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back to shooting Volleyball from up top & reflections on the floor

scaughty — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:56:35 +0000

Nikon D3, 300mm, 320iso, f/7.1, 1/250, manual

I finally got to use my strobes for the last Women’s home game of the season. It was in the Bren Events Center at UCI which also has higher locations to shoot from. One thing that I noticed from shooting up there were the reflections on the floor. From the angle that I was shooting at I could see the reflection of the fans in the stands right behind the court.

Nikon D3, 300mm, 320iso, f/7.1, 1/250, manual

Below, other New University photographers Alex (left) and Lee (right) shoot the game from the media table.

Nikon D3, 300mm, 320iso, f/7.1, 1/250, manual

Below, other New University photographers Alex (left) and Lee (right) are caught chimping after the end of a play.

Nikon D3, 300mm, 320iso, f/7.1, 1/250, manual

Below, New University photographer Lee chimps between games.

Nikon D3, 300mm, 320iso, f/7.1, 1/200, manual

Below, New University photographer Lee chooses to shoot from a high spot.

Nikon D3, 300mm, 320iso, f/7.1, 1/200, manual

Nikon D3, 300mm, 320iso, f/7.1, 1/250, manual

long lens…shorts lens…experimenting with shooting styles

scaughty — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:15:36 +0000

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

I’ve been shooting a lot with a 300mm lens. Mainly because I can’t afford a 70-200mm yet. I have noticed a difference in my shooting stye though. I haven’t been getting as close as I used to, although my photos look closer and tighter. Its good to practice a different technique…but I need that 70-200mm.

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

Nikon D3, 300mm, 1600iso, f/2.8, 1/500, manual

recreating a masterpiece…power rangers style

scaughty — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:40:49 +0000

This last weekend I shot volleyball players from UCI, Argentina, Netherlands and Korea. I was trying to replicate this Power Rangers poster below:

I shot it in one of the gyms with all the lights out. It was big enough of a room so that the light would not spill out far enough to hit any walls. I knew that I would need a relatively soft light to light the main part of the players faces. For the main soft light I angled it so that the light would fall off on the face and fade to black. Then I used an additional light more to the left of the camera and set to a higher power, to give more of an outline on the edge of the face.

I shot each player individually and then merged the photos later in photoshop. One thing I did not intend to have was the shadow cast on the players faces from the nose. It was from the more powerful light that I used to outline the players from the side. Hopefully I can learn of a better angle to place that light in order to cut down on that specific shadow.

Below is a group shot that I took with one player from each team together. I needed to take a back-up photo just in case the other photos didn’t turn out as planned.

I had a lot of fun just messing with the lighting on this shoot. It was pretty simple but it showed fundamental ways to manipulate light.

Shooting more volleyball but shooting less

scaughty — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:03:28 +0000

I feel like during these first few weeks of school I’ve been shooting a lot. The thing that I’ve noticed is that I’ve been shooting less. I have been tying to think more about composition and have been more selective while shooting. I have also had interns at the paper shadow me on pretty much every assignment, at which I usually let them use my camera for at least part of the assignment.

I didn’t shoot very much at this volleyball game. I was tired from school, work and dorm life, but when I got the shot below I knew I had the shot for the assignment.

Nikon D3, 300mm, 2500iso, f/3.2, 1/800, manual

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

Less writing, more photos.

womens volleyball plays, so does the mens team

scaughty — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:20:17 +0000

UCI Women’s Volleyball is on the rise. They have been ranked in the top 25 since the beginning of the year. I have been taking interns with me recently on every assignment. For the volleyball game I was lucky enough to get paired up with one of the residents from my dorm, Rashmi Guttal.

The mens volleyball team was present at the game and were dressed to impress, ready to support the womens team. Its been a while since I shot in Crawford and with my new camera it was awesome!

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

Less writing, more photos.

Road to Provo – NCAA Volleyball Championships – Day 4

scaughty — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:39:08 +0000

We got off to a slow start on the championship game day. After checking out of the hotel around 12:30pm, we got lunch and then headed over to the media room. We were the first ones there and later that night, the last ones there as well.

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