Great opportunity

[IndyJeff]

Tomorrow evening I will be attending a workshop with Peter Read Miller of Sports Illustrated fame. A great chance to learn from one of the most respected photographers in the biz. This guy has something like 25 SI cover credits, six Olympics, Super Bowls, and other major sports under his belt.

Can't wait to hear what he has to say. I'll be back tomorrow night with a full report.

[vfilby]

Looking forward to it!

[LarryB]

Yo Jeff!! Save me a seat.

I have to set up my "stuff" so my assistant can make us some money and I'll be arriving at the last minute. Unfortunately I will have to leave as soon as it's over as well. But I'm looking forward to hearing PRM speak.

Hey...since Canon is the sponsor maybe there will be some cool trinkets available. 8)

[sGu]

Excellent! Looking forward to your full report on it!!!

[Belmondo]

Well, I'm literally a day short. I expect we'll be in Missouri somewhere tonight, and Indianapolis tomorrow night or Friday.

I'm anxious to hear about the seminar, too.

Tom

[IndyJeff]

I'll be there early Larry and I will save you a seat.

[vfilby]

How does one find out about these workshops and seminars?

[IndyJeff]

Well it wasn't exactly what I thought it was going to be but it was pretty good. PRM did a digital slide show of some of his work from the last 20 years or so. He showed us examples of what he shot and then how it was used for a magazine or in some cases ads. One thing he did hit on was to get to the venue early, look at the backgrounds you will be shooting and look for good angles.
He had one example of a shot he did for this years Olympics in Athens. After a very long flight he was ready to get to his room and get some rest, his boss had other ideas. They went to a practice session of the opening ceremonies. While there he got a shot of the guy about to fire the flaming arrow up to start the torch. When the actual ceremonies did occur, he already had that shot so he did a wide angle on a long exposure. The arrow was a firing arch going up to the torch. It was pretty cool and really demonstrated the advantage of "getting there early".

One thing he did tell me afterwards was what you knew when you shot film has completly changed as far as shutter speeds go with digital. We were talking about high school football, generally poor lighting, and he said what used to be a minimum of 1/500 for him he now starts at 1/1000. Of course if you have a 1.8 or 1.2 lens you can probably do that. A lot of 400 and 600 glass was used in a lot of his shots he had. I was surprised at some of the cover shots he had. They were shot tight and didn't seem to be cropped very much.
I stayed around a little longer than most, mainly because I was talking to a Canon rep I knew and a guy from Roberts. So I had some good one on one time with him. If you ever get a chance to attend a seminar like this I highly recommend it. Check your local camera shops and ask if the Canon reps are doing anything like this in your area.