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Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 34mm, 500iso, f/2.8, 1/180, manual
UCI Men’s Basketball guard Michael Hunter poses for a quick photo before warming up to play UC Riverside.
Continue reading ‘keeping it simple’
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Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 16mm, 100iso, f/10, 1/250, manual
From left: Jaclyn, Ian, Scott, Alex, and Panda. Viento residents along with their RA Scott Roeder (Middle) take some fun pics after finishing up a photo shoot with the band “An Abyss Called Home”.
Continue reading ‘making the band on fancy friday’
Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 24mm, 200iso, f/14, 1/200, manual
UCI Men’s Basketball players pose for a portrait for the New University: (From left) Michael Hunter, Zack Atkinson, Patrick Rembert.
Continue reading ‘things fall apart, so have a backup plan ready’
This last weekend I shot volleyball players from UCI, Argentina, Netherlands and Korea. I was trying to replicate this Power Rangers poster below:
Continue reading ‘recreating a masterpiece…power rangers style’
The 3rd annual UCI Bookstore Photolympics photography contest was held this year. It is put on by the computer store (part of the UCI bookstore) and accepts photo submissions in many different categories. I missed the competition last year, not hearing anything about it until after the competition was over.
Continue reading ‘winning the chance to be on the other side of the camera’
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’
Last week I was called up by the sports editor to do a track feature photo. I asked him if it was more than one person and what event(s) they did. All he told me was that they “throw shit”. I was currently swamped with school work and didn’t have time to plan anything out so I went into the whole thing a little worried.
Continue reading ‘UCI track stars, on-location group portrait’
Last tuesday I got a text message from the Umar the sports editor, “Can u meet me tomorrow at 3 at the bren? For carson clark feature photo?”. I was hoping he would call or text. On Monday I saw the sheet of paper with the page requests that the section editors fill out. Under the Sports section I saw “volleyball feature”, which usually meant there was going to be a feature story with a photo.
Continue reading ‘dwight howard inspired concept, empty arena & lots of equipment’
Canon 1D Mark IIn, 17-40mm @ 40mm, 100iso, f10, 1/250th
Last week I went to a free lighting workshop at Tikko Studios in Fullerton. The company was founded and is run by two UCI alumni, which is how I heard about it. It was a fun event. There were snacks and beverages, slide show presentations, models to shoot, and tons of other local photographer to meet. The lighting tutorials were not as advanced as I had hoped but it was still very informative and they did a really good job of teaching how to interact with your subject. I didn’t take too many photos, as I was there mostly there to listen and absorb knowledge, but here are a few shots.
Continue reading ‘Lighting workshop @ Tikko Studios’
Photo Courtesy of Brandon Wong Photography
My friend and fellow New University staff photographer, Brandon Wong, helped me out on a shoot I did for the newspaper the other day. He helped me set up and also managed to run around and get a ton of great shots.
Continue reading ‘a helping hand and a behind-the-scenes perspective’
