Posted: April 20th, 2010 | Author: Thomas McGovern | Filed under: Shoot | Tags: DSLR, EQUIPMENT, NFL, NYC, Photojournalist, VIDEO | 1 Comment »
For the rest of the week I am in NYC covering NFL draft events, this is a video/photo shoot concentrating on a single player(i’ll reveal that tonight). Right now i’m on MTA, then a quick run to b&h for a zoom H4n for better audio coverage. I have a 11am event and only adorama carries the redhead windscreen and headphones I want so those will wait until the afternoon.
You have to treat shoots like these as news coverage, we’re hitting 20 some events including prime time draft in 3 days so my shooting bag has only the essentials in it, I have a larger bag with backups that will sit in the car and with an assistant thursday for just in case.
In my bag:
Canon 5D2
50 1.8
16-35 2.8
24-85 3.5-4.5
580ex2
Batteries & cards & cables
Zoom H4n
All in a lowepro topload zoom 75. Yikes.
Posted: February 22nd, 2010 | Author: Thomas McGovern | Filed under: Shoot | Tags: 203, Fashion, Greenwich, Morello, perse | No Comments »
Finishing up the shoots for the spring issue of 203 with some fashion in greenwich. Because of time constraints we had to shoot 6 setups in 1.5hours, and we did a great job of it. Shot at Morello’s Bistro right on the avenue, great natural light in the location and beautiful arches complemented the clothing nicely.
Posted: January 11th, 2010 | Author: Thomas McGovern | Filed under: Shoot | Tags: Architecture, Commercial, Hotel, Interior, New Haven, Restaurant | No Comments »
Part of dining room in Heirloom, same light setup as the closeup shot, just a different camera position.
Went up to New Haven today to shoot interiors for The Study, a relatively new hotel and Heirloom, the restaurant inside. The hotel is full of bookshelves filled with interesting and unique books, and as the name implies, every room has the trademarked bookshelves and ample desk space for businessmen and students alike. These are unretouched right now, in the process we’ll be removing power outlets, cords, anything that takes away from the essentials of the images.
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Light pointed straight up behind rack bouncing off ceiling, another light with zoom reflector behind camera on left.
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Upstairs Meeting Space, natural light.
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Plant detail in Heirloom, I’m constantly looking for textures.
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Part of dining room in Heirloom, same light setup as the closeup shot, just a different camera position.
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I’m starting to take photos of my food after it’s done, don’t know why.
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Bar at Heirloom Restaurant, I shot through slats for this image.
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Lots of natural light in the hotel with floor to ceiling windows on every floor let me use the natural light more than I expected.
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Two profotos, one on each side.
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Posted: January 8th, 2010 | Author: Thomas McGovern | Filed under: Shoot, Uncategorized | Tags: 203, Food, Interior, Lolita's, Restaurant | No Comments »
Notice my 580 on a flex arm hook to the overxposed plate, this will be retouched out for print.
Shot interiors and food at Lolita’s in Greenwich, tequila bar and excellent food, got to use the Overxposed plate I talked about in my last post, as a light stand for both my big Profotos and small strobes, as a camera stand, and a tray for food even!
To get this food closer to wall we used the plate attached to a tripod.
Profoto w/ Mola Beauty Dish & Camera mounted on the OverXposed plate.
