{"id":2136,"date":"2013-06-28T17:49:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T21:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2013-06-30T18:30:58","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T22:30:58","slug":"soft-shell-guru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"Soft Shell Guru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Some of my most gratifying work as a photographer has been freelance jobs for the North Carolina Sea Grant publication, <em><strong>Coastwatch<\/strong><\/em>. My work first appeared there in 1981, when it was a fledgling newsletter of just a few pages.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Living on Cape Hatteras, I shared many common interests with Sea Grant, and they began to give me some assignments. Each job was intriguing and put me in touch with some fascinating people. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">One of these was Murray Bridges, a commercial crabber. Based in Colington, Bridges not only caught crabs, but he was and still is, best known for his business of producing soft shell crabs. He started Endurance Seafood in the 70&#8217;s as a family operated venture, and today at 79 years of age continues to do so. His pioneering contributions to the local soft shell crab industry are legendary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/murray.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2137\" title=\"murray\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/murray.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/murray.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/murray-400x254.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">I met Murray in May, 2001 for a <em><strong>Coastwatch<\/strong><\/em> story. He was very friendly, engaging and loved his work. These are a few of my shots using a Nikon F100 with Fujichrome slide film.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tanks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2138\" title=\"tanks\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tanks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tanks.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tanks-400x254.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">There were well over 100 tanks connected with plumbing, all for the purpose of molting crabs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/check2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2151\" title=\"check\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/check2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/check2.jpg 275w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/check2-247x400.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/display2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2152\" title=\"display\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/display2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/display2.jpg 275w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/display2-254x400.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/display2.jpg\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The crabs have to be attended 24 hours a day.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/peelers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2141\" title=\"peelers\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/peelers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/peelers.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/peelers-400x261.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Peelers await to shed their shells.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/peeler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2142\" title=\"peeler\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/peeler.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/peeler.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/peeler-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Murray picked up a nice buster for me.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/shells.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2143\" title=\"shells\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/shells.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/shells.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/shells-400x247.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">A pile of empty shells was evidence of past shedding. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/packed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2144\" title=\"packed\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/packed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/packed.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/packed-400x254.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Once packed in wet eel grass, they&#8217;re cooled and ready for shipment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2145\" title=\"close up\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/close-up.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/close-up-400x254.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">In season, they move them out by the thousands every day.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Murray-B1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2161\" title=\"Murray B\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Murray-B1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">I enjoyed my visit, and went home with 4 dozen soft crabs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of my most gratifying work as a photographer has been freelance jobs for the North Carolina Sea Grant publication, Coastwatch. My work first appeared there in 1981, when it was a fledgling newsletter of just a few pages. Living on Cape Hatteras, I shared many common interests with Sea Grant, and they began to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,26,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commercial-fishing","category-outer-banks","category-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2156,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions\/2156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}