http://www.davehoffmannphoto.com/imageEngineer control. compose. capture. create. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:55:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mass is the centerpiece of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's 2008-2009 season and celebrates the 90th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's birth and his enduring legacy. I was commissioned to cover the rehearsal this past Tuesday and the performance held last night. This production features nearly 250 performers with the BSO divided ... http://www.davehoffmannphoto.com/imageEngineer/2008/10/bernsteins-mass/ I can finally say, "Yes, I've shot an NFL game." I've shot many high school games, a college game, but they don't compare to the NFL Experience.   To those who shoot the NFL regularly, it's probably old hat for you, but for me it was like getting to fly first class ... http://www.davehoffmannphoto.com/imageEngineer/2008/10/the-nfl-experience/ I got the rare opportunity to shoot photos from a Blackhawk helicopter and I thought I'd share some of the images from the flight. The flight took off and landed from Edgewood, MD.  The mission was to fly over Fort McHenry for the Michael Phelps celebration. I had never been in a ... http://www.davehoffmannphoto.com/imageEngineer/2008/10/up-up-and-away/ [caption id="attachment_279" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="The framing of the shed I am building."][/caption] For the past six weekends, I've been building myself a storage shed in my backyard. This past Labor Day I finally completed it and started loading it up with my junk stuff. I had been taking photographs all along it's ... http://www.davehoffmannphoto.com/imageEngineer/2008/09/expose-for-inside-and-out/ This is the continuation from Part 1 of the wrestling team poster project done using a green screen. In part one, I explained how I used a green screen to put together a team picture. The next stage was to provide some sample background images to be selected for the final ... http://www.davehoffmannphoto.com/imageEngineer/2008/07/wrestling-team-poster-part-2-chroma-key-cutouts/