theres been talk of video…here it is
I have talked recently about doing a lot of video work. This past quarter I have been working for the UCI Athletics to create a promo video that sums up all the sports programs here at UCI.
Ants vs Eaters Baseball Feature
Jeff Cusick and Danny Bibona from the UCI Baseball team pose for a portrait. During fall quarter I did a shoot with two of the UCI Baseball team players, Danny Bibona and Jeff Cusick. The article was about Ants vs Eaters baseball series, which is a inter-squad series of games to get them started for [...]
Photoshoot: UCI Baseball Player Francis Larson
Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 105mm, 125iso, f/8, 1/250, manualUC Irvine Baseball catcher Francis Larson poses for a portrait. When I got the call for this photo I knew I wanted to shoot it on a backdrop. I don’t really get to shoot much stuff on a backdrop and wanted to get the studio feel for [...]
uci baseball is back & so are experimental remotes
Nikon D3, 300mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/800, manual UCI’s Baseball season is back and so am I for one more season before I graduate. I shot one of the opening series games against LMU on February 19th and started to get back into the swing of things (pun intended).
NCAA College Baseball Regionals – Irvine, Ca – Day 3
Sunday. We finally had a game while the sun was still out, which meant two things: 1) our team had lost a previous game and had to win all the rest to not get eliminated, 2) better for taking photos (ISO 200 rather than 1600). The game was scheduled to start at 4pm and I [...]
NCAA College Baseball Regionals – Irvine, Ca – Day 2
UCI was scheduled to play Virginia at 8pm. Today I was planning on setting up a remote camera, which I decided to set up for a shot at second base. I was told that I would have to set up my remote before 2pm because that is when the players for the 4pm game would [...]
NCAA College Baseball Regionals – Irvine, Ca – Day 1
This is the first time that UCI has hosted a Baseball Regionals. I came prepared and ready to shoot all weekend. On the first day UCI was scheduled to play their game at 8pm against the previous National Champions, Fresno State. San Diego State has the number one draft pick, pitcher Stephen Strasburg. San Diego [...]
Cicerone Field deication and UCI beats UCLA in the 10th
Last week, the UCI Baseball field formally known as Anteater Ballpark was renamed and dedicated to Chancellor Emeritus Ralph J. Cicerone, who is currently the president of the National Academy of Sciences. I got there early in order to get down onto the field to get some photos of the dedication. The current Chancellor Michael [...]
back to baseball…another shot at homeplate action & post-game fireworks
I honestly expected to be shooting a lot more baseball this year. Last year I was pretty much the only person at the newspaper who would shoot the games. This year I have been busier and the newer staff photographers have been more inclined to shoot sports.