Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Just look at this action shot!
Cool surfer girl, caught in action, board mounted camera with super wide angle lens.
Maybe a new advert for GoPro?
Well consider this - the shot was taken in Feb, 1970!
Linda Benson, five-time world surfing champion, rides a wave near her Hermosa Beach home. Benson, then 25, had the perfect job for her love of surfing. She worked as a United Airlines stewardess on flights between California and Hawaii.
Retired LA Times staff photographer Joe Kennedy mounted a Nikon F camera body – with a 21-millimeter wide-angle lens – on the front of Benson’s surfboard. He activated the camera shutter with a radio-controlled remote.
So nothing's new in the world it seems - but how about that use of 'vintage' tech in 1970!
Feature from this weeks LA Time PHOTO section: Surfing with remote camera - Framework - Photos and Video - Visual Storytelling from the Los Angeles Times
Cool surfer girl, caught in action, board mounted camera with super wide angle lens.
Maybe a new advert for GoPro?
Well consider this - the shot was taken in Feb, 1970!
Linda Benson, five-time world surfing champion, rides a wave near her Hermosa Beach home. Benson, then 25, had the perfect job for her love of surfing. She worked as a United Airlines stewardess on flights between California and Hawaii.
Retired LA Times staff photographer Joe Kennedy mounted a Nikon F camera body – with a 21-millimeter wide-angle lens – on the front of Benson’s surfboard. He activated the camera shutter with a radio-controlled remote.
So nothing's new in the world it seems - but how about that use of 'vintage' tech in 1970!
Feature from this weeks LA Time PHOTO section: Surfing with remote camera - Framework - Photos and Video - Visual Storytelling from the Los Angeles Times
