Two Recent Editorial Assignments- Portraits on Location

Here's a recent tear sheet from a couple assignments I had with the Press Telegram in Long Beach last week. I've been shooting more editorial lately. It's good to have a mix of clients- corporate and entertainment events, head shots, advertising, and editorial.

I knew the portraits were going to run side by side so it was important to me have consistent lighting for both. Shooting on location with a Nikon D3/28-300 lens, I used a single Dynalite head with Photoflex softbox powered by a Dynalite XP1100 generator. There was probably a 1 to a 1 1/2 stop difference between the subject and the ambient light.

A Recent Newspaper Clip From The L.B. Press Telegram

Sunday marked the 66th anniversary of V-J Day - the day the Japanese surrendered. I dropped by the El Dorado Community Center in Long Beach to photograph the Spirit of '45 party for the Long Beach Press Telegram. Many veterans attended the event, including Mr. Jack Williams shown in the bottom photo of this tear sheet. Mr. Williams was a glider pilot during the war.

For more information about WW2 glider pilots and what it was like to fly these missions, check out this site and quote:

http://www.ww2gp.org/eight_missions.htm

One veteran American glider pilot painted a vivid picture of the stark terror they experienced. "Imagine", he said, "flying a motorless, fabric-covered CG-4A glider, violently bouncing and jerking on a 11/16 inch thick nylon rope 350 feet back of the C-47 tow plane. You see the nervous glider infantrymen behind you, some vomiting, many in prayer, as you hedge-hop along at tree-top level instinctively jumping up in your seat every time you hear bullets and flak tearing through the glider. You try not to think about the explosives aboard. It's like flying a stick of dynamite through the gates of Hell."

Amazing.