tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91872645846801939632024-02-18T23:13:55.982-05:00Unorganized RamblingsBecause sleeping 4 hours fast is like sleeping 8 hours slow...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-40477862466239795482008-07-19T23:24:00.004-05:002008-07-19T23:36:32.785-05:00Hotel HartsfieldMy travels through Atlanta were delayed twice this week. Sunday afternoon I was flying back to Mississippi from Hartford, Conn. We were hit with a 90-minute ground hold in Hartford because of weather. Once the plane touched down in Atlanta, we sat on a taxiway for an additional 90 minutes until a gate became available. My connecting flight to GTR was delayed until 11:30 p.m. (original scheduled Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-61933777471460855592008-05-25T22:56:00.003-05:002008-05-25T23:01:50.712-05:00Finding Frames in MississippiI've been in Mississippi for two weeks now, but if you take away the seven days I was in Salt Lake with ALMS, I've only been in town for about 10 days. Last night I headed to the Columbus Speedway to check out dirt track racing. The place just screams photo story, but we'll see how things turn out over the next few months.Sometime back I swore I wouldn't go to a race like this just to be a fan. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-36774939080355282202008-03-08T19:22:00.003-05:002008-03-08T19:26:07.289-05:00Just Another SaturdayI was scheduled to shoot the Central Florida Home Show and UF Softball today. I was told that if the home show was not very visual, I needed to find a stand-alone centerpiece as well. Needless to say, the show was bland. But lucky for me, the Gator Swim Club was practicing in the O'Dome natatorium. I climbed to the catwalk to find this picture.Softball and baseball aren't my favorite sports to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-35136310226079041192008-03-05T18:10:00.003-05:002008-03-05T18:12:21.790-05:00This Week's A to ZToday I shot a portrait of Buchholz catcher Brett Bozeman for The Sun's A to Z feature. I shoot a lot of these, and they have to be verticals. That might explain why many of the portraits on my Web site are vertical images.I had a hard time deciding where to shoot this picture. Once I saw the "field closed" sign behind the dug out, I knew what the picture would be.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-11632725148075632832008-02-29T19:28:00.004-05:002008-02-29T19:33:04.007-05:00State Final BluesP.K. Yonge lost in the state final for the second consecutive year. Tricia Coyne (shooting video) and I got to Lakeland extra early so that I could hang a remote on the hoop.I think my pictures are solid, but I wish they were better. Since hoops season is over, it's time for baseball, spring football and a little bit of track and field. After several months of working in gyms, I'm ready to be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-79067606765311856942008-02-25T22:10:00.002-05:002008-02-25T22:15:55.916-05:00Light. Lots of Light.I've been planning this portrait for about a month, so I was really happy the day finally came to shoot the image.I brought a whole lot of extra gear that I don't normally use on a shoot. Namely, that extra gear was a giant boom and large octabox. I knew that I would be shooting the group of five straight on, and I needed to get a large light source directly in front of and above the team membersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-85442015282336726002008-02-24T19:09:00.003-05:002008-02-24T19:22:22.059-05:00What A Day It Has BeenI thought it would be a good idea to borrow my brother's bike to use while covering the marathon this morning. Half the city is blocked off because of the race, but on a bike, I don't have to worry about that.I scouted the half marathon route yesterday and found a few places to shoot from. After the start, I went to the 34th Street wall and shot from there. Then, I left the race route and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-35590982636767241432008-02-12T16:10:00.000-05:002008-02-12T16:14:30.653-05:00Gator InvitationalI haven't shot golf in a few years, so I was excited to shoot the last round of the Gator Invitational on Sunday afternoon at the University Golf Club. I tried to shoot a mixture of clean golf action and sense-of-place shots. My skill level is very low, so I hope to continue shooting the sport and eventually make some really nice images.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-15029414942138549082008-02-09T16:08:00.000-05:002008-02-09T16:17:25.542-05:00Only 15Hannah Yun is a 15-year-old golf phenom and she's majoring in psychology at UF. We had to reschedule the portrait shoot several times, but the results were worth the wait.Originally we were going to shoot early in the day, and I planned to set up on the 18th green. There's a large oak tree that cast a great shadow over half of the green. My plan was to have Hannah sitting in shadow on the green Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-80210568399367505292008-02-01T22:37:00.000-05:002008-02-01T22:43:52.032-05:00No. 75A few weeks ago I was at the UF-UGA gymnastics meet. I had a great time, even though the Gators lost. When I heard there was another meet tonight, I volunteered to shoot it for The Gainesville Sun. I'm glad I did.I photographed the Gators on vault and uneven bars from the floor. For the balance beam and floor exercise rotations, I climbed to the top row of the O'Dome with a long lens. When I'm Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-29573866859340280462008-01-31T20:52:00.000-05:002008-01-31T20:54:25.392-05:00The Regular SeasonHamilton County's regular season ended on Tuesday night with a win at Fort White.