Scott Roeder Productions » Baseball

theres been talk of video…here it is

scaughty — Sat, 29 May 2010 01:21:52 +0000

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.

The process included writing a script, a shot list, scheduling times to meet with athletes and teams, building a track and dolly, shooting, editing, reviewing, editing, and exporting.

The video was Narrated by Don Brantley.
The script was written by Ian Massey.
Pratik Panda was the main assistant.
CP Phan recorded the audio for the voice over.

Without the help of these people the video would not have turned out so well.

This is an example of the work I can produce. I am graduating in June 2010 and am looking for jobs.

Below, a screen shot from the basketball locker room.

busy shooting baseball

scaughty — Sat, 15 May 2010 19:35:11 +0000

Nikon D3, 300mm, 3200iso, f/2.8, 1/800, manual

Spring quarter always keeps me busy with baseball. This year has been extra work as I have had to shoot video and photos at the same time. Every time I go out I look for different compositions, backgrounds, patterns, etc. Baseball is one of those sports where you have to wait around and be looking in the right place at the right time to get that amazing play. I go to so many games that I don’t have to wait for that amazing play, but instead move around and try to find an interesting angle on something that happens all the time. Here are some of my photos from the UCI games on May 4th and May 11th.

Nikon D3, 300mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/800, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 3200iso, f/2.8, 1/800, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 2000iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/320, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 3200iso, f/2.8, 1/800, manual

Ants vs Eaters Baseball Feature

scaughty — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:27:48 +0000

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 the season. The photo turned out pretty good and the photo editor and the sports editor wanted to save it for a later issue so that they could print it bigger and in color.

Long story short, it finally got printed in winter quarter but ended up not getting printed bigger or in color.

Below, assistants Marlon Castillo and Pratik Panda stand in for a test shot.

Nikon D3, 105mm, 100iso, f/18, 1/250, manual

Photoshoot: UCI Baseball Player Francis Larson

scaughty — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:31:44 +0000

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 105mm, 125iso, f/8, 1/250, manual
UC 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 a change. I realized that I didn’t have any backdrop paper and that I would need to go out and get some before the shoot. I decided to buy a blue one and figured it would be good since its one of our school colors.

I made sure that he brought as much of his gear as possible for props, but also had him in a nice shirt and tie to show the scholarly and professional side of his personality. I originally wanted to have him wearing his uniform underneath his dress shirt but when we actually tried it the photos didn’t turn out as I expected. I had a back up plan and we tried a few different things during the rest of the shoot. These were the shots that I ended up submitting to the paper.

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 105mm, 125iso, f/8, 1/250, manual

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 98mm, 125iso, f/8, 1/250, manual

Thanks to Lee and Panda for helping assist on the shoot, and Ian for doing the interview.

uci baseball is back & so are experimental remotes

scaughty — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:43:26 +0000

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).

Below UCI’s head grounds keeper Scott Lupold prepares the field before the game.

Nikon D3, 300mm, 1600iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

I also set up a remote camera aimed at second base but came away with nothing. Below is a photo of my remote camera setup directly above the visitors dugout.

Nikon D3, 300mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/320, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/800, manual

NCAA College Baseball Regionals – Irvine, Ca – Day 3

scaughty — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:43:28 +0000

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.

Once I got my camera all set up I was ready to head out and come back later before the game started. As I was leaving I realized that it would be cool if I could shoot from behind the center field wall where one of the ESPN cameras was. I walked over and found that behind all the trees and bushes, there was a permanent wood platform. I couldn’t believe that I had never known about it. Anyways, I asked the camera man if I could shoot a few innings from up there and he agreed as long as I went up and came down while his camera was off. Below, a wide angle shot of the field, taken from the center field camera platform.

Canon 5D, 15mm, 200iso, 2.8, 1/4000th

I knew that even with a 400mm I would still need to crop in a lot from this angle. I called up a friend and asked to borrow a 5D Mark II. I knew that with 21 megapixels I would be able to crop much more than with 8 megapixels. I then drove over, picked it up, and made it back in time before the game started.

About 10 minutes before the start of the game I grabbed my gear and went up on the center field camera platform. The first shots I went for were batting shots. Below, Jeff Cusick gets a solid hit off of the San Diego pitcher.

Canon 5D Mark II, 400mm, 320iso, 2.8, 1/4000th

It was too bad that the newspaper was already in production as I was shooting this game. Shots from this angle had never been published in our newspaper before. Once I got enough batting shots, I moved on and shot the outfield. Below, UCI’s Jordan Fox catches a ball that popped high and deep in the outfield.

Canon 5D Mark II, 400mm, 250iso, 2.8, 1/3200th

Below, UCI shortstop Ben Orloff catches a ball that is thrown in from the outfield.

Canon 5D Mark II, 400mm, 250iso, 2.8, 1/3200th

Shooting the infield was also different from this angle. I got the backs of people that I usually don’t get, but also the fronts. Below, UCI shortstop Ben Orloff prepares to catch the ball as a San Diego player slides into second.

Canon 5D Mark II, 400mm, 250iso, 2.8, 1/2000th

Below, a UCI player dives back at second plate but is too slow and gets tagged out by the San Diego player.

Canon 5D Mark II, 400mm, 320iso, 2.8, 1/4000th

From the center field camer platform I was also shooting into the sun. As the game went on the players became more and mroe backlit, and from some angles they were sidelit. I played around with the light a little and got a few cool photos. Below, Eric Deragisch stands ready in the outfield.

Canon 5D Mark II, 400mm, 100iso, 2.8, 1/4000th

Below, Ryan Fisher throws in a ball that is hit deep into the outfield.

Canon 5D Mark II, 400mm, 250iso, 2.8, 1/3200th

Here are the rest of the photos:

I want to thank these photographers/UCI students who lent me equipment:

Michelle Kim
Greg Thompson
Nick Vu
Drew McCarroll

This was the last UCI game of the year, but hopefully there will be a chance for me to shoot some baseball over the summer.