Flying Short Course

Posted by Tim Gruber | Filed under conferences

A few thoughts from the Flying Short Course in DC this weekend:

Some of the most organized and smoothly ran portfolio reviews I’ve been a part of. I even had a very helpful critique on some of my video work.

We’re still telling people the benefits of doing audio? I assumed everyone was already doing it. I guess not.

I found it interesting that Andrew DeVigal showcased audio slideshows that were almost all reporter\voiceover driven rather than character driven, which he listed as one of the key components to putting together a strong audio story.

Josh Meltzer, my co-worker from the summer, gave a great talk on multimedia. He had a nice handout on working with audio that can be found online here.

Someone asked Carolyn Cole what kind of CF card she uses? Won’t fault the man though since I probably would of asked a question like that 3 years ago.

I feel pretty good about where we as students stand based on our storytelling skills using various tools compared to the industry. Rick Rickman highlighted the fact that students will be moving into a lot of leadership roles based on what we know. Both scary and exciting to think about.

A clean sensor is a great thing. Thanks Canon.

You can read more about the event on MultimediaShooter and NPPA.

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Permalink | October 29th, 2007

2 Responses to “Flying Short Course”

  1. Stephen Haas Says:
    October 29th, 2007 at 2:12 pm

    I once overheard a young student ask one of the speakers what his favorite f-stop was during an Illinois Press Photographer Association convention.

  2. Linda Says:
    November 13th, 2007 at 4:21 pm

    Why thanks so much for the kudos on the porfolio reviews. I do my best… :-)

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