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Samuel Hoffman - The Journal Gazette
Aleli Ruiz Oregon, right, and others gather flowers for bouquets at Gassafy Wholesale Flowers, 5 days before Valentine's Day. Gassafy processes about 350,000 roses in the run up to Valentine's Day, providing bouquets to florists and groceried locally and in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois.
Published: February 14, 2012 3:00 p.m.

Double Shot: That's A Lot of Roses

Samuel Hoffman and Lara Neel

Camera: NIKON D2Hs

Shutter: 1/80 s

Aperture: f/2.8

Exposure Setting: Manual (Pattern Metering)

ISO: 800

Strobe Flash:Did Not Fire

Lens Focal Length: 25 mm

White Balance: Auto

Shooter's Comments: Who knew filling a vase with a few flowers took so many steps and so many people? But, I guess when you're dealing with 350,000 roses in 5 days, the automation helps.

I actually got to Gassafy Wholesale Florist at the wrong time; I should have been there about 5 a.m., when the first trucks were rolling in, packed with roses. It's difficult to double shoot: video and stills at the same time. I always seem to have the wrong camera running at the wrong time. In this case, I think the video won the battle.

- Samuel Hoffman, Photojournalist

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