School, as in post-secondary
education, is an incredible undertaking.
And it takes a lot of your time. Especially
when you have so many other things to do outside of it. Well, this is one of the things I really like
doing though there is little time to do it: My photography blog. Another thing I really love doing is making
pictures. Here are a few that I took
when I was in the Army in Iraq back in 2004.
This was done while moving, mind you – and before any formal education
regarding photography. The post
production I did a week ago though. But
as a side bar, we are having an art and music festival at that very same school
this coming Friday and I’ll be showing off prints that you might not otherwise
see. For details, click here.
We were on the road
to recover one of my platoon’s teams that was supporting an armored cavalry
regiment (I forget which one) at Rifle Base.
We were bringing a relief team from the 3rd Signal
Brigade. We being the escort we were
providing for the 3rd’s TACSAT team that would relieve our TACSAT
team. This was day one of a five day
mission – first stop, Al Asad. My
lieutenant (the platoon leader) and a few other soldiers were in the lead
vehicle and we, (me being the platoon sergeant) I with three other soldiers,
were in the trail vehicle. I drove and snapped
“no look” pictures (yes, like a no look pass in basketball) as we provided rear
security. If they look like I was
composing these shots while looking through the view finder it is only because
I had been taking pictures like this for almost a year by this time. I had gotten pretty good with no look drive
by photography. There are a bunch of
other details that I am sure you do not need to know in order to look at the
photos so I will spare you. Otherwise,
this is a small piece of what Iraq looked like in January 2004. Enjoy.
