Again in 2012 my community has lost a friend, Gerard Chatigneau. Gerard shot figure skating for all the years that I have known him, 21 years. He was a perfectionist with his camera and all the work he did with those images after. For over a decade he self published the Figure Skating calendar, it was a piece of art, the images as good as you would ever see anywhere. He captured the "moment" with every press of the shutter. Gerard was the guy who showed up to the rink before the skaters morning practice, he studied their programs and translated that into the images he wanted during competition. He was the guy who fell asleep in the media room at the end of the day, still going through the images from that day. It was his life and passion and it made a difference to the skaters, he set the height of the bar and we all aspired to reach it at every event. On many occations we just sat and talked about our work, he always had a good word for me, and a suggestion when he knew it would help. He was a kind and gentle soul, with a bit of odd thrown in, the good odd.
He will be missed.
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