Last December, in cooperation with Sony, WeSay, and Technorati Media, I was provided the pocketable Sony DSC-WX1 with the task of shooting some interesting panoramas. And it turns out, folks dug my work, as a panorama I snapped from the shore of Point of Rocks won the competition. Although, it wasn’t my favorite panorama… preferring, instead, the ones above (click to enlarge).
The first photo was shot from the top of the Olympic Tower in Munich overlooking BMW’s campus and starring my wife. The second photo was taken at the Dulles annex of the Air and Space Museum, featuring the SR-71 Blackbird. Which is quite possibly the coolest plane ever. And if you look real, real close you might be able to see bits of the Enola Gay in the background.
Regardless, I won with the river/bridge shot. And as the winner, Sony donated a number of cameras (plus memory cards, thankfully) to the school of my choice. As we rarely discuss my life beyond tech, most folks probably are unaware that I have a pair of degrees in education, not to mention those TWO PhD programs I bailed on, and therefore know a great number of educators. But I narrowed my selection down to a very worthy recipient in Washington Middle School (La Habra, CA) where the cameras will be used within the school newspaper and video news after-school programs. Click to enlarge the photos below, taken at the school and shot with the Sony cams:
Congrats on the win and even bigger congrats to the students. If I’ve learned anything from my brief time now in film school, it’s that the more exposure (no pun intended) we have to cameras, the better we become with them.
I’ve got a funny feeling you and Sony have given more than a few people an opportunity now to develop an eye and an interest in a very powerful artistic medium.
Yeah, from what I’ve heard the teachers and students are thrilled. I believe they had just ONE camera prior to this. And not only do these shoot stills, they take 720p video. But equally important… when do I get cast in one of your films? ;)
The whole story is great.
Congrats Dave, nice job!
Ron
Great to see your post and congratulation on the win! It was fun to watch all of the contestants panoramic shots. We’re also excited for the kids at Washington Middle School to have fun with their new Cyber-shots. Thanks for passing along the pictures from the school too!
Take care!
Sukhjit
Sony Electronics
I’ll keep you posted. :)
Belated congrats. They’re nice photos! So what PhD programs?