It's no secret that a lot of business gets done on the golf course. Couple that with The Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia and you're bound to get some movers and shakers in town. No doubt that's why one of our broadcast clients, Bloomberg News, decided to make a visit to Augusta and asked Forrester Media to once again provide crews, cameras and uplink for 3 days of live coverage from a private club just outside the gates of Augusta National.
We started each day at 3:00AM to prepare the outdoor set for the anchors who hosted the 2-hour morning show from the Azalea Club.
While we usually have potted plants brought in for background props, we didn't have to do that for this event. The pink azaleas were in bloom and bordered the artificial putting green where our talent was seated.
The three-camera images were fed live to New York where they were switched into the show. We downlinked both programming and teleprompters for the two anchors.
The set was lit with two 1200-watt HMI's, 2 400-watt HMI's and 2 200-watt HMI's along with some smaller Arri fixtures that had CTB gel applied to them to match the daylight-balanced HMI's.
To keep the light just right during the pre-dawn hours, the spill from the lights is controlled by a variety of scrims, flags and diffusion material.
The end result? A successful set of live shots and shows each day culminating with an interview with golfing legend Gary Player, also known as the 'Black Knight' who played in The Masters 52 times, winning three of the tournaments. Here's my view from behind the lens just prior to the live shot with Mr. Player.
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