Texas Christian Men’s Basketball at San Diego State. Used a post remote, which captured some of the better shots tonight, including the above shot of Horned Frog forward Garlon Greene floating to the rim for a score.
Princeton Men’s Volleyball at UC-San Diego. I haven’t shot in Rimac Arena in several years. It was tough to nail down the perfect camera settings. A friend’s son is the starting opposite at Princeton as a freshman. Exceptional kid, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in the White House some day.
Team photos at SDSU. I like to shoot most portraits with the sun behind the subjects. It reduces the amount of squinting and the shadows are more controllable. Sometimes the backgrounds necessitate shooting front lit.
SDSU Women’s Tennis vs. UC-Riverside. Decided to give my elbow a break and use the 400 with a monopod. Stayed closer to the endline, trying to get a play at the net.
SDSU Swimming vs. San Diego. Shot pretty tight during the 1000 yard freestyle. I liked this shot because of its very shallow depth of field.
SDSU Men’s Tennis vs. Cal Poly. Caught an unusual moment when senior Jose Sierra Short punched his racket in a moment of frustration.
Portrait session with Tina at Windansea. Tried using a bare reflector with barn doors to try to accentuate Tina’s muscular build while controlling the spill onto the ground.
SDSU Men’s Basketball vs. UNLV. Set up a remote camera on the post. The 24mm lens was a little too tight. I’ll try something wider next time.
Interesting essay on the value of photography. The comments section says a lot about the diverse opinions on the subject.
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/01/10/this-photograph-is-not-free/
SDSU Swimming and Diving vs. Tulane. There was a long break between the swimming portion and diving portion of the meet. As both teams warmed up, I tried using an extra slow shutter speed to try and get something different.
SDSU Water Polo practice. 99.9% of my water polo pictures are front-lit. Since this was a practice session and no one was wearing a game uniform, I decided to try something different. I positioned myself so the action was concentrated where the sun was bouncing off of the pool. I also used a small f/stop and high ISO to get the star-shaped specular highlights while still having a high enough shutter speed to freeze the players and the splashing water.
SDSU Swimming and Diving. Tried using the 24-105 f/4 for most of the day. It seems like the autofocus is a bit slower and stupider than 24-70 or the 70-200.
Portrait shoot with Justeen at the SDSU Softball Stadium. Wanted to use a slow shutter to feature the swing of the bat from start to finish. The toughest challenges of the shoot were trying to find a clean background where ambient light would not bleed in, and trying to work in the dark. On the plus side, my side light went off perfectly in slave mode without needing to be hardwired.