NYBG Celebrating 100 Years of Jazz

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Despite the light rain and grey sky the jazz concert at NYBG last night was awesome. A Centennial Tribute to the first recording and the international roots of Jazz led by powerhouse Latin jazz trombonist Chris Washburne and Brazilian virtuoso pianist André Mehmari.

Event Photographer Ben Hider

Shooting Fireworks with remote cameras

There are lots of ways to correctly photograph a fireworks display on the fourth of July at Whippoorwill, but with all of the options, why just stick with one method. I mounted 2 cameras on a tripod and set the shutter speed to 4 seconds and the aperture at F8 (ISO 200). Both cameras were triggered by a Pocket Wizard that was fired when my other Canon 5D Mark IV took a photo. One of the tricks I learned was to unmount the pocket wizard from the hotshot of the Canon, as it was causing a domino effect and shooting the other pocketwizards

Canon 5D Mark iii with 16-35mm F2.8 lens and Fujifilm GFX 50S and 63mm F2.8 Lens

Canon 5D Mark iii with 16-35mm F2.8 lens and Fujifilm GFX 50S and 63mm F2.8 Lens

Remote Camera setup by Ben Hider