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.
testing the d3s and a 400mm with UCI Volleyball

Nikon D3s, 400mm, 4000iso, f/2.8, 1/800, manual On the first night of Sports Shooter Academy VII there were no official events to shoot, but there was still a Volleyball game going on at UCI. I checked out one of the new D3s’ and a 400mm, then headed back to school. The ISO levels were amazing [...]
shooting volleyball from close up, working on framing

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 200mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual Lately ive decided to go without the strobes, move closer, and challenge myself a little. In volleyball there are always players getting in the way. The ball moves extremely fast. Faces are covered by the next. The net steals the focus. But sometimes you need to [...]
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 womens waterpolo
Nikon D3, 300mm, 200iso, f/2.8, 1/4000, manual This was another game where I was shooting both video and photos. Since shooting video is a higher priority right now I only shot photos for a short time. Here are some of my shots.
uci mens basketball: shooting from the stands

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 200mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual Usually when I shoot basketball I sit on the baseline or set up remotes. At the Mens Basketball game on February 20th I decided to shoot from the stands that are behind the basket. This choice was partially influenced because I was shooting video from that [...]
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).


