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St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer David Carson tweeted several behind-the-scenes photos, sharing how he and St. Louis Cardinals reporter Derrick Goold put together the cover illustration for the paper’s Cardinals section.
It started over dinner and drinks with @dgoold at a bar in Jupiter #coverpic pic.twitter.com/I6t8xpmFtY
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
We bounced some ideas around, @dgoold drew up some rough sketches, it was a start #coverpic pic.twitter.com/oJG3RlneQ7
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
We set out to get props for the shoot, a nice Mike Piazza Rawlings catchers mitt $45, poor glove was doomed #coverpic pic.twitter.com/llPzuIqD8j
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
Next I went to Home Depot, we need drill bits, big drill bits and other hardware #coverpic pic.twitter.com/Dw5mTkAUMw
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
The next day we borrowed a drill, and the glove had a bad day, but I promised to make it famous, sort of #coverpic pic.twitter.com/NDJdv0ICKE
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
The glove now had a big hole in it, a nice start to a frame, #coverpic pic.twitter.com/fMtilniXSu
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
That night we did a test shot with @dgoold #coverpic pic.twitter.com/i6sCmZ7G4O
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
The test was ok, but unfortunately for the glove we needed to step it up a notch and that meant fire #coverpic https://t.co/BwAaPN7cIk
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
The glove had seen better days but would work great for the shoot the next morning #coverpic pic.twitter.com/EsRdyTkaTX
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
Next morning we arrived early to set up lights for the shoot #coverpic pic.twitter.com/WNhbSlz6ZO
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
Shot a few more tests of @dgoold, we moved some lights and waited for the players #coverpic pic.twitter.com/P35WgY0If7
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
Players arrived w/ varying degrees of enthusiasm for shoot, one said "This will take 5 mins right?"umm no #coverpic pic.twitter.com/5ySzrlRcDQ
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
The shoot lasted 13 mins, see it compressed here in this time lapse #coverpic http://t.co/dAwNlE64dW
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
The shoot went….OK it could have been better, I blame photographer error, but it would work, I think #coverpic pic.twitter.com/QDTjifd5dH
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
Took some photoshop work (which I hate but was necessary) to get the shot we needed we combined two shots #coverpic pic.twitter.com/VnRZ2s3LPm
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
Post-Dispatch's 2014 #stlcards special section will be in this Sunday's paper, 36 pages #coverpic pic.twitter.com/pZq0HAZ8ro
— David Carson (@PDPJ) March 28, 2014
Goold also is launching a podcast with colleague Bernie Miklasz.
Hey, look what you can download — the #BPIB pilot episodes with @miklasz and me: http://t.co/1cgQ8nYGll #stlcards #cardinals
— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) March 28, 2014