M1: A student's journey through medical school

We got the Year In The Life project posted on YouTube today. This is the preview for the project. Chapter 1 is in the can and will be posted in several days. This footage was shot entirely with a Nikon D800, usually on a monopod.

Year in the Life M1 video

We began gathering footage for the Rush University "Year in the Life of an M1 (1st year medical school)" video doc. I think it went very well. It was new student orientation day on the campus.  I edited together a 25 sec "coming attraction" preview piece. I have to run it by some admins on Tuesday for the green light. I will link to it if/when it is approved.

The first day footage was entirely with th Nikon D800. We also did a short interview session with Joe in the studio with some glide track action. Lighting was ambient fluorescent with 2 led panels with green gels for color balance.

Steve Wins gold!

This afternoon I had the pleasure of working with 4 former Olympic athletes. They were all swimmers from various years of summer Games. We took lots of photos with some ill children in a Chicago area medical center. These folks were great with the kids, spending time with any who welcomed the visit. Then we went to my studio and did a nice group shot in front of a large U.S. flag, and they kindly let me rock their Olympic Medals for a bit. This was for a wonderful organization called Swim Across America. They raise money and awareness for cancer research, prevention and treatment.

Thank you-Olympians! It was a great day.

Craig Beardsley, Janel Jorgenson McArdle, Jamie Rauch, Christine Magnuson