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Friday, 6 June 2014

DAY OF DAYS II


Day of Days, now where does that title originate from? As far as I am concerned it comes from the brilliant TV Mini Series: 'Band of Brothers' by Steven Spielberg. In my own personal opinion the best ever TV series on this subject.

Now onto the three monochrome photographic prints displayed above. The first one features British D-Day and Normandy veteran Jim Homes who served has an infantry soldier with the Welsh Regiment and landed on Sword Beach (where he is pictured).

The second photo features former East Yorkshire Regiment soldier Maxwell Vernon Hearst who I had the honour and pleasure to have known. I used to visit him at his home on a regular basis whilst he was alive. Sadly like a lot of this generation Max passed away in 2002.

The third and final photograph features: Len Wooldridge, a former Lincolnshire Regiment infantry soldier. Incidentally I served for 9 years in the modern successor to the Lincolnshire Regiment (the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment). Len is pictured with some young German motor bikers, sharing some lunch. Len passed away several years ago.

This is my own humble tribute to this special generation who we owe so much.

From my The Normandy Veterans - Lest We Forget Project, 1998-2002.

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  1. Tony Payne9 June 2014 at 13:37

    Having been interested in D-Day and the Normandy Invasion since I was at school (in the early 70's) I have over the years read and learned much about this momentous operation. It's right that we do pay tribute to the many brave souls who risked everything so that we might be free. Band Of Brothers was indeed a great series, seen it twice, must be time to watch it again.

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  2. Unknown9 June 2014 at 19:28

    Thanks again Tony. What got me started on all of this (apart from the fact I am a former infantry soldier myself). Was going to the cinema to see 'Saving Private Ryan.' This got me thinking and after doing some research I got in contact with my local branch of The Normandy Veterans. Band of Brothers was excellent. Most of the soldiers/actors in it were British. Major Dick Winters only passed away last year (I think). Without the manpower, finances, and industrial might of the US we would have not won the war. But other countries more than played there part.Sadly that often gets overlooked.

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Canon FD lenses used were: 28, and 35mm wide angle, 50mm standard, 35-105mm short telephoto zoom and a 70-210mm large telephoto zoom lenses. Also used was a loaned Mamiya 645 with 50 and 80mm lenses. My favourite combination is a T90 fitted with the 35-105mm lens with an Hoya orange filter. I use Hoya orange, red, neutral density, and skylight filters. Hoya and Canon lens hoods. A Canon remote cable. I have used a great Metz 45 CT-4 flashgun for many years. I used this for the bounced and fill-in flash for some of the documentary and portraiture work.

Studio flash used was Courtenay brolly flash (just two heads fitted with soft boxes) at Hull Community Artworks studio (sadly this excellent local arts facility closed in 2001). Billingham and Tamrac camera bags (the Billingham is a old model that I have had for years - wonderful bags). The Tamrac one is a medium sized back pack type bag. Slik Black Diamond 88, and 500 DX Pro tripods. A Cullmann touring set (which consists of a light tripod, ball and swivel head, all-purpose clamp, suction cap, and a ground spike). I presently have three Canon T90 and one A1 SLR cameras.

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Most of my photography involves the use of the camera being securely mounted onto the tripod, with the shutter set to the 10 second delay. I bracket my exposures (relying on the excellent Canon in-camera meter). My aperture settings are usually between F5.6 and F22. In the vast majority of cases the very first exposure I take is usually the correctly exposed one.

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It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to fair protest.

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It is the soldier, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag."

From: "Fighting for Queen and Country,
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