Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

The best part of my visits to Duke is visiting Josh - and next week he and Alexia (here) will be married. Today, Josh, part of Birds and Arrows, will be doing a bit at WUNC - so off I went with camera in hand

Here is a tune by Birds and Arrows - Andrea, Pete and Jowh

There were several studios - and here Josh and cello are doing a sound check

I did all the photos in natural light, in both raw and jpg format. Exposure was 1/30 sec, f/2.8 using my new Tamron 17-50 mm lens. This is a big experiment for me - I bought a D7000 to replace my old D90. So I'm shooting with an unfamiliar instrument. The above was my first exposure to the video recording option and I was pleased

and Josh playing a tune from a different angle

In the background is the studio control room

Here is Andrea tuning up

Shot through the control room window, Pete and Andrea and reflections of outside on the studio window

Fun with reflections

Josh and reflections

From the control room with reflections everywhere

Birds and Arrows in the studio

Looking over one of the consoles

A soft Josh

Andrea and Pete

Control room and studio birds

Control room lights - so many colors

End of sound check and balance. Waiting outside. I was sitting and Josh was standing - Josh here

Pretending to ignore me

Doodling

Thinking

Smiling

The three rogues - Birds and Arrows

Two rogues and Alexia

Again

Alexia and I were in a different control room - and this is the recording session

Peering over the control console

Andrea singing her heart out

and looking at Pete

Andrea singing

Andrea singing

Josh and the other Frank

The studio in action

Josh and the other Frank

Finished - outside the Lucky Strike tower

Back to Duke - and walking back to the Wash Duke - a view of Duke South.

Another view of Duke South

A squirrel digging

Duke Chapel

C. Frank Starmer

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