Fringe Festival 2007
Posted by Craig | Filed under live theater, photography
This year I was not only a photographer for the Fringe Festival, but I was also the web developer. Working on the website was pretty stressful and I wasn’t sure how much time I’d be able to dedicate to photography. Fortunately, not having a full time job gave me lots of free time and pulling double duty wasn’t as bad as I imagined it would be.
I put together a slideshow of some of my favorite images from the festival. All of the shots (except one lobby shot) were taken during live performances and most were taken with my Canon 5D
ShootSmarter University Closing Its Doors
Posted by Craig | Filed under Uncategorized
I first heard of ShootSmarter University on a podcast interview with Christopher Grey. I was impressed and immediately signed up for the week long studio lighting course. At that time I didn’t have a studio and I had never used strobes. I didn’t even know what a Pocket Wizard
I was nervous and intimidated, but the environment at SSU was incredibly friendly and nurturing. I learned more in the first day than I thought I’d learn all week. Four days later I was amazed by how much I had learned and sad the class was over. My fellow students were great and the staff was amazing. I can’t imagine a more perfect setting to learn about studio lighting for the first time.
I got an email yesterday from Will Crockett, stating that the school is closing its doors. I was shocked.
The good news is that their incredible website articles and amazing instructional DVDs will continue.
35W Collapse – The Day After
Posted by Craig | Filed under photography, slideshows
I went down the see if I could get some shots of the bridge collapse the day after it happened. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get anywhere near it, but I did find a spot where all of the media was gathered.
I hung out for an hour or so and decided to take photos of the media and the Minneapolis police that were keeping things under control.
There was one spot where I could get a view of the bridge with my 200mm lens and one of the news guys brought me up so I could take a couple photos. I guess the big, white Canon lens made me look official. I also met a photographer from Getty Images who was there with a 600mm lens.
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