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I was told that my first attempt at a marionette was crap. Unfortunately I’m the kind of guy who just has to get things right.Here’s take 2. More wires in more correct places equals more better.

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So I was asked to make an image to benefit the upcoming Hightwater Heart auction benefiting a food bank in Vermont which services those who got pummeled by the flooding brought by Hurricane Irene a few weeks ago. I saw photographs of friend’s houses quite literally being pulled down engorged rivers. Some lost everything so I figure the least I can do it try to make something.

There’s a famous Norman Rockwell painting of people gossiping which I used as a template to attempt to tell the story from a wet exhausted lady, to a utility worker, to cop, to cub reporter, to the masses of horrified people outside Vermont who heard the stories and saw the cell phone videos and decided to do something to at last make sure the initial lady had food to eat.

I think the plan is to offer a small edition of 10 or so medium size signed prints on eBay in the next couple of weeks.  I’ll post and tweet when I know more if you’re interested in bidding.

Thanks to everyone involved and all my friends who came out to lend a hand and profile.  I hope you like it.

A lot of people ask me what gear I own and use. There’s nothing particularly special about my setup. I’m a pretty straight ahead Canon user with mostly nice L glass. All of the pictures I make could be made with similar stuff from other companies, but I figured I’d make a list anyway for those of you who don’t believe me and want what I’ve got.

Each link points to the product on Amazon. So if you plan on purchasing this stuff, please do it through my links so I can buy a can of Coca Cola. Thanks.

Digital
Canon 5D Mark II

Lenses
Canon 28mm f/1.8
Canon 35mm f/1.4L
Canon 50mm f/1.2L
Canon 50mm f/1.4
Canon 85mm f/1.2L
Canon 24-105 f/4L Zoom

Computer Gear
NEC 30″ Monitor with Spectraview Calibrator
Wacom Intuos Tablet
Apple 13″ Macbook Air 
Kensington Expert Mouse
Western Digital Green 2TB Internal Hard Drives

Software
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Adobe Lightroom 3

Lights
5 in 1 Reflector/Diffuser
Canon 580 EX II Speedlite
Alien Bees B400
Alien Bees B800
White Lightning x3200
Profoto AcuteB Pack and Head
Photek Softighters – all 3 sizes
Avenger A420 Stand with D600 Boom

Film Cameras
Leica M4 with 50mm f/2 Summicron
Hasselblad 500cm
Cambo 45NX 4×5″ Large Format

Preferred Films
Kodak Portra 160, 400, 800 NC
Kodak E100 chome
Fuji Provia
Ilford 3200 b/w

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