Great fun, Paul! You'll ace the assignment for sure! I wish I could be there with you to shoot the photo essay of you completing your assignment! Is there a link we can book mark to watch for your posting tonight?
Will be thinking of you! Big cheers, Christine On Jan 12, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to cover the reveal of the seventh generation Corvette tomorrow night > for the NY Times. The paper wants to go live with a photo and my article > (which has been largely prewritten without actually seeing the car) within > about a minute of the embargo being lifted. Since the embargo will be lifted > only when the cover is pulled off the car, I'll have about 45 seconds to > shoot a photo, upload it to my laptop and send it to the mother ship. I've > practiced a bit today with my computer propped up on my knees and my camera > hanging from a neckstrap. Using the USB cord, which I can preinstall on the > computer, is faster than taking the card out of the camera. I was going to > shoot jpeg, but I experimented with both jpeg and RAW, because I anticipate > some awful highlights on the stage. It takes me about ten seconds longer to > do a quick RAW conversion, crushing the highlights just a bit and pulling up > shadows slightly. I think I'm going to do it. Even if I shoot jpeg, I'll > probably want to tweak it, and I'm much more accustomed to working with RAW. > > BTW, after I upload the photo, I'll have to file amended copy, but that's a > problem for another venue. > > General Motors has done a good job of keeping the lid on the new Corvette. > There are only renderings on the web and spy photos of test-track cars draped > in camouflage. And the automaker refuses to release any photos until after > the reveal. The press conference where that will happen is taking place in an > industrial building far from downtown Detroit. It's actually in a pretty > scary neighborhood, well off the beaten path. I assume that's part of the > secrecy plan. The surrounding blocks will be undoubtedly be crawling with > cops and private security. I wouldn't be surprised if there are some > helicopters overhead as well. > > Should be fun. If I get it right. > > paul > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
