Big Shot No. 28 - Cowboys stadium

(Bill DuBois) Sounds like RIT has arrived! We have 36 students here from RIT. Let's hear it! [cheers] (Bill DuBois) Well it was about two years ago that one of our alumni happened to see the owner of the stadium at a media event day and suggested that we do a Big Shot. (Scott Saldinger) I got up to him, I said "I just want to ask you one question. "On behalf of the Rochester Institute of Technology, "how would you feel about us taking a unique, once-in-a-lifetime photograph of the "stadium in an event event that's never been done and will never be done again." And he said yes. (Willie Osterman) Photography captures light. So what we do is go out at night, turn out all the lights, and then have the community come and paint the light on. Interviewer: So you guys nervous? Organizers: Yes. Always. If you're not nervous, you're in trouble. You know you're alive when it's Big Shot day. (Scott Saldinger) It means a lot to see the students here having a great time, being with them at the stadium yesterday, seeing them really have that, "Oh, Wow" moment. It's just hard to believe how big and expansive the stadium is if you don't live here. Of all the Big Shots, this is the biggest. (RIT Student 1) It's huge, but it's gonna be hard to light. (RIT Student 2) It's honestly a beautiful piece of architecture. (RIT Student 3) I get to stand all the way over there and light the side of the building. (RIT Student 4) And we're lighting the top wedge area. (RIT Student 2) It's gonna be awesome. (Brian Gamm): Definitely exciting. We've never been to a Big Shot before, so we don't really have anything to compare it to. We've seen the images, but obviously there's no people in them. You don't really get a sense of scale. The first time we had ever seen Cowboys Stadium up close, it's huge, like a big space ship in the middle of a parking lot. We're definitely expecting quite an experience. (Michael Peres) ...get this sonic boom. (Interviewer) What are you guys looking forward to the most tonight? (Organizers) Success! People. A lot of people. Texas hospitality is what we're looking forward to. (Debbie Kingsbury) Move it up and down and side to side. (Scott Saldinger) Does everybody know what you have to do? (Crowd) Yeah! (Michael Peres) And then light the ground and just keep moving during the exposure. Thank you all for being here! We're thrilled. As soon as all the stadium lighting goes out, we're ready to go. (Texas Resident 1) We live south of Dallas. (Interviewer) How'd you hear about the event? (Texas Resident 1) My wife is a photographer. We get all the info from Arlington Camera down here. Started following it on Twitter, so here we are. This is, I think it's 15 million candle power. So when I hit this thing, it goes to that! I can light up the world with this thing. (Texas Resident 2) My name is Jordan Dudley. The first! (Texas Resident 3) Aubrey Dudley! (Texas Resident 4) And Rachel. We saw it on Twitter, and it just seemed like it'd be really fun. We wanted to be a part of history, so we came out. (Interviewer) What do you guys think so far? (Texas Resident 4) I think it's awesome. It's a lot of fun. (Texas Residen 2) It's really good. (Michael Peres) About a minute from now, we're going to see painting with light. (Dawn Tower-DuBois) 3, 2, 1. Open! (Michael Peres) Shutter open! (Crowd) Shutter open! Shutter is open! [cheers, ambulance siren] (Willie Osterman) The shutter is closed! (Bill DuBois) We are finished. The lighting can come back on please. (Voice on walkie talkie) Yes I copy. Thank you. (Michael Peres) Awesome. Pretty amazing. (Scott Saldinger) Two years in twenty minutes. (Willie Osterman) Thank you all so much for coming out to make this a memorable event!