This was a fun photoshoot that I did with UCI Track star Charles Jock. I went out looking for a cool location to shoot and came across the UCI boiler room for all the water that is distributed throughout the campus. I went in and told them that I wanted to use the facility for an athlete photoshoot and they said it was ok, so a few hours later I came back with all my equipment and a few assistants. It was a pretty cool location to shoot because it was industrial, unique, and there weren’t any disturbances. The place was really loud and I was pretty much shouting the whole time, but there were very few workers actually in the space and the ones that were there just worked around us like we weren’t even there.

Check out the behind the scenes video below!

Charles Jock Photoshoot (May 24, 2010) from Scott Roeder on Vimeo.

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.

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, 1/2500, manual

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

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

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

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.

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.

I was told to meet out on the UCI track at 3pm. I knew that if I was going to use any lighting it would have to be powerful since I was shooing in the middle of the day. At around 11am I headed over to the Bren Events Center to take down my strobes so I could use them for the shoot. I still had a vagabond portable power-pack in my truck that I had borrowed from a friend so I didn’t have to worry about finding an outlet.

At around 1pm, after going to class and getting some lunch, I once again realized how much equipment I had to carry and set up. I quickly emailed the other newspaper photographers to see if anybody wanted to help out and then headed for the track. Not too long after I got a call from one of the newer photographers, Nick Vu, letting me know that he could come and help. I then began my first equipment trip from my car to the track. By the time I had arrived at the track from my last trip, Nick had arrived.

We took out the light stands, set up the lights, got everything hooked up to some power, and positioned everything in the approximate positions. Then, because all the athletes were not ready yet, I had Nick stand in for some test shots.

Canon 1D Mark IIn, 70-200mm @ 100mm, 100iso, f11, 1/250th

I wasn’t pleased with how my test shots were coming out and couldn’t get a good idea of how it was going to look with all four athletes. Once they were almost all ready, I had them all stand in (including Mark Ratto, the associate sports editor) to take some test shots.

Canon 1D Mark IIn, 70-200mm @ 70mm, 100iso, f11, 1/250th

I still wasn’t feeling it so I switch to my wide-angle zoom. Now that was much better. My side flash didn’t fire either, which I didn’t mind seeing as that it kept blowing out the sides of their faces.

Canon 1D Mark IIn, 17-40mm @ 21mm, 100iso, f11, 1/250th

After they were all ready we got them their props and I arranged them how I wanted them to stand. I made a last minute adjustment and moved a light directly behind them because it didn’t seem to be doing much from its current position. This is the shot that ended up running in the paper. From left to right, Lauren Collins (heptathlon), Alisia Misiata (Shot put), Matt Lahti (Hammer throw), and Jenny Lee (Javelin).

Canon 1D Mark IIn, 17-40mm @ 17mm, 100iso, f11, 1/250th