Category : Pilgrim’s Chronicles

Day one in the Super Dome, doesn’t look “Super” to  you???  Well this is usually what our facilities look like, somewhere under the stands, the pipes, and heating ducts!  Such is the life of a lowly tech rep!  Oh whoa is me!!  O.K. just having fun with you!!  No that really is our room, but hey, it’s not and Afghan prison!  Before the day was out we had all our equipment cases and started to get things organized, I’ll show you that tomorrow after we put the finishing touches on it.  After the work was done we went back to our hotel to pick up some cases that had not been delivered.  We stopped in the French Quarter for some lunch and I did the first attempt at my DSLR vs Compact Camera Shoot-out.  Today it was the compact cameras turn!   In the restaurant we had some nice opportunities and the quiet small camera served it’s function well and did not attract attention to itself!  The shot below of a young lady using her camera was easy to make and she was never aware that she had been captured.

 

 

This image below was little different, this young lady offered Brien and I a sample of some Praline and I just had to ask if I could take a photograph of her, said, “I love your hair can I make picture of you??!!”  She said sure and then posed for me!  My little unassuming camera didn’t cause any problems at all, she was off guard and natural and I think the image bares that out!

 

 

The images below were a piece of cake with the small camera;

 

 

I’ll let you be the judge, but I think the little fellow, did right well on it’s first time out!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

Brien and I got into New Orleans around 1:00 p.m. and went all afternoon getting credentials and supplies packed into the depot at the Super Dome.  In the morning we will meet the freight truck around 6:30 a.m. when the consignment gear trunks are delivered to the stadium.  Lots of preparations for the big game Sunday.  We did give ourselves a little treat at one of the best Cajun restaurants in Now Orleans, a big bowl of Gumbo for Brien and we shared a piece of their fabulous Bread Pudding, best I’ve ever had!

 

 

Hey, after all, all work and no play, makes Brien and Bill dull boys!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

What do you think, Coolpix or DSLR???   iPhone…….

Brien Aho and I will be spendng the week in New Orleans for the Super Bowl.  We are staying right in the middle of the French Quarter which is one of my favorite places to shoot for color and interesting people.  I hope we will have some time most days to walk around and do some shooting in the Quarter.  I will share some of those images this week.

 

As a personal assignment I will shoot a DSLR with it’s kit lens some evenings, and a compact, point and shoot on others, it will be fun to see how each type of camera will affect the way in which I approach the subjects.  Compact cameras do not call attention to the photographers, so you can often get better people shots than with a big DSLR, which screams, PHOTOGRAPHER!  Then again the DSLR has the edge in terms of quality, and low noise performance, so it will be a fun comparison.  I try to make every photography outing an opportunity to learn and improve my craft!

 

I’ll also try and capture the festivities of Super Bowl week!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

When I was in Atlanta I got to hang out with RC and when we shot the RR Museum, he had a blast, well as it turns out he is planning to join us for Old Car City coming up in March.  Old Car City is located about 45 minutes north of Atlanta on I75 and we will spend two days shooting there mixed with classroom time mid day and evenings.  We will then spend several hours at the South East Railroad.  He blogged about his joining us on his blog today, check it out!

 

http://www.aboutrc.com/2013/01/25/going-to-hang-at-the-old-car-city-workshop/comment-page-1/#comment-3355

 

WARNING- THIS IS AN AD!!!!   O.K. not completely but I would love to talk you into coming to Old Car City!  The thing that makes Old Car City such a favorite workshop for me is the following;

 

1.  Any time you can learn how to do HDR from Jim Begley, you need to jump on it.  Jim teaches many ways to get killer HDRs and HDR effects and his teaching on this will blow you away.

 

2.  Old Car City is the nations biggest junk yard, 36 acres, yes 36, with over 4,000 rusting cars, trucks and other mobile things, (bicycles, wagons, etc.)  The colors, design and hood ornaments are amazing, it is truly a fine art shooters paradise.  On RC’s blog he gives a link to Jim Begley’s website and you can see some of the amazing images Jim has made there.  The great news is with a little help from Jim and I, and remember RC will be around to help to, you will get some outstanding images!

 

3.  Everything is right there in one place.  Old Car City is easy to walk around in, our hotel is about a mile down the road, and it is only a one hour drive over to Duluth GA, for the RR Museum.  We have a great classroom and there are some wonderful places to eat close by, a perfect setting!  It seems to add to the camaraderie!

 

4.  Because of the nature of the subject matter, we can do more hands on demonstrations, and give more individual help, simply because we are in close proximity to everyone!

 

5.  I can’t think of any other location with more great subject matter if you are into Americana type subjects!

 

So I think you can tell that I’m pumped, and I really hope you will come out to Old Car City and join us, see I told it was sort of an ad!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim