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Last week our school got blacked out in Eater Nation t-shirts for the ESPNU televised basketball game against Cal State Northridge. UCI beat CSUN 73-51. Here are a few photos from the game:
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Archive for February, 2009
Just when I though I had it all figured out, I learn something new.
Continue reading ‘finding the sweet spot’
For once, I wasn’t the staff photographer covering the basketball game. I knew this was my chance to try something different. I wanted to get a new angle that I had never tried to get. Something away from the action. Something with a clean background. Something that people can’t see on their own. I had read an article about the 12-14 cameras that SI photographer John McDonough brings to an average NBA game, and came across this unique angle. An overhead remote of the players bench. I was told that I was not allowed to be up in the catwalks during a game, so I decided to setup a remote. I like how it turned out and am happy with all of the photos. The only thing was that the UCI Athletics photographer was actually up there during a game and got a shot that looked identical to mine. And his was all over the front page of the website that week…so much for a unique angle.
Continue reading ‘looking away from the action…looking for more’
Since living in Irvine for the past four years I have yet to see a storm. I’ve seen maybe three or four rainy days a year down here. During winter quarter I shoot basketball and volleyball. I get the beginning of baseball, but for the most part everything I shoot is indoors. Out of all the days for it to rain in winter quarter, it rains on the day I have to shoot outside. I took a mens tennis assignment. I borrowed my friends D3 and was going to use the papers 300mm. I got to the match all ready and about 5 minutes into shooting it started to rain. Thus, lack of shots.
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My last feature-photo assignment was to shoot a portrait of UCI Womens Basketabll player Kiara Belen. The sports editor told me that Kiara was also a model and I knew immediately that this shoot was going to go smoothly. I was right.
Continue reading ‘lights, camera, work it’
At the last basketball game I shot, I set up a remote camera on the shot-clock. It was a big game against our rivals, Cal State Long Beach, so I got there four hours early. I also dropped by earlier in the morning to make sure that none of the teams had an open shoot-around scheduled. From 3pm-5pm the court was clear.
Continue reading ‘never rely on your remote camera’
This past week was the first time that I shot volleyball with my strobes. When I put my strobes in the Bren Events Center earlier this school year, I took into consideration that I would be shooting volleyball at some point. I found out which side UCI would start so that I could position my strobes facing that side of the court. This way I would be able to shoot at least 2 out of 3 matches per game with my strobes, since I am only lighting half of the court.
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