Kevin Guthrie is one of a hand full (less than 300) of certified Master Exercise Practitioners (MEP) nationwide. This shot was taken at a recent training session where Kevin was certifying Exercise Evaluators to take part in large scale simulation exercises designed to test the capabilities and readiness of governmental emergency services capabilities (police, fire, medical, etc.) in their response to natural and man made disasters or terrorist events like 9-11.
These exercises, known as Full-Scale Exercises, take an unbelievable amount (months) of preparation, planning and training and huge numbers of people to pull off. Their value is made apparent when disasters strike like the tornado in Joplin, Missouri. As it happens, Kevin was providing this training in Springfield, Missouri, about an hour's drive from Joplin. The Greene County Office of Emergency Management hosted the training, planned before the tornado. They were heavily involved in the relief efforts in Joplin as were most of the Emergency Management offices in the Kansas/Oklahoma/Missouri/Arkansas border area.
Set up:
- Key: 580 EX speedlight with dome diffuser in a 24x36 softbox, camera left about 3' from the subject.
- Fill: 580 EX speedlight with dome diffuser in a 16x16 softbox, camera right and 7' from the subject.
- Accents: Gridded, Sigma EF 530 DG Super, camera right and behind subject about 10' away. Another 530 DG with dome diffuser directly behind the podium, pointed up, about 5' from the wall
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