HDR (High Dynamic Range) Workshop with tripods and models at Grand Central

Come and photograph the majestic Grand Central terminal -- capture all of the details in the shadows and highlights with HDR photography! We have special permission to use tripods during this five hour workshop.

We also have a special treat -- a wonderful model for you! Linley will be joining us. http://www.modelmayhem.com/1380835 . We envision her in that wonderful "spotlight" illuminated by the chandeliers downstairs, and we will also take her over to the usually empty area around Track 42.

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We will meet at 1:30 pm at GCT and then you will be shooting from 2 until 7pm.

Meet at 1:30pm outside of the station master's office, there is an area to the left of the SMO. The SMO is the customer waiting area with the glass doors on the upper level of the terminal, at the top and just to the right of the escalators on the west side of the building (near tracks 34/35 and the Transit Museum store.

This just in -- we have confirmation from Grace that she will also be at this workshop, she is easy to work with and very creative.http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/d/b/f/8/event_226136312.jpeg

Tom and I will be helping you with compositions, checking exposures, etc. You will be taking 3-10 exposures in order to capture all of the details in the shadows and highlights.

We will also be offering a separate optional post-workshop workshop to demonstrate Photomatix, the most popular HDR processing software.

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This was from a recent article -- GCT is turning 100

"Grand Central Terminal, the doyenne of American train stations, is celebrating its 100th birthday. It made its debut in the heyday of cross-country train travel, faced demolition in the era of the auto, and got a new lease on life with a facelift in its eighth decade. Opened on February 2, 1913, when trains were a luxurious means of traveling across America, the iconic New York landmark with its Beaux-Arts facade is an architectural gem, and still one of America's greatest transportation hubs."

"It is also the Big Apple's second-most-popular tourist attraction, after Times Square.

"We are among the top 10 most-visited sites in the world," boasted Dan Brucker, manager of Grand Central Tours at Metro-North Railroad, the commuter rail service that operates from Grand Central. "Every day more than 750,000 people come through Grand Central Terminal - that is the entire population of Alaska that walks through here every day. It is the entire population of the state of North Dakota," he noted."
read the rest of the article and see their photographs

http://www.ctnow.com/mobile/nationworld/sns-rt-us-grandcentral-centenarybre90t0qr-20130130,0,7767514.story