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 arrived early at around 1pm to set up a remote camera. I decided to set it up at home plate today. I had my camera behind home plate, looking down towards third base.
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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 get to the field and start warming up.
I got to the field at around 12:30pm. The decision was either to get a shot at home plate or at second base. My home plate remote success was pretty poor in the past, so i decided to get some action at second base. At first I was going to set up my camera above the dugout at first base, but ended up setting it up underneath the ESPN camera inside the first base photo well. If you look closely you can see it attached to the railing underneath the front of the ESPN camera.
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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 State was scheduled to play Virginia at 4pm.
I arrived at the field at 2:30pm. I met up with one of the New University Interns, Lee, who wanted to assist me and check out the 400mm lens that I rented. I picked up my credentials and headed over to the media workroom with Lee where we brought all my equipment. Below, Lee hangs out in the media workroom after helping me carry my equipment.
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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 Drake was there and pumped up to speak about our on-the-rise sports programs.
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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.
Continue reading ‘back to baseball…another shot at homeplate action & post-game fireworks’
The last time there was a baseball feature photo for The New University was um….never? The whole time I have been a photographer with The New University there has never been a feature photo of a baseball player. From what I’ve experienced, the UCI baseball team is an exclusive club, and it is hard to get access.
The sports editor Umar texted me and told me that he wanted to do a feature photo with four of the baseball pitchers. It was going to be a star wars jedi themed shoot. It was all planned out. Light sabers and cloaks.
Continue reading ‘pictures of pitchers…improvising & shooting under pressure’
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’
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