Thursday, February 4, 2010

A Conversation With General Petraeus





I was hired by The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition to photograph General David Petraeus at the Renaissance Hotel in Tampa on February 3rd. There was a lot of military brass from many countries. All of which are helping the United States fight on terrorism. On hand were some politicians and quite a few private companies. The evening began with some light cocktails and hand shaking.


When General Petraeus arrived everyone was already seated and stood up and gave him a standing ovation. After an introduction he sat down for an interview with a well known journalist.


I used my 24mm to 70mm f/2.8 L zoom lens for most of the photos and the 70mm to 200mm f/4 L zoom lens for the close up shots. Most of the shots were taken at ISO 400 at 1/30 of a second at f/5.6 or f/4 to pick up the ambient light in the room.


After some questions from the journalist (sorry, can't remember his name) The General took some questions from the audience. He left as soon as the time was up. Everybody else stayed for desert. A very exciting evening with an American Hero. To the General and the Troops, thank you.

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