Digital Photo Gallery of Ted Szukalski
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Lifesaver flags

As I was watching this morning lifesavers preparing for another beautiful day at the beach I could not help but notice sponsorship names on all their gear. The lifesavers in Australia are a volunteer based organisation and depend heavily on donations from mostly corporate sector. You can see the sponsor’s names on all flags, shirts, boats etc. I wonder how will they manage in those tough economic times, when mots organsations cut down on all spendings.

The calendar summer starts tomorrow and let’s hope it is joyful and safe for everyone. You can support life savers by donation.

Red Cross Volunteer

This photograph of a very young and overly enthusiastic Red Cross volunteer just shows how unexpected human behaviour can be. Today, I have come across two very extroverted women. They were both what I call “characters”. Dressed to be noticed, and yet when I approached them they declined to be photographed. This young man on another hand gave me no option but to be photographed. And yet, charity volunteers usually tend to be shy of the camera.

There is one more interesting part to this photograph. I just reached for the camera and was pulling it out of my backpack when this young man spotted it and started to pose. I did not raise the camera to my eye just pointed it roughly in his direction and let the Canon magic happen.

I need to at this point mention that I owe one of the most controversial cameras Canon has released in recent years: the much discussed Canon EOS 1D Mark III. Some people experienced serious issues with it and for me it works perfectly every time in any situations. My experience is not unique as shown by Freakscore of 9,4 out of 10. The Test Freaks score has a particular comperative meaning as it represents combined value of 53 expert reviews, 181 user reviews, 37 forum threads from 164 sources in 24 countries. Another words it is not a single point of view of one reviewer as is often the case.

Coastal Patrol Tower

This Coastal Patrol Tower is located in Forster. It is a nice walk along the Wallis lake inlet to the ocean. High level of sea water spray in the air allowed the light from the lanterns to highlight the mist and thus leave a lot of colour in the air.

The Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol was established in 1937 and is the oldest volunteer marine rescue organisation in Australia. It is estimated the men hours volunteered every year by these dedicated people would exceed 14 million dollars in value.

Kathy is a volunteer for The Cancer Council Australia! Today she was selling pink ribbons to raise founds for the fight against breast cancer. Please visit Pink Ribbon Day website for more information on this worthy cause.

We hear the expression that beauty is only skin deep quite often. Looking at this gorgeous girl you would think she is a top model and belongs on a cover of a magazine. And yet, she is a volunteer for the Stop AIDS Now campaign trying to gather research funds at Sydney’s Pitt Street Mall. I admire her beauty and I’m full of respect for her activity.