We had a great program at our astronomy club last night. Stan Honda came and did a talk and slideshow about the work he did covering the launches of the Space Shuttle! He attended 11 launches! He showed photographs of the camera setups he used. The cameras that were closest to the launch had to be mounted in protective boxes on tripods, triggered automatically by sound. Stan could photograph from 2 or 3 miles away, using long lenses on cameras he could trigger himself. His photographs were just spectacular! He always draws a crowd when he speaks.
4 comments:
Sounds like an amazing presentation. Eleven shuttle launches is incredible! So happy for you that your paths crossed and you became friends.
Joan
What a cool shot of Honda and one of his pictures. Interesting info about the measures taken to protect his gear and the distance between his camera and the image. Spectacular!
Thank you both for your comments. His work is spectacular, and it was fun to find out how it was done.
if you haven't been to the kennedy space center, put it on your long list. it's exciting, inspiring and overwhelming, and you would surely get a year's worth of blog posts.
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