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Friday, December 19, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The Newsroom
Last week I was asked to make some images of Randy Shaver (a news anchor with Kare 11 who specializes in sports stories) to go along with a story one of our editors is working on. I was told we'd start shooting around 4:30 and that I'd just be shooting pj style stuff of Randy as the editor interviewed him.
Sooo...I rolled up to the Channel 11 building at about 4:10 and left my gear by the front desk while I parked my car. The parking lot isn't that far away but I'm lazy and try not to schlep gear further than I have to. It was probably quarter after 4 by the time I got back and signed in at the front desk. I was kindly informed by the receptionist that Randy was in an interview with a lady but tha he wouldnt' be much longer. Fine. I sat down and threw a lens on my new-to-me D2X. I was playing around with it, taking in the rather nice sitting room when it dawned on me that the lady said he was being interviewed - not that he was interviewing somebody. "That's kind of odd..." I figured I'd better check who was doing the interview just in case it was our lady... and sure enough it was. The receptionist hustled me back and showed me a small glass-walled conference room entirely lit with flourescent overhead lights. Yuk! But since I"ve been shooting assignments for Metropolitan Media Group I've become accustomed to making the best of things in less than ideal shooting scenarios. I had just finished switching lenses when Randy suggested we go shoot the rest of the interview in the broadcast studio. That sounded like a pretty good idea to me so I didn't argue. I followed him and we watched the last 45 seconds of a live broadcast segment. When they finished and were leaving - Randy asked one of the guys to leave the lights on while we shot. There were a number of news sets/desks and Randy and Kate sat down to finish the interview. I snapped away for about 10 minutes and then we were done. :)
Afterwards Kate told me she had arrived early (as any good editor should) and wound up just starting the interview early. That was a relief to me as I had had 4:30 down and was worried I'd missed something. (sigh of relief)
Kate did an amazing job conducting the interview (and is an awesome editor to boot). I can already tell it's going to be fun working with her and the rest of the Metropolitan Media Group in the future. :)
Here are a couple of the images from the shoot: (Photos were shot as part of an assignment for Metropolitan media group.)
Sooo...I rolled up to the Channel 11 building at about 4:10 and left my gear by the front desk while I parked my car. The parking lot isn't that far away but I'm lazy and try not to schlep gear further than I have to. It was probably quarter after 4 by the time I got back and signed in at the front desk. I was kindly informed by the receptionist that Randy was in an interview with a lady but tha he wouldnt' be much longer. Fine. I sat down and threw a lens on my new-to-me D2X. I was playing around with it, taking in the rather nice sitting room when it dawned on me that the lady said he was being interviewed - not that he was interviewing somebody. "That's kind of odd..." I figured I'd better check who was doing the interview just in case it was our lady... and sure enough it was. The receptionist hustled me back and showed me a small glass-walled conference room entirely lit with flourescent overhead lights. Yuk! But since I"ve been shooting assignments for Metropolitan Media Group I've become accustomed to making the best of things in less than ideal shooting scenarios. I had just finished switching lenses when Randy suggested we go shoot the rest of the interview in the broadcast studio. That sounded like a pretty good idea to me so I didn't argue. I followed him and we watched the last 45 seconds of a live broadcast segment. When they finished and were leaving - Randy asked one of the guys to leave the lights on while we shot. There were a number of news sets/desks and Randy and Kate sat down to finish the interview. I snapped away for about 10 minutes and then we were done. :)
Afterwards Kate told me she had arrived early (as any good editor should) and wound up just starting the interview early. That was a relief to me as I had had 4:30 down and was worried I'd missed something. (sigh of relief)
Kate did an amazing job conducting the interview (and is an awesome editor to boot). I can already tell it's going to be fun working with her and the rest of the Metropolitan Media Group in the future. :)
Here are a couple of the images from the shoot: (Photos were shot as part of an assignment for Metropolitan media group.)
Monday, February 18, 2008
Throw The Fight
Throw The Fight held a CD release party was at the Fine Line this past Saturday. They shared the stage with several other local bands and played a great show to a packed out house. Check out their myspace for a sample of their stuff.
Of course, yours truly was on hand to catch the action. :)
Of course, yours truly was on hand to catch the action. :)
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Test shot
I was looking back through some stuff I shot on Sunday when this shot sorta caught my eye. This shot is from when I was setting up and taking a couple of test shots during a shoot for a local recording/performing artist.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Iron horse
I was going through some stuff I shot a while ago (anything over a year ago is a while ago) and came across some train stuff I just never got around to doing anything with. Here's one example...
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Opening Blog
Giving the blogging thing a go was something I've toyed with in the past but dismissed as being another thing I just don't have time for. (As it is I tend to stay up to the wee hours editing what I shoot.) At this point I have no idea how often I'll be posting or what I'll be posting. Time will tell!
Shooting when it's -10F outside is not the sort of thing I'd normally suggest, but I had something I wanted to try that would only work when it was really cold out. Unfortunately it was a bit too windy to allow what the model (Desire') and I had originally wanted to shoot. After driving around looking for a suitable spot and finding none, Desire' and I scratched our original plan and decided to shoot closer to the studio.
I decided against using gloves as it's difficult to manipulate photo gear with them on, so I was working barehanded. Needless to say, I had to make a couple of warm-up trips to the car before I was ready. For her part, Des did a great job acting like it wasn't cold out. (Not easy given the circumstances.)
Below is a sample:
It was a unique experience shooting out behind an old building after dark in -10F temps with huge freight trains thundering by periodically. Definitely one shoot I'll remember for awhile!
Shooting when it's -10F outside is not the sort of thing I'd normally suggest, but I had something I wanted to try that would only work when it was really cold out. Unfortunately it was a bit too windy to allow what the model (Desire') and I had originally wanted to shoot. After driving around looking for a suitable spot and finding none, Desire' and I scratched our original plan and decided to shoot closer to the studio.
I decided against using gloves as it's difficult to manipulate photo gear with them on, so I was working barehanded. Needless to say, I had to make a couple of warm-up trips to the car before I was ready. For her part, Des did a great job acting like it wasn't cold out. (Not easy given the circumstances.)
Below is a sample:
It was a unique experience shooting out behind an old building after dark in -10F temps with huge freight trains thundering by periodically. Definitely one shoot I'll remember for awhile!
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