Last month social media consultant and photographer Josh Hallet (Hyku on Flickr) not only took some spectacular photos at BlogHer under difficult lighting conditions — but also managed to upload them in near real time.
I asked Josh for his tips, and here they are:
Shooting live events and publishing them quickly
1. Gear: I use a Nikon D3 with a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens (before I used the Nikon D300 and the D80). The single biggest upgrade you’ll see is with a good lens. (I agree — especially with poor lighting.)
2. Download: I always carry two memory cards and my external card- reader. That way I can be off-loading photos on my laptop and still taking pictures. Then I just swap cards.
3. Processing: I use Lightroom and make a few minor edits/crops as needed, then export the JPG files for upload. I tend to scale the photo size down a little bit so I’m not uploading huge files.
4. Upload: I use the standalone Flickr Uploadr app. If the wifi works then great, if not I’m on my EVDO [cellular modem].
JD Lasica, founder of Inside Social Media, is also a fiction author and the co-founder of the cruise discovery engine Cruiseable. See his About page, contact JD or follow him on Twitter.
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