Archive for May, 2010
The Classic City looking