U.S. Army SAY Leadership Meeting in Atlanta
Posted by Carroll Morgan in Corporate event, Kudos on January 17, 2012
SAY what?
I had the privilege of photographing the Strengthening America’s Youth (SAY) leadership meeting in Atlanta for Weber Shandwick Public Relations and Communications.
One of SAY’s initiatives is Project Partnership for All Students’ Success (PASS), which offers elective Junior Leadership Corps (JLC) courses, after-school activities and a JROTC program to develop character and leadership with the goal of keeping students in school and improving their chances for a successful life. Project PASS was established through a partnership between the U.S. Army and National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), which represents America’s state and territorial boards of education.
In addition to networking and brainstorming, the attendees visited Norcross High School, where they had an opportunity to observe first hand the singular objective of PASS; changed lives. JROTC students shared how just a couple of months of participation in PASS changed their attitude, actions and attention to excellence both in the classroom and at home.
One cynical concern I had about the Army’s involvement was adamantly answered by Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley: ”PASS is not a recruiting tool.”
After being with him and Brenda Welburn, Executive Director, NASBE, I believe him. PASS and SAY, its advisory board, are doing a great job.
Of our past three events in this last year, Carroll was the best photographer we used. The photos have great color, composition and he easily captured the expression and essences of our students and meeting attendees – even with low light environments and continued movement. He took so many great shots that it was difficult to narrow down to our top picks. Absolutely excellent and would highly recommend him for any event.”
Helen Tso – Weber Shandwick
Technical:
- 985 Nikon D3s images captured, 580 delivered, none below 1,ooo ISO
- Group photo captured with (2) Nikon SB-800s (tungsten balanced) and shoot-through umbrellas plus one background light, all triggered by RadioPoppers
- Processed in Lightroom 3.3
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Delta Moon Plays the Mable House Amphitheater
Posted by Carroll Morgan in Music on December 23, 2011
Back on a beautiful June evening some friends from church and I were fortunate to be able to enjoy the music of Atlanta’s Delta Moon (click Delta Moon), a Mississippi blues band featuring the dual slide guitars of Tom Gray and Mark Johnson, bassist Franher Joseph and drummer Darren Stanley. They played songs from their new album, Hellbound Train and really put on a great show.
Mark Johnson had given me permission to shoot their performance, and the staff at the Amphitheater was kind enough to give me unlimited access. Click a thumbnail below to enlarge. Enjoy!
Technical:
- Images shot with Nikon D3s at ISOs between 3,200 and 16,000 (mostly in the 5,000 to 6,400 range).
- RAW images processed in Lightroom 3.5 and output to 1200 px JPGs.
Atlanta Midtown Panoramic Sunset
Posted by Carroll Morgan in Panoramic on June 13, 2011
John Clayton
This evening a rain storm (with lighting strikes) was gathering over Buckhead, and it was a hazy evening. It was not ideal weather night for shooting a panoramic photo of Midtown. My son-in-law, John Clayton, was interested in seeing the process so we headed to a new building to which I had graciously been given access. We headed to the eight story roof, and I chose the NW corner, hoping to get an interesting sky as the sun set.
Tomorrow morning is supposed to be clear, and I will be shooting east and south from this same building.
Atlanta Midtown Panorama at Sunset Looking North on I-85/75
Technical:
- A previous shot from The Atlantic in Atlantic Station showed me that the color temperature of the lights along the interstate was nasty and would be an issue. I also knew (from a walkthrough of the building) that, though the interstate was freshly repaved and quite black (which would allow car tail lights to show well), the parallel access roads were very light concrete. The contrast would be stark, and I decided to deal with it in post-production.
- I could have covered One Atlantic Center with 2 passes, but I chose to shoot at a focal length of 48mm on my 24-70 in order to keep the buildings in Atlantic Station from becoming too small. Unfortunately, this meant I had to make 3 passes (-15 degrees, 0 degrees, and +15 degrees). With rapidly changing light conditions (like at sunset) it forces me to move pretty quickly in order to maintain exposures that match closely enough for all 39 images.
- The images were edited in Lightroom 3.4.1 and stitched together in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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