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I shoot for a number of charitable organizations that focus on homelessness, every assignment is a sobering perspective correction on what some folks are living through outside the "bubble". One has to maintain compassion, but effective solutions for these problems require more realistic solutions than compassion, it's the old "give a man a fish and he eats for a day........." thing. The organizations that I volunteer for are very much about changing the behaviors that lead to the problems and holding people accountable. Sometimes, like yesterday's event, it's just about bringing people together, praying with them, feeding them, making sure the kids have presents and holiday treats, it's all about compassion at these gatherings.
My cameras, my work, are all gifts from God, it's a privilege to be able to use them in His service. These groups use everything that I capture to fund raise all year long and bring awareness to the problems and challenges that exist in the midst of the rampant prosperity in our society The better my visual product is, the more hearts, corporate and individual, are stirred to get behind the effort.
Yesterday it was 19 degrees when I arrived at the Hope Restored Mission grounds and people were scrambling to set up chairs for haircuts, make up, employment opportunities, clothing, sunglasses, all kinds of food/food trucks, specialized trailers for showers, it's quite an effort and hundreds of people were entertained, fed, given a leg up and just generally loved on for a day.
Now the technical aspects. Each time that I am asked to shoot these events I try to capture the enormity of the effort, but the shots that I really love and gravitate toward, are the vignettes that show the effect of the effort. One is tempted to go and just stamp out widgets as it were, and go home, but there is so much more going on and those kind of generic images won't do anyone any good, they are basically a waste of time. Yesterday I used the drone, and two R5 MKII bodies, one with the RF24-105 Z on it, the other with the RF70-200Z mounted. I captured 180GB of still and video imagery and am beginning to put it all together for the client. Looking through the video, certainly the most intensive video that I have shot with the R5 II, I am struck by the cinematic feel of the footage (all handheld) and, once again, the incredibly intuitive AF system. These cameras are a dream come true. Today, much as I would have liked to use it, was not the right environment for the C400, it was perfect for run and gun with the R5II platform. I have discovered that a screen grab from the C400 at 6K, is a pretty acceptable file in an emergency though, which is a good thing to know.
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