There's not many left
Which mine are you going down? Is it in Alston?
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