Postcard from Sullivan County: Scouting for the Background

Postcard from Sullivan County: Scouting for the Background - legwork for the Eddie Adams Workshop - Lilac Team - Some say Lavender. I say whatever. What's your background?

Guy

Hey Guy (and team),

Looks like I'm not getting updated about new blog posts, and we aren't using email, so I'm just getting to this now.

I will have a car.

I'll have a Nikon d700, 24-70, 50 2.8, 105 2.0. Although the d700 is super beat up so I'll be looking to rent gear when I can.

Hope that helps. See you very soon.

Nic

EAWXXVI-Lilac Introduction - Mark Kauzlarich

Hey all,

I posted this all three times now I think in various places... hopefully this is right...

My name is Mark. 
I'm a photojournalist currently based out of Columbia, MO where I'm in grad school for the next two years. I'm hoping to continue growing my language base in Arabic and pick up French and Hebrew and work overseas and in the US working on political coverage.

Looking Forward (Madison, WI):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markkauzlarich/9766969571/

Copts (Cairo, Egypt):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markkauzlarich/9767172244/


Gear and car:
My equipment:

Nikon D3 (x2)
17-35mm f2.8 (if theres anything available I'd rather use a 24 or 35, my 17-35 is beat up and very dusty)
50 1.8 (also beat to hell)
70-200 f/2.8 VRII
85 1.8

No car for this one, I'm flying in on the 9th.

EAWXXVI-Lilac Introduction - DANCING in Rochester

Hey Lilac Team

My name is Guy and I will be the producer, the go-to guy, ask me and I will get you an answer. 

Adrees is the leader, Colin is the editor and Gabe is the Tech guru. 

This is my 14th Eddie Adam's workshop.

I have been a photo editor, photographer and producer for more than 25 years now.

 This is just a little background. It is all I ask for from you.   I like music too.

Guy

        Dancing in Rochester

 Nikki Hill performs at the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Rochester, NY,  in May 2013.

EAWXXVI-Lilac

Producer Guy here.

Ok team.
Only a few weeks.

WE have a lot of work to do.

First thing.
Send 2 photos and 2 sentences about you.  No other restrictions.

Second thing:

Answers these questions for me?
1-Will you have a car at the workshop?

2- What camera gear do you use?
NOTE that Nikon is the main workshop sponsor.

If you shoot Nikon,  a lot of equipment is available for loan at the workshop.
Please list the gear you plan to bring.  Bodies,  lenses, flashes etc.

Please respond soonest.

Guy

... Hello Lilac Team is nice to meet you! My name is Benjamin Chambers.

I am from Ecuador and my language is photography. My goal is to begin a career as photojournalist in United States. My question is how do I achieve my goal? I welcome your suggestions. Thanks and regards!

Intro - Cooper Neill

Hey Everyone -

I am a freelancer in Texas (living in Dallas) covering a lot of sports and entertainment events around the state for a few of the wires and some magazines but lately have been getting more daily news assignments which has been a welcomed change.

I earned a bachelors in history from Belmont University in Nashville, spent some time studying in St. Andrews, Scotland then moved to a small village in Germany to work as a PE teacher at an elementary school and travel around before deciding to head back to my home state of Texas to pick up a masters in Journalism from UT in Austin.

Below are two portraits I did while interning with the Dallas Morning News this past spring

Looking forward to finally meeting everyone next month!

Cooper

www.CooperNeill.com

Hey team

Hey Everyone,

What kind of sentences about us? Well, here goes.

1. I like sharks.
2. I lived in a town called "Horse Head" in Kyrgyzstan for two years.

Trying to get in a Fulbright proposal in by Friday, so I'm all over the place lately, but plan to get more involved once I get my feet on the ground. Interested to hear the answers to Amanda's questions also...

Photos posted are from work with the AP this summer in Rio that were hanging around on my desktop. Looking forward to sharing more work with everyone in Oct.

Nic

EAWXXVI-LIlac Preparation

Team,

Amanda brings up good points.
We need to prepare.

Please reach out to your teammates an get them involved.

We need to establish a dialogue between all the members of the team as soon as possible.

 Guy

P.S. I posted these requests in August.

Team,

Please write two sentences about yourself and post 2 photos of anything.  Just to get started.
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Hello team.

please introduce yourself and sign your posts. We have a lot of ground to cover.

guy

EAWXXVI-Lilac -- Preparation

Hello all!

A few quick questions in regards to prepping:

I personally will have only a couple days between landing in the US and the workshop, so for the sake of time, efficiency, and stress, I have a few questions for the team leaders:

Based on past workshops, do you preference in presentation method(iPad, print, laptop, etc)? I've juggled the laptop/book combo in the past, but feel like I have the opportunity to ask instead of guess for this specific situation.

Also, as I'm unsure of the exact schedule of the workshop, how much work do you think is reasonable to prepare for portfolios? I have two long-term personal projects and an edit of news work in mind. Not sure if this is too little or too much, considering the time that is available for showing work.

One other tiny thing - I read Melissa Lyttle's old blog post regarding EAW and equipment we may need specific to our individual assignments. Will the assignments be set early enough to be able to get what we might need(if they haven't been already)?

I think that's all for now...maybe.

Amanda Mustard

EAWXXVI- Lilac

Team,

Please write two sentences about yourself and post 2 photos of anything.  Just to get started.

Guy

EAWXXVI - starting.....

Hello team.

please introduce yourself and sign your posts. We have a lot of ground to cover.

guy

EAWXXVI-Lilac -- INTRODUCTION

EAWXXVI-Lilac --
 
Hello Lilac Team.
Amanda, Benjamin, Constantine, Cooper, Ethan, James, Katie, Mark, Neeta and Nicolas.

I am Guy, the team producer. 
I will be your main contact and source of information prior to the start of the workshop.

Team Leader: Adrees Latif
Team Editor: Colin Crawford
Team Producer: Guy Solimano
IT Logistics: Gabriel Biederman.

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We will be well prepared for an exciting, hard working, informative and mind-boggling workshop weekend.
Preparation is key here.  We are all experienced members of the workshop staff.

For emails and blogposts, use this as a SLUG: EAWXXVI-Lilac --

it makes searching and organizing easier.
you can add a subject directly after.

EXAMPLE> 
EAWXXVI-Lilac -- Equipment Needs
EAWXXVI-Lilac -- Travel Plans
etc.

- I am asking for a student volunteer to set up a private Blog for the Lilac Team.
We have used Blogspot  and Wordpress in the past.
Perhaps a private page on Facebook will suffice.

Whatever is easiest for all to access.
 We will use this site for daily communication to prepare for the workshop,

We have used this process with great success in the past.
Please contact me soonest if interested in setting up the blog. .


THank you
Guy