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All over

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:03 pm
by Darcy
https://picasaweb.google.com/116188736389762953183/TravelsInBW#slideshow/6225677188123663410

No place real dangerous but I'm proud of them; Zanzibar, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Gabon, Turkey, Suriname, Norway, Italy, Canada....

Re: All over

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:31 pm
by ROB
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:29 am
by Kurt
Thanks!

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:39 pm
by Darcy
Thanks. Now if I could just figure out how to make a buck with my camera, I'd be doing alright.

Re: All over

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:05 pm
by t-yac
Good stuff!

Re: All over

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 11:57 pm
by ROB
Darcy wrote:Thanks. Now if I could just figure out how to make a buck with my camera, I'd be doing alright.


Are you actually a photographer? (As in are you any good?)

Re: All over

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 5:33 pm
by Darcy
I really don't know, that's some of my best work. Guess I'm seeing if it's any good. I've got employment, I fly search and rescue helicopters in support of oil and gas exploration projects all over the place, so I get around a little, and take photos whenever I can. With the present oil market and layoffs pretty much everywhere, it'd be nice to supplement my income a little....I'm still working but perhaps not for much longer.

Re: All over

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:30 pm
by nowonmai
Darcy wrote:I really don't know, that's some of my best work. Guess I'm seeing if it's any good. I've got employment, I fly search and rescue helicopters in support of oil and gas exploration projects all over the place, so I get around a little, and take photos whenever I can. With the present oil market and layoffs pretty much everywhere, it'd be nice to supplement my income a little....I'm still working but perhaps not for much longer.


I hear the Syrian air force is looking for reliable helicopter pilots.

Re: All over

PostPosted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:42 am
by Darcy
I'm looking into some UN gigs.

These birds I'm now flying in Gabon are heading to Poland next month for storage, should be a very cool ferry flight up the western coast of Africa.

Re: All over

PostPosted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 2:38 pm
by nowonmai
By the way, I thought your phots were great.

Re: All over

PostPosted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 8:27 pm
by Darcy
Thanks!

Perhaps I can put together some sort of photo-essay of this upcoming ferry trip.

Re: All over

PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:26 am
by svizzerams
Your photos are great - very engaging and interesting. Well done!!!

Re: All over

PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 7:56 am
by Darcy
Thank you!

Excited about next month; Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire, Liberia, Guinea, Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Spain, France, Switzerland, Austria then Poland all low level in a Super Puma, camera in hand! Unfortunately some countries are just refuelling stops but lots of overnights planned and a few days in some favourites.

Re: All over

PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:37 pm
by Darcy
Been laid off for awhile, but thankfully just got picked up for a SAR flying post in Kaz. Been home for months, bored to tears, and with a professional photographer friend (Associated Press - shot me surfing during a hurricane years ago and the shot made the cover of the Globe & Mail) I've been getting around to setting up a "professional" website and trying to make some cash, still got a kid in college. Apparently giving your shit away isn't overly appreciated by the pros...

http://www.darcyhooverphotos.ca

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:50 pm
by Kurt
Darcy wrote:Been laid off for awhile, but thankfully just got picked up for a SAR flying post in Kaz. Been home for months, bored to tears, and with a professional photographer friend (Associated Press - shot me surfing during a hurricane years ago and the shot made the cover of the Globe & Mail) I've been getting around to setting up a "professional" website and trying to make some cash, still got a kid in college. Apparently giving your shit away isn't overly appreciated by the pros...

http://www.darcyhooverphotos.ca


A friend of mine married a Kazahk woman, (actualyl a Russian living in Kazahkstan) and he quite likes Kazahkstan. Apparently Astana has the features of a Kim Jong Il type place but one that was done with money rather than blood....and German engineers rather than toadies and slaves. Apparently a noticable despotic vibe but not all encompassing.