Robert O. Carpenter

Believer, Father, Husband, Son, Colleague, Partner, Friend, Mentor, Educator, Advocate, COACH, Physician, Surgeon, Vandy ‘06 ⚓️ & Fightin’ Texas Aggie ‘95 👍🏼

[Robert O. Carpenter @ROCDoc99]

@BhattiLaib9960 Lucile

[Erik Kuna 🚀 @erikkuna]

This is the shot you can’t get from the press site. This camera was sitting a few football fields from the SLS rocket at Pad 39B for days before launch, baking in the Florida sun, surviving rain, humidity, and whatever else the Cape threw at it. No photographer behind the viewfinder. Just a camera, a sound trigger, and a bet.

The way pad remotes work: you set your camera up days in advance, dial in your composition, lock everything down, and walk away. You don’t touch it again until after the launch. The shutter fires on sound activation
with a @MiopsTrigger smart+ trigger. With SLS, the four RS-25 engines ignite six seconds before the solid rocket boosters, so the camera is already firing before the vehicle even leaves the pad. You get home, pull the card, and find out if you nailed it or if a bird landed on your lens two days ago and left your a present and you got 400 photos of soemthing crappy.

There’s no formula for protecting your gear this close. Some photographers build wooden boxes with doors that pop open. Some use plastic bags and tape. Some do plastic or metal barn door rigs on hinges. I tend to leave mine open just in plastic rain covers because boxes limit my composition and setup time, but that means your cameras are more exposed to the elements and whatever energy and debris comes off the pad. You’re basically gambling a camera body every time you set one.

That’s what I love about this genre. There’s no playbook. You make it up as you go. Every time is an adventure.

📸 credit: me for @SuperclusterHQ - Artemis II pad remote | ~1,000 ft from Pad 39B | Kennedy Space Center

[Robert O. Carpenter @ROCDoc99]

@SchottHayden NOOOO!!!

[Robert O. Carpenter @ROCDoc99]

@SchottHayden @85AustinAg @ShaneSdao Miss you already Sir!

[Robert O. Carpenter @ROCDoc99]

@tengland_150 @Dylan_Rock_ What an incredible night!

[MylastlossatnevillewastoBAMA @nevamadeafinal3]

@BarstoolTexasAM @WarDamnStool

[TorresOnTexasA&M @TorresOnTexasAM]

Basket didn’t count, Ags are 2-0 in SEC play!

[TexAgs @TexAgs]

"I am grateful every single day that I chose to come to this amazing place."

Jamie Morrison speaks on Texas A&M's commitment to women's athletics and a standard of excellence 👍

#NCAAWVB | 🎥 Video courtesy of the NCAA

[Texas A&M Aggies 👍 @12thMan]

Sleep tight, Ags. History awaits.

[Carter Karels @CarterKarels]

Former Alabama coach Nick Saban claims on the @PatMcAfeeShow that Texas A&M “pipes in” crowd noise at Kyle Field.

"I did more complaining to the SEC office — it was more than complaining that I don't really want to say on this show."

[Texas A&M Football @AggieFootball]

Update

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

On this day in 1991, Queen frontman Freddie Mercury issued a statement confirming he had AIDS and called for help fighting the disease.
He died the next day.

[Robert O. Carpenter @ROCDoc99]

Please
Please
Please
Please…
😏

[Jaxson Callaway (AT) @AggiesToday]

KC Concepcion’s brother has entered the transfer portal:

[Robert O. Carpenter @ROCDoc99]

@SchottHayden @AgKnocks Is that allowed in BananaLand…?

[Robert O. Carpenter @ROCDoc99]

@AgKnocks Left our full sun season seats surrounded by raging fair-weather fans screaming about having “paid $300 to watch this shit show…🤨” and found a group of actual alumni.
Stood in the 3rd deck west side shade the entire second half surrounded by positive vibes & new friends… 👍🏼
😏

[Robert O. Carpenter @ROCDoc99]

@Matt_Pinner Maternal - Rachel
Paternal - Leora

Great grandmother - Lucile

[Robert O. Carpenter @ROCDoc99]

Helmets stuck together after hard collision early in Texas vs. Georgia - via @ESPN App.

One doesn’t even have to try here…
So many directions to take the punchline.
🐶 🐮 🔒 ⬆️…
https://t.co/2skd9LHqAS

[Robert O. Carpenter @ROCDoc99]

For those from the land of toxic flaming manholes covers…

“SANDS OF THOUGHT:
Weak minds fear the truth, strong minds the untruth.

Envy is the homage which MEDIOCRITY pays to greatness.

The word ‘accident’ is unknown in the vocabulary of God.”

1859 - The Edinburgh News

[Robert Behrens @rcb05]

Male cheerleaders leading students as they lock arms and sway? Our culture is not a costume, Texas Tech.

[Robert O. Carpenter @ROCDoc99]

@rcb05 For those from the land of toxic flaming manholes covers…

“SANDS OF THOUGHT:
Weak minds fear the truth, strong minds the untruth.

Envy is the homage which MEDIOCRITY pays to greatness.

The word ‘accident’ is unknown in the vocabulary of God.”

1859 - The Edinburgh News