covershot of Norm Augustine

We've got another great covershot and with another absolutely amazing background story.Norm Augustine is a former Apollo engineer, Lockheed Martin CEO, US Army undersecretary, Distinguished Service Medal (5 times!) chair of the National Academy of Engineering, OH... and a fellow Nikon photog. He has some amazing safari stories and we handed him our backup D700 which he pointed directly at our  attractive assistant BettyJean and fired off a handful of perfectly exposed shots.We had literally 5 minutes to get a handful of solid shots of Norm as he is undoubtedly a busy guy. To maximize the time, we offered to pick him up at his hotel so we got there a few minutes early and test-shot Betty in a couple spots in the lobby. We settled on a chair with some decent natural light and a bit of backlight from a lamp. An f-stop with a very open aperture was chosen to minimize the background but wasn't stopped down too much, so we'd have a security blanket of focus on Augustine's face. Norm is pretty used to being photographed, so we chatted casually and got in close for literally 10 shots. He was happy to take a look at the preview and was very pleased. (phew!!) It was at this point where he showed adeptness with the camera which uncovered his passion for photography. He travels the world and shoots with a D700 which we happily pulled from the bag and threw a fixed lens on it for him to show his stuff. He aimed at Betty who is a natural anyway (um... have you SEEN the makeup shots with RHY?) who posed happily for a quick burst of perfectly exposed shots. Nice job. Norm hopped in the Honda with us, and we chatted about his travels as we escorted him to his dinner event. Fun fun...Read the article and check out Norm's wikipedia entry too.