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>> Rebecca Leclair: Welcome back. By now you’ve probably heard of the Big Shot at RIT. And
here is the Big Shot right here —Bill DuBois. He is the head of the photography department,
actually it’s the chair of the visual media program in the School of Photographic Arts
and Sciences. That’s a mouthful. You have coordinated the big shot. Remind people what
that is because it’s so fun. >> Bill DuBois: There are three of us on faculty
that have coordinated the Big Shots over the years. We bring a large group people to one
location and we turn out all the exterior lighting and at night we light that structure
with people with flashlights and flash units. And it’s like watching a big discotheque
when you are out there. >> Rebecca: Right. You are famous for your
architectural photography. We want to show people a couple of the latest ones, but you’ve
done this 26 times. This is the Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC.
>> Bill: Yes. >> Rebecca: It’s fabulous. You’ve lit
it up and then you capture the shot. >> Bill: We light it. This particular shot
had about 800 people. It was pouring down rain. We had four inches of rain in two hours
and with 800 people we open the lens and we ask them to paint the building with light
and that’s when we capture it. >> Rebecca: Quickly, we want to show this
is the Pile Gate in Croatia. You went all the way there in 2007. And we also have the
Erie Canal at Schoen Place. There it is. There was even the Sam Patch going by.
>> Bill: The Sam Patch was headed by. We were able to stop it just enough to keep it sharp
in the image. It was about a 30 second image total. We were able to make everything work.
>> Rebecca: That’s great. Coming up next week, we are going to The Strong National
Museum of Play. Going to light up that baby up too!
>> Bill: The Strong is really working hard to make this a beautiful community event.
We are looking for everybody from the city to come out. Bring the kids. Bring the flashlights
out of the cars. Bring your lighting gear from your cameras. And help us light this
building. >> Rebecca: Great. You want people to dress
in dark clothing so that they might not be seen, but their light will be directed at
the building. Are you going to try and get the caterpillar kind of look there of the
building? >> Bill: Oh, yes, the Caterpillar has to be
lit. We have a team of people that will be working on that alone. So they might be part
of that team or they might be in a team working on the Butterfly Pavilion. Another team will
be working on the cubes. Another team working on the inside of the main entrance in the
back. We are going to see the entire museum. We need over 1,000 people.
>> Rebecca: Wow! So it’s May 5th. That’s a Thursday. They want you to be there at 7:45.
The Big Shot is going to be at 8:45. Bring the kids! It will be an experience they won’t
forget. >> Bill: That’s right.
>> Rebecca: We’ve linked up everything on our Web site. Thanks a lot Bill. Good luck
with everything. Don’t lose your camera. We got to have that for next Thursday. And
we will be back right after this.