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: BYU vs. Utah
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2007 Portfolio: Sunk Putt
From my 2007 Portfolio.
Farmington – Dustin Volk reacts after sinking a long putt on the 17th hole at the 2007 Utah Open golf tournament, at the Oakridge Country Club..; 8.25.2007
Red Rocks Gymnastics – Beam
Above: Katie Kivisto
The first time I shot gymnastics was when I was sixteen. I was enlisted to videotape my younger sisters’ routines in an annual gymnastics showcase called the “Flip Fop Follies.”
I did a horrible job. In fact, I’m still taking heat for how horrible my camera work was. My sisters are still mad about it.
I think I’ve come a long way from the (and I love saying the name) “Flip Flop Follies.” The Huntsman Center, home to last year’s second-best college team in the country, is a long way from Diablo Gym where my sisters rocked the beam. In fact, I’ve photographed two NCAA Gymnastics Championships and the USA women’s team taking gold at the Olympics.
Above and below: Kristina Baskett
BYU vs. SUU
Above: Brigham Young’s Trent Plaisted (top) and Southern Utah’s Tate Sorenson look up for the rebound. BYU vs. Southern Utah Univeristy (SUU), mens college basketball, Friday, December 21, 2007 at BYU’s Marriott Center in Provo.
Just a few photos from the game last night.
Above: BYU’s Trent Plaisted runs into a forest of defense.
Forest of defense? I didn’t send that caption in for publication. Maybe I should have – it might have attracted some coveted young readers.
Just a thought: what if I got paid based on how many clicks my photos got on the Trib site? I could start creatively inserting popular search terms like “thong” into all of my captions to drive up the traffic. You know, if we got paid by hits, it might start a rash of creative captioning. But I guess the reality would be this- whenever I photographed a high school girls basketball game, I would only shoot players named Britney or Paris (or Jamie Lynn) or other names that were popular with search engines. Okay, this idea is so over. There is no one named “Anna Chakvetadze” on any Utah sports team.
In the second half, little worth watching was happening. But a couple of times guys were diving into the photo box, nearly splitting open their heads on 400/2.8′s.
This guy (Sam Burgess) just about took me out chasing down a loose ball. With a couple minutes to go and a comfortable fifteen point lead, Lee Cummard went flying into the fans diving after a loose ball.
BYU vs. Utah Football – Beautiful Mistakes
This was just a grab shot, to remind me that the field goal was good. But the more I look at it, the more I fall in love with it. Printed huge (rather than at this pitiful 550 pixels) it captures the mass of fans, crystal clear. Yes, it was an unplanned mistake.
I’m finally getting around to some posts on the biggest football game of the year. We had three photographers there, Rick Egan, Scott Sommerdorf, and myself. Good coverage. My assignment was to sit in the south end zone with a 600mm lens. One of the other guys would sit in the north end zone and the third would be a rover. That way we’d have good coverage of any touchdowns.
The only problem was this: the game was dreadfully boring. At least until the final 94 seconds. The only two touchdowns of the game came in those final seconds.
Here’s another, what I would call, “beautiful mistake.” I’m not blaming the autofocus this time.
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.
