30
Jan

change of plans…change of rules


Long Story short, I went to set up a backboard remote at a Men’s Basketball game, had everything setup perfectly, was forced to take it down an hour before the game, set up a overhead remote, got some shots, left a little disappointed. I guess backboard remotes are no longer allowed at our arena….

With the assistance of Ian, Panda, and Lee, I was able to get everything set up quick and easy.

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30
Jan

keeping it simple


Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 34mm, 500iso, f/2.8, 1/180, manual

UCI Men’s Basketball guard Michael Hunter poses for a quick photo before warming up to play UC Riverside.

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28
Jan

video, video, and more video


Ignition (remix)

I have been doing filming for the UCI Women’s Basketball team and have been asked recently to work on several other video projects for UCI’s Athletic department. Right now I’m working with borrowed Canon 5D MKII’s. I’m looking into getting a 7D and will hopefully have something of my own so that I won’t have to keep bugging everybody to borrow a camera.

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24
Jan

branching out and shooting dancing


Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 16mm, 100iso, f/10, 1/250, manual

UCI Freshman Jaclyn Wang holds a pose during a late night photoshoot.

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24
Jan

making the band on fancy friday


Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 16mm, 100iso, f/10, 1/250, manual

From left: Jaclyn, Ian, Scott, Alex, and Panda. Viento residents along with their RA Scott Roeder (Middle) take some fun pics after finishing up a photo shoot with the band “An Abyss Called Home”.

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17
Jan

lugging lights all over campus…last minute rugby portrait


I was asked to take a photo of the UCI Men’s Rugby team’s new coach who also happens to be a professor at UCI. About 30 minutes before the shoot I loaded up my car with a ProPhoto 2400 kit and all my other equipment, with the help of my friend and fellow photographer Melissa Lee.

I was told to go to one of the social ecology buildings on campus where the coaches office is. It turned out that there was a nice plaza at the base of the building where I would have a lot of room to shoot. It was about 1:35pm so classes were in session, so the plaza was mine for about the next 30 min.

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15
Jan

working with womens basketball


Nikon D3, 300mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/500, manual

A UCI fan jumps and screams in the stands in order to distract the other team from missing a free throw.

I am currently working for the UCI Women’s Basketball team doing filming. Since I am at every game I also have a lot of photos. I still have a lot to practice and go into every game trying to learn how to shoot it better. Here are some shots from two games in the past week.

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09
Jan

Letter scare at UCI


Nikon D3, 300mm, 1250iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

During the first week back to school for the winter quarter several letters were received by various faculty members. The letters has a white powder substance on them and had the phrase “Black Death” written on them. About one letter was found everyday for the first week. The media was everywhere and the police has everything contained very well. One day I was coming back to the dorms from class and saw that they had discovered another letter right next to where I was living. I ran into my room, grabbed my camera and the 300mm and started to shoot. Its a good thing I had the 300mm because everything was caution-taped off and it was impossible to get close to the scene. I was lucky enough to get some good shots of the hazardous materials team bringing out one of the letters in a plastic bag.

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08
Jan

UCI Mens Volleyball is back!


Nikon D3, 300mm, 320iso, f/8, 1/250, manual

UCI Mens Volleyball is finally back in season. Last year I found the spots where I like to shoot and where I knew I would always be able to get some solid images. I started off this year shooting from the same spot, although I would like to branch out and try to find some new angles for upcoming games throughout the season.

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06
Jan

shooting spot news & still trying to challenge myself


Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 14mm, 200iso, f/2.8, 1/4000, manual

First week back at school and there are already protest happening on campus. The photo editor usually sends out a mass text to several photographers when there is some type of spot news occurrence happening on campus. Since I had some free time, I headed back to my dorm and picked up my camera to shoot the protest against the tuition increases that was happening near the flag poles on campus. I grabbed my 14-24mm and my 50mm. I tried to work a few different angles and get a good variety to send into the paper.

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