http://blogs.gettyimages.com/news/2008/05/01/peering-through-the-pageantry-pope-benedict-xvi-in-america/ Getty Images News Blog Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:01:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blogs.gettyimages.com/news/2008/05/01/peering-through-the-pageantry-pope-benedict-xvi-in-america/#comment-14195 Mark Zanzig Tue, 06 May 2008 05:00:21 +0000 http://blogs.gettyimages.com/news/2008/05/01/peering-through-the-pageantry-pope-benedict-xvi-in-america/#comment-14195 Chip - great recount of the Pope's visit and the problems getting decent shots at such big events from the assigned location. Funny that you mention the security checks. These are a standard procedure, at least at the airports in Germany and for most "security relevant places" here. When traveling with my equipment, I plan for another ten to fifteen minutes just for the security checks. "Take a picture with the camera. Not me, please. (Ca-lack.) Ah. I see. - Turn on the laptop. - Remove the lens caps, I have to check each lens. - What is this? (Portable image storage.) - A-Ha. - Now we just have to wait for the colleague (with the result of the swipe)." Makes you feel like an A-list terrorist each and every time. Chip - great recount of the Pope’s visit and the problems getting decent shots at such big events from the assigned location. Funny that you mention the security checks. These are a standard procedure, at least at the airports in Germany and for most “security relevant places” here. When traveling with my equipment, I plan for another ten to fifteen minutes just for the security checks. “Take a picture with the camera. Not me, please. (Ca-lack.) Ah. I see. - Turn on the laptop. - Remove the lens caps, I have to check each lens. - What is this? (Portable image storage.) - A-Ha. - Now we just have to wait for the colleague (with the result of the swipe).” Makes you feel like an A-list terrorist each and every time.

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