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Skyline On Fire

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All that gear is split between two photographers. 110lbs of kit each.

Nice little article

http://blogs.reuters.com/photo/2011/04/28/final-preparations-for-the-big-day/
 
Blinkin' 'eck. By the time Id decided which to use, the wedding couple would have long gone.
 
I'm quite surprised to see them leaving their cameras without caps over the sensor like that.
 
Well I guess they have unlimited supply of camera if anything is wrong?
 
Wow.. how do they even carry it all!
Edit: Ah, just read they fire most of them wirelessly. Would make sense!
 
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:lol::lol::lol: i could clear my mortgage with that :D fair play to you both i probably passed you today i noticed all the pro photographers where around the birthday cake and then i seen the next gathering at the bottom of the mall? or you of course could have been in the Abbie/Buck house Etc etc
 
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Edtog said:
When I was a press photographer, it was the first thing that went in the bin, after the instructions.
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yup, these are tools, not mantlepiece items carefully polished and preened.

Been some interesting behind the scenes stuff from the wedding, hopefully inkiboo will drop by at some point and give us an idea of the Getty data/editing infrastructure...

This was Leon Neal (AFP)'s setup for his balcony spot...
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(http://twitpic.com/4ovmt0)

and it paid off, some of his were the first to hit the press, replacing the initial BBC framegrabs...
 
And the weapon of choice for Mr Burnard??

A Hassy H4D-50, they are going to be some awesome photos!! :clap:
 
Give me a few days and I'll dig out some photos of the Getty Images operation
 
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How come? Instant access? Surely when in transit, bags in flight etc... Why not put it on?
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im sure the throw it away comment was a figure of speech meaning they dont use them much when on a job, im sure when in transit the caps are on.
 
I find the go pro cameras interesting, they are used a lot in my other passion (mountain biking/Extreme sports) I've not seen anything from the wedding by them so far.
 
Anyone care to put a value on that lot?
 
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I'm surprised that no one's commented on the irony of the monopod yet - that has to be deliberate!
 
KevMP said:
A Hassy H4D-50, they are going to be some awesome photos!! :clap:
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but strangely, very little of the awesomeness will be to do with the camera ;)

cheers inkiboo :)
 
joescrivens said:
im sure the throw it away comment was a figure of speech meaning they dont use them much when on a job, im sure when in transit the caps are on.
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No some people never put them on, I do for transport but never put either lens cap on while I'm working, just put the lens into the change bag so its ready to swap. My camera bodies always have a lens attached so don't need the body cap.
 
lensflair said:
No some people never put them on, I do for transport but never put either lens cap on while I'm working, just put the lens into the change bag so its ready to swap. My camera bodies always have a lens attached so don't need the body cap.
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Wait you just said something I didn't understand. You said they never put them on but then you said you do for travel.

To me that's not never putting them on, I was saying they use them to transport.
 
No pix from the procession/balcony? Thought there would be some papparazzi contributors here!
 
joescrivens said:
Wait you just said something I didn't understand. You said they never put them on but then you said you do for travel.

To me that's not never putting them on, I was saying they use them to transport.
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Yeah I put lens caps on for travel, some people never put them on. Seriously I've seen journalists chuck them in the boot of the car. I'm not very precious about my gear but compared to some people I would be considered protective.
 
That's crazy kit! Interesting that they said that the majority would be fired remotely. Wonder what they did to compose the shots? Unless they just fired the wides remotely and concentrated on the big glass in hand..
 
As promised, here are a couple of snaps from the Getty Images operation for the royal wedding. Apologies for the crap photos; they are camera phone specials.





We based our operation in the QE2 Conference Centre behind Westminster Abbey. Our two photographers on the Westminster Abbey were directly cabled in to our QE2 offices, along with another photographer who was on the Crimea Memorial outside the abbey. The run from QE2 to the Crimea was nearly 175m so pushing the limits of Cat5e.

Our photographers on QVM (Queen Victoria Memorial; by Buckingham Palace) sent directly from the camera, over the Internet and in to our QE2 offices via FTP. Running cables to QVM was interesting! We had 2x Internet lines at the broadcast compound in Canada Gate/Green Park and had cables run underneath the Mall across to the QVM and then wired to the two photographers.

Finally, we had a network of runners all over the route who all came back to the QE2 offices. In many places the runs were long enough that we had two people doing them and they would meet in the middle.

In certain positions that were outside of the pool arrangments, we placed editors with the photographers and their content was wired in directly.

And in the midst of all the chaos, I even got a chance to shoot at the Abbey! As some of you will know, I plan and manage major events for Getty Images but I'm a keen photographer in my spare time. Luckily for me, I was in the right place at the right time and managed to get in to the Times.



Rather chuffed to say the least.

As always, any questions you have about how we cover events please ask and if the answers are not commercially sensitive, I'll let you know.
 
Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes stuff it was really interesting, certainly makes you realise just how much work goes on behind the scenes.
 
lensflair said:
Yeah I put lens caps on for travel, some people never put them on. Seriously I've seen journalists chuck them in the boot of the car. I'm not very precious about my gear but compared to some people I would be considered protective.
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well thats pretty stupid of them, nothing to do with appreciating your gear or not but arriving in the place you need to be with gear that works as needed to. Not putting on a cap or filter during a travel runs the risk of arriving somewhere with a huge scratch or tons of dust and getting a load of carp photos.
 
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