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 so I went into the whole thing a little worried.
Continue reading ‘UCI track stars, on-location group portrait’
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.
Continue reading ‘uci baseball, my first game this year, far from the last’
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 the Sports section I saw “volleyball feature”, which usually meant there was going to be a feature story with a photo.
Continue reading ‘dwight howard inspired concept, empty arena & lots of equipment’
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, models to shoot, and tons of other local photographer to meet. The lighting tutorials were not as advanced as I had hoped but it was still very informative and they did a really good job of teaching how to interact with your subject. I didn’t take too many photos, as I was there mostly there to listen and absorb knowledge, but here are a few shots.
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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.
Continue reading ‘a helping hand and a behind-the-scenes perspective’
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 D300 and the newspapers 300mm f2.8 lens. With the sun beginning to go down, I positioned myself near the back of one of the goals with the sun behind me. This is where I stayed for most of the game. I was glad to be shooting waterpolo again and even more happy to be shooting it while the sun was still out.
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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.
Continue reading ‘Keeping things interesting, shooting from above, playing with light’
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 auto modes. From that moment on I was set on truly learning how to use my camera. Since then I’ve shot in Manual mode and haven’t thought once about going back. There is so much control when shooting in manual and it allows for much more creativity. Honestly, I just can’t get myself to trust any of the auto modes.
Continue reading ‘think fast and shoot’
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