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-84057279816226172732008-01-24T16:43:00.000-05:002008-01-24T16:51:38.737-05:00More HC HoopsThe hoops team at Hamilton County High has to share the school gym with several other teams. Some days, they head into downtown Jasper and practice in the gym at the school board building. Such was the case yesterday.Somehow, a fire extinguisher had been discharged in the gym the night before - leaving a powder on the surface of the court. The team ended up practicing outside.Coach Murphy had to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-21444028570171285882008-01-21T21:45:00.000-05:002008-01-21T21:48:25.274-05:00Josh JonesJosh Jones is one of Hamilton County's best players, and I photographed him for The Sun's A to Z feature before a game last Thursday.It was misting that night. I thought it would be neat to work the weather and the outside lights into the shot. I shot with a very slow shutter speed and jiggled the camera to provide the halo look.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-19307726586582696302008-01-20T00:24:00.000-05:002008-01-20T00:29:14.682-05:00Overtime ThrillerNick Calathes scored 24 points and Marreese Speights added 20 more in Florida's 81-70 overtime win against Kentucky. Since the game started so late, I had a 10 p.m.-ish deadline. I shot the first half, edited and transmitted pictures, and then shot the remainder of the second half and overtime for file art. It was a good win for the Gators. Their streak over the Wildcats now stands at seven.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-27775338999177487572008-01-16T23:04:00.000-05:002008-01-16T23:07:27.268-05:00Hamilton Co. HoopsI should have posted a few of these last Friday, after my visit to Coach Murphy's home on Thursday night. He's had a few players at a time come spend the night at his house this season. They eat dinner, play Wii, hang out, and ultimately bond as a team. It was pretty cool.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-78688362656952650162008-01-16T18:19:00.000-05:002008-01-16T18:20:56.211-05:00High School WeightlifterI tried to shoot this differently, but I think it turned out well this way.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-11543834679269824092008-01-11T13:14:00.001-05:002008-01-11T13:17:04.173-05:00SFCC Construction SuccessThis has been a busy week. I only have school on Tuesday and Thursday, but I'm either working or studying the other days of the week.Last night I ran up to Hamilton County to work on my basketball story. I got to bed a little past 2 a.m., and was up at 7:25 to photograph two stories at Santa Fe Community College. This picture is for a story on the success SFCC's building construction program is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-10506252139241292822008-01-05T22:50:00.000-05:002008-01-06T18:56:19.263-05:00Saturday HoopsToday I shot a few games of the inaugural Dante Anderson Memorial Invitational. Dante played hoops at Eastside High School and was killed in a car accident last spring. This shot, from my remote floor camera, was one of my favorites. Ironically, it came near the very end of the game (within the last minute of regulation). Eastside won in overtime, 50-47.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-55963505532187350862008-01-06T18:44:00.000-05:002008-01-06T18:55:42.226-05:00Baby With(out) a BottleThis morning I photographed the worship service at Fountain of Life Church of God in Christ for the Gainesville Guardian. While I was there, I saw this 8-month-old boy sitting off to the side. At first he was just staring at me, so I made a few frames and went on to something else. I walked by him again a few minutes later, and he was holding his bottle. Once it fell to the ground I waited for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-9855315776574609032007-12-18T23:34:00.001-05:002007-12-18T23:36:10.041-05:00SwimmersToday I shot the first of several portraits for The Sun's stories on the athletes of the fall. The shot will run in color in the paper, but I'm toning them in black and white for myself.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-28537228934313220542007-12-14T17:07:00.000-05:002007-12-14T17:10:53.409-05:00Unpacking ChristmasI had to shoot a few products that are heavily packaged today. The idea was to show the amount of packaging and get some sort of still-life of the toys partially unpackaged. As I started to brainstorm and set up the studio, I came up with the idea to have one doll unpacking the other.It's pretty close to what I intended, but in a way it looks like one is being tortured by the other. I guess it Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-33310902916974058002007-12-12T22:51:00.000-05:002007-12-12T23:04:15.735-05:00Tri-X FlashbacksOver the years I have shot a few rolls of Tri-X, the industry standard black and white film. The new story I'm working on is in a dark gym, so I shot at ISO 3200 and then convert to black and white. The noise in the digital files reminds me of the grain in Tri-X.I am really happy with the above frame of Coach Murphy surrounded by the players. They all recited The Lord's Prayer before practice Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-47170211304770389182007-12-07T22:58:00.000-05:002007-12-07T23:04:06.771-05:00Texas beats Florida, 3-1Florida's volleyball team ended the season with a loss to Texas in the semifinal round of the NCAA regional tournament.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-36637559303709362022007-12-06T19:36:00.001-05:002007-12-06T19:40:50.755-05:00Shafts of LightI had to run over to Jacksonville this morning to help edit my story on the cancer floor at Wolfson Children's Hospital. On the way back to Gainesville, I stopped at Tom's Cypress in Waldo and shot this feature for The Sun.I've driven by the store many times and never stopped. When I walked around to the back this afternoon, I was surprised to find many hidden photo gems. Perhaps a future Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9187264584680193963.post-86168849781492733642007-11-28T00:55:00.000-05:002007-11-28T01:01:25.882-05:00Hamilton CountyI decided to work on another sports story this winter season. Unlike my story on Trevor Bunch, when I was given pretty much any time I needed over a two week period, this will be on and off coverage over the whole season. I'll try to work on it regularly, though.Hamilton County High School is close to the Florida-Georgia line, about an hour up the interstate from Gainesville. They lost two Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0