Out to NYC – NFL Draft Week

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. 

EQUIPMENT: Overxposed OX Pro Platform

Overxposed OX Pro platform with riser and lighting pin holding a Profoto

Got a late Christmas present in the mail today from family, an OX Pro Platform from Overxposed.  The plate is designed to be a floor stand for remote camera setups, used as a background light stand, or any play you need some mounting solution.  I also received with the plate a lighting pin and a riser that raises a mounting point a few inches off the platform.  Event though I already have a small background stand from Bogen, the plate is definitely more solid and give me more options for camera mounting.  Winter time is usually my grip/random mounting equipment buying time so now all I have to do is find a shoot in which to put the plate to use.  Check there site for all the ways other people are using the platform.