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Big West Track & Field Championships

scaughty — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:16:37 +0000

Nikon D3, 300mm, 160iso, f/2.8, 1/1600, manual

The Big West Conference Track and Field Championships was the last track event that I would be shooting this year. It was all the way up in Northridge but I decided to make the drive up because I hadn’t had a chance to shoot any photos lately and because the only other sport that was still happening was Baseball. I tried to shoot UCI athletes as much as possible but it was also nice being free to shoot whoever because I was not officially on assignment.

Check out some of the photos below and click here to see all of them.

Nikon D3, 300mm, 400iso, f/2.8, 1/3200, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 250iso, f/2.8, 1/4000, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 200iso, f/2.8, 1/1600, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 160iso, f/2.8, 1/1600, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 160iso, f/2.8, 1/3200, manual

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

Nikon D3, 300mm, 200iso, f/2.8, 1/2500, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 200iso, f/2.8, 1/1600, manual

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

Seeing Different Daily

scaughty — Mon, 03 May 2010 01:46:41 +0000

5/1/10 – UC Irvine, Irvine, CA – During the 2010 Asics/Steve Scott Invitational, Kristi Fryar competes in the pole vault. Fryar went on to finish fifth in the women’s pole vault at 11-9.

I had about an hour free this past weekend and decided to walk over to the track and get a few shots at the 2010 Asics/Steve Scott Invitational. There wasn’t much happening when I got there and it was between shooting long jump or pole vault. I usually shoot long jump and the light was really bad so I decided to practice shooting pole vault. When I first started shooting the pole vaulters there were no clouds and I was shooting with the sun behind me. I started looking for something more interesting and moved around to a few different angles. Usually on assignment I will try to get a good variety or photos. This time I just focus on making one strong photo. I need more days like this.

shooting volleyball from close up, working on framing

scaughty — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:11:37 +0000

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 work at it. Never settle.

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 200mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 1800mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 155mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 200mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 190mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/640, 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