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OT: What I do when I'm not slinging lead downrange
« on: February 11, 2012, 07:45:43 AM »
Totally self centered post follows:

I am the Technical Director for a large church.  My main emphasis is on video, MATV and lighting.   This weekend we're having an evangelistic youth event called, DNOW (Discipleship Now).   My "show time" duties are running the graphics and the live internet streaming.   So here I'm hard at work, along with our video director.

I'm running a graphics computer, a live streaming computer, and Anna and I share side screen switching duties on a switcher between us.   She "calls" the show and the camera shots and runs the camera switcher.  About where the photographer is standing is another computer (run by our your music director) which is responsible for the words to the songs and the side graphics.   There are about 100 graphics (not including the "words") and 20 videos.   I also provide the background music feed.



Here's a picture in the dark from behind my position so you can see the switchers and the main screen.  We're located in the corner of the track looking down on the stage and audience.  There are about 12s screen in "video world" and another 4 in the lighting and sound positions down on the floor.  



Compared to "big" shows this is small time, but still pretty big for us.

If you want to watch some of the show, I'm streaming live (nothing fancy, just camera shots) at
livestream.com/mtbethelumc  10:30am - 11:30 today, 7:30pm - 10:00pm tonight and 11am - 12noon Sunday (ET)


It's cutting into range time this week, but it means time off next couple of weeks and I expect about 8 hours at the range coming up.  (note to self: order more bullets)
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Re: OT: What I do when I'm not slinging lead downrange
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2012, 07:58:06 AM »
I really should learn how to do that
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Re: OT: What I do when I'm not slinging lead downrange
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2012, 08:44:35 AM »
Closet gun and techno geek,.... ;)
Thomas Jefferson: The strongest reason for the people to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against the tyranny of government. That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals. They are afraid of a populace which cannot be subdued by tyrants."
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Re: OT: What I do when I'm not slinging lead downrange
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2012, 09:13:57 AM »
Did Alf lose weight ?
The mafioso look seems to be missing.  ;D

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Re: OT: What I do when I'm not slinging lead downrange
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2012, 12:52:09 PM »
I am the Technical Director for a large church.  

No kidding, dude!!!!!  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D
"I expect perdition, I always have. I keep this building at my back, and several guns handy, in case perdition arrives in a form that's susceptible to bullets. I expect it will come in the disease form, though. I'm susceptible to diseases, and you can't shoot a damned disease." ~ Judge Roy Bean, Streets of Laredo

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Re: OT: What I do when I'm not slinging lead downrange
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Re: OT: What I do when I'm not slinging lead downrange
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2012, 03:01:17 PM »
No kidding, dude!!!!!  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

You really need the Fedora when pushing all those buttons.... ;D
Thomas Jefferson: The strongest reason for the people to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against the tyranny of government. That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals. They are afraid of a populace which cannot be subdued by tyrants."
Col. Jeff Cooper.

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Re: OT: What I do when I'm not slinging lead downrange
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2012, 03:26:05 PM »
I don't care how big or small.....I am impressed!

Richard

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Re: OT: What I do when I'm not slinging lead downrange
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2012, 11:05:57 PM »
When did religion become a spectator sport?

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Re: OT: What I do when I'm not slinging lead downrange
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2012, 11:13:51 PM »
I thought you'd be bigger  ;D

LOL!
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Re: OT: What I do when I'm not slinging lead downrange
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2012, 08:28:05 PM »
I thought you'd be bigger  ;D

LOL!

To 10 year olds, I'm enormous!   (Love Hook, the movie)

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