UCI track stars, on-location group portrait
Last week I was called up by the sports editor to do a track feature photo. I asked him if it was more than one person and what event(s) they did. All he told me was that they “throw shit”. I was currently swamped with school work and didn’t have time to plan anything out [...]
uci baseball, my first game this year, far from the last
UCI’s baseball program is one of our biggest sports programs. When I think of spring quarter I think of baseball. I can always depend on there being a baseball article and a photo assignment to accompany it.
dwight howard inspired concept, empty arena & lots of equipment
Last tuesday I got a text message from the Umar the sports editor, “Can u meet me tomorrow at 3 at the bren? For carson clark feature photo?”. I was hoping he would call or text. On Monday I saw the sheet of paper with the page requests that the section editors fill out. Under [...]
Lighting workshop @ Tikko Studios
Canon 1D Mark IIn, 17-40mm @ 40mm, 100iso, f10, 1/250th Last week I went to a free lighting workshop at Tikko Studios in Fullerton. The company was founded and is run by two UCI alumni, which is how I heard about it. It was a fun event. There were snacks and beverages, slide show presentations, [...]
a helping hand and a behind-the-scenes perspective
Photo Courtesy of Brandon Wong Photography My friend and fellow New University staff photographer, Brandon Wong, helped me out on a shoot I did for the newspaper the other day. He helped me set up and also managed to run around and get a ton of great shots.
h2O & nikon
I arrived to shoot Womens Waterpolo at 6:02pm, two minutes past the start of the game. I also was going to leave early because I had to go over and shoot Mens Volleyball at 7pm, which required me to get there early in order to turn on my strobes. I quickly pulled out a borrowed [...]
Keeping things interesting, shooting from above, playing with light
Last week I shot Mens Volleyball at the Bren. I knew that since I only was lighting half of the court, I could backlight the players during one of the games. The first game I shot from a balcony and got some standard shots, all on my strobes with a 300mm.
think fast and shoot
Before I attended my first Sports Shooter Academy workshop I used to shoot in Av or Tv modes. I knew how to take pictures, but I was far from a photographer. At the workshop I was asking about settings and one of the main staff members was astonished that I shot in any of the [...]