Breakthrough bioFILM PA test

Today I went to a press conference with the typical dull-dim-tungsten spot lighting and a black background. Moving to the sides and setting my white balance to Tungsten made the beautiful daylight from the windows soak in and make some pretty photos. I set up a 550ex to the side with a 1/4CTO (a.k.a. Orange) gel on it pointed at the ceiling to give a nice highlight on the left side.

For the second photo I climbed up some stairs and shot with a long lens to bring one of the bright red pillars into the frame. Usually press conferences are just shot straight on with a black background and spot lights. It’s nice when you can move around and bring more light and colour into the photo.

Dr. Neil Brown, Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at the University of Alberta Hospital speaks at a press conference to announce a new breakthrough test developed by Edmonton-based Innovotech Inc. called bioFILM PA in Edmonton, Alta. on July 28, 2009. The test will now allow doctors to more accurately identify the right antibiotics required to treat serious, chronic infections that are biofilm based. (Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal).

Melanie, one of the first 14 clinical research patients with Cystic Fibrosis speaks at a press conference with (left to right) Dr. Neil Brown, Director of Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Dr. Robert Rebbie, Site Chief, Deptartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Alberta Hospital, Dr. Lorne Babiuk, Vice-President (Research) at the University of Alberta and Dr. Peter Hackett, President and CEO of the Alberta Ingenuity Fund behind her to announce a new breakthrough test developed by Edmonton-based Innovotech Inc. called bioFILM PA in Edmonton, Alta. on July 28, 2009. The test will now allow doctors to more accurately identify the right antibiotics required to treat serious, chronic infections that are biofilm based. (Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal).