Shelvin Mack
Here’s an edit from Butler’s win over Kansas State.
Matt Howard, Denis Clemente, Willie Veasley
Shelvin Mack
Butler coach Brad Stevens after cutting down the net
Ronald Nored and his mother Linda
Final Eight – Butler vs. Kansas State
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First Shot – Butler vs. Kansas State
Just found this shot while starting to go through the take from today’s game. I’ll put more up shortly.
Salt Lake City – Butler vs. Kansas State, NCAA West Regional (Final Eight), Saturday, March 27, 2010. Butler guard Shelvin Mack (1) Kansas State guard Jacob Pullen (0) Butler guard Ronald Nored (5)
Sweet 16 – Reactions
Wesley Johnson, Syracuse
Xavier bench
Xavier bench
Terrell Holloway, Xavier
Terrell Holloway, Xavier
Sweet 16 Floor Remote – Two Views
Two views from my floor cam from last night’s Sweet 16 games. First, Syracuse forward Wesley Johnson’s huge dunk:
Yeah Smokey, thanks for pointing that out. Strobe-less floor cams are pretty worthless with that lighting. Here’s photo #2, shot during Kansas State’s double overtime win over Xaver, from the three-point line, away from the “solar incident”:
Sweet 16 – Butler & Syracuse Practice Sessions
It wasn’t that long ago that you’d see a few Hasselblads along the baseline at big-time basketball. In the spirit of that, here’s this…
Syracuse forward Rick Jackson
Griff Hopkins, Jack Boeheim
Butler’s Shelvin Mack
Butler coach Brad Stevens
2007 Portfolio: BYU vs. Utah
From my 2007 Portfolio.
Provo – BYU defeats the University of Utah 17-10 in college football action Saturday at BYU’s Lavell Edward Stadium. fans and ref
2007 Portfolio: Utah Defense
From my 2007 Portfolio.
Salt Lake City – A group of Utah defenders including Greg Newman (left), Stevenson Sylvester (bottom) and Joe Jiannoni (right) bring down San Diego State running back Atiyyah Henderson. Utah vs San Diego State (SDSU) college football at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
BYU vs. SDSU – Storytelling
I’ve talked a lot about storytelling in sports photography. The best sports photos to me are of the big play or a key moment. The other night at BYU vs. San Diego State, my key shot was when BYU’s Trent Plaisted took a charge, giving SDSU’s Ryan Amoroso his fourth foul. As you can see above, Plaisted let out a yell and Amoroso is, like, “What?”
After a moment like this, you realize that it will be worthless if the game ends up otherwise. BYU held on to win, so to me the photo told the story of the game perfectly. I sent it in but sadly it wasn’t published until now.
For you basketball fans, a couple of action shots. Everyone else can stop reading.
(Sam Burgess, above. Trent Plaisted, below.)
BYU vs. SDSU – tongues
Something about tongues during this game. Above: Sam Burgess’ tongue.
Above: BYU Coach Dave Rose’s tongue.
Above: Sam Burgess, again.
BYU vs. SDSU pre-game
During the pre-game introductions, you make a choice: Sit and watch, or stand and shoot. Above: Brigham Young’s Michael Loyd (left) and Sam Burgess.
Above: Trent Plaisted.
Above: Michael Loyd leads the BYU basketball team in screaming inside a swirling, chanting mosh-pit huddle.
Red Rocks Gymnastics – Bars
It always takes a day or two after a long vacation for things to start clicking. The rest and relaxation that comes from being away from the job clears out all of the deadline-caused tension, stress, and toxins: the very ingredients needed to create art (or in this case, creative photographs).
For me, the clicking resumed last night at the University of Utah gymnastics team (Red Rocks) preview. I was stuck with a 400mm lens (the 300′s were out on other assignments) and I tried to push my equipment to the limit.
Above: Katie Kivisto on the bars. 400mm lens.
Above: Nina Kim dismounts the bars. 70-200mm lens.
Shooting the dismount is often a waste of time. The athletes are spinning so fast that you can’t freeze the action in the low light. I got lucky.
The light in the Huntsman Center is so top-down that it can be rough on your take. Many images end up being discarded in the editing process from the poor light, especially when an athlete is looking down. These were all shot at 1/500, f2.8, ISO 1600. White balance at the Huntsman Center: 3600 Kelvin is perfect; just expect the blue cast coming up from the mats and pads.
More pictures next post…
Utah vs. San Diego State – Crops
Utah quarterback Brian Johnson scrambles. Utah vs San Diego State (SDSU) college football at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
Back to football. For the above image, I’m flat on my stomach, lucking out with that guy’s legs. That’s the full frame. I’m still trying to compute the best crop out of it.
Above is the full frame, below the crop. Notice the difference in impact.
A group of Utah defenders including Greg Newman (left), Stevenson Sylvester (bottom) and Joe Jiannoni (right) bring down San Diego State running back Atiyyah Henderson. Utah vs San Diego State (SDSU) college football at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
Again, above the full frame and below the crop.
Utah defenders Koa Misi (left) and Alex Puccinelli sack San Diego State quarterback Kevin O’Connell. Utah vs San Diego State (SDSU) college football at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
This one really ticked me off. I was in the right spot to catch a wide shot of the touchdown dive, but there was a penalty called and the play didn’t count. Full frame above, crop below. I kept this one pretty loose.
Utah’s Derrek Richards dives into the end zone for what would have been a score, but a penalty nullified the play. Utah vs San Diego State (SDSU) college football at Rice-Eccles Stadium.