Scott Roeder PhotoBlog

change of plans…change of rules

scaughty — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:26:12 +0000

Long Story short, I went to set up a backboard remote at a Men’s Basketball game, had everything setup perfectly, was forced to take it down an hour before the game, set up a overhead remote, got some shots, left a little disappointed. I guess backboard remotes are no longer allowed at our arena….

With the assistance of Ian, Panda, and Lee, I was able to get everything set up quick and easy.

keeping it simple

scaughty — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:50:59 +0000

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.

I took an assignment to shoot a feature photo of UCI Basketball player Michael Hunter. We tried to get some time with him by contacting the communications person that handles Men’s Basketball, but because of the short notice they said that there wasn’t any time. I decided that I would catch Hunter sometime before the game. I got there a few hours before the game when the team was shooting around and let him know that I needed to get a quick shot of him before the game.

While he was gone I set up one softbox in the narrow hall where the locker rooms are. I didn’t have much room to work with and I wanted to keep it simple. I had two photographers, Lee and Rashmi, helping me setup. In the photo below, Rashmi stands in and tries out a few poses.

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 35mm, 500iso, f/2.8, 1/180, manual

About an hour before the game Michael came back to the Bren Events Center and everything was already set up. I already had the pose decided and all he had to do was stand in. I did the first shot with just his street clothes on.

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 34mm, 500iso, f/2.8, 1/180, manual

After a few shots, he went into the locker room and changed into his uniform. When he came back out we took a few more shots. This is the shot that ran in the paper, although I liked the previous one a little better.

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 35mm, 500iso, f/2.8, 1/180, manual

video, video, and more video

scaughty — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:17:22 +0000

Ignition (remix)

I have been doing filming for the UCI Women’s Basketball team and have been asked recently to work on several other video projects for UCI’s Athletic department. Right now I’m working with borrowed Canon 5D MKII’s. I’m looking into getting a 7D and will hopefully have something of my own so that I won’t have to keep bugging everybody to borrow a camera.

branching out and shooting dancing

scaughty — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:52:15 +0000

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 16mm, 100iso, f/10, 1/250, manual

UCI Freshman Jaclyn Wang holds a pose during a late night photoshoot.

I have always wanted to shoot dancing, especially stuff like ballet and hip hop. My resident Jaclyn Wang is a dancer and I asked her if she was down to take some photos sometime this year. I happened to have a lighting kit over the weekend because of a shoot that I did a few days before and wanted to use it again before I had to return it.

We went out late one night to one of the dance studios which takes about 1 minute to walk to from our dorm. A few of my other residents tagged along too and helped me with all my equipment.

UCI Freshman Marlon Castillo helps set up equipment.

The room was big but plain and didn’t give me too much to work with. I moved stuff around and tried to find some good angles. I had a lot of fun shooting this and hope to shoot some more dance throughout the year.

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 14mm, 125iso, f/9, 1/250, manual

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 21mm, 100iso, f/10, 1/250, manual

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 15mm, 100iso, f/16, 1/200, manual

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 14mm, 100iso, f/16, 1/200, manual

making the band on fancy friday

scaughty — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:53:22 +0000

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”.

One of my residents did a Q&A piece on a local band for OC Weekly. We were thinking of a place to shoot and decided on a locker area about 100 feet from my dorm. It actually turned out to be a pretty cool location to shoot at. I shot the photo below for the article.

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 23mm, 100iso, f/10, 1/250, manual

Below is a screenshot of the photo with the article.

It also just happened to be fancy friday at my dorm (a day where we all dress fancy for fun). With a few more of my residents helping out, we didn’t want to waste the lighting setup on just one photo so after I was done with the band we all stood in for our own photoshoot. The camera was set to timer and we tried our best to get the timing right. Jumping in our fancy clothes might not have been the best idea seeing as somebody ripped their pants (see last photo).

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 23mm, 100iso, f/10, 1/250, manual

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 16mm, 100iso, f/10, 1/250, manual

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 24mm, 100iso, f/10, 1/250, manual

lugging lights all over campus…last minute rugby portrait

scaughty — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:17:13 +0000

I was asked to take a photo of the UCI Men’s Rugby team’s new coach who also happens to be a professor at UCI. About 30 minutes before the shoot I loaded up my car with a ProPhoto 2400 kit and all my other equipment, with the help of my friend and fellow photographer Melissa Lee.

I was told to go to one of the social ecology buildings on campus where the coaches office is. It turned out that there was a nice plaza at the base of the building where I would have a lot of room to shoot. It was about 1:35pm so classes were in session, so the plaza was mine for about the next 30 min.

I quickly thought up how I wanted the photo to look. I wanted the coach to be in the middle, pretending to be running with the ball. Then I wanted the players to chasing her and trying to tackle or get the ball from her. When the players showed up I knew it would work. They were all huge guys and the coach was a much smaller woman.

I first did a shot with the coach by herself just incase the other photo didn’t end up working. I shot her with two softboxes on the side, an umbrella in the front and a speed light from behind for some rim light. Then I edited it as a composite to get all the equipment out of the photo.

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 20mm, 100iso, f/8, 1/250, manual

After I got that photo done I brought in the players and explained to them the parts that they would be playing. I really tried hard to connect with them and make it an easy and fun experience with them. I did my best to get them involved and even had them growling and screaming to really get the right emotions on their faces.

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 20mm, 100iso, f/8, 1/250, manual

working with womens basketball

scaughty — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:07:19 +0000

Nikon D3, 300mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/500, manual

A UCI fan jumps and screams in the stands in order to distract the other team from missing a free throw.

I am currently working for the UCI Women’s Basketball team doing filming. Since I am at every game I also have a lot of photos. I still have a lot to practice and go into every game trying to learn how to shoot it better. Here are some shots from two games in the past week.

Nikon D3, 105mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Nikon D3, 105mm, 3200iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 3200iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 2500iso, f/2.8, 1/500, manual

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 116mm, 3200iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 95mm, 3200iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 200mm, 3200iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Nikon D3, 70-200mm @ 130mm, 3200iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

Letter scare at UCI

scaughty — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:49:59 +0000

Nikon D3, 300mm, 1250iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

During the first week back to school for the winter quarter several letters were received by various faculty members. The letters has a white powder substance on them and had the phrase “Black Death” written on them. About one letter was found everyday for the first week. The media was everywhere and the police has everything contained very well. One day I was coming back to the dorms from class and saw that they had discovered another letter right next to where I was living. I ran into my room, grabbed my camera and the 300mm and started to shoot. Its a good thing I had the 300mm because everything was caution-taped off and it was impossible to get close to the scene. I was lucky enough to get some good shots of the hazardous materials team bringing out one of the letters in a plastic bag.

Nikon D3, 300mm, 1250iso, f/2.8, 1/320, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 1250iso, f/2.8, 1/640, manual

UCI Mens Volleyball is back!

scaughty — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:38:27 +0000

Nikon D3, 300mm, 320iso, f/8, 1/250, manual

UCI Mens Volleyball is finally back in season. Last year I found the spots where I like to shoot and where I knew I would always be able to get some solid images. I started off this year shooting from the same spot, although I would like to branch out and try to find some new angles for upcoming games throughout the season.

Nikon D3, 300mm, 320iso, f/8, 1/250, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 320iso, f/8, 1/250, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 320iso, f/8, 1/250, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 250iso, f/7.1, 1/250, manual

shooting spot news & still trying to challenge myself

scaughty — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:46:54 +0000

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 14mm, 200iso, f/2.8, 1/4000, manual

First week back at school and there are already protest happening on campus. The photo editor usually sends out a mass text to several photographers when there is some type of spot news occurrence happening on campus. Since I had some free time, I headed back to my dorm and picked up my camera to shoot the protest against the tuition increases that was happening near the flag poles on campus. I grabbed my 14-24mm and my 50mm. I tried to work a few different angles and get a good variety to send into the paper.

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 14mm, 200iso, f/2.8, 1/4000, manual

Nikon D3, 14-24mm @ 14mm, 200iso, f/2.8, 1/6400, manual

Nikon D3, 50mm, 200iso, f/1.8, 1/8000, manual

Nikon D3, 50mm, 200iso, f/1.8, 1/4000, manual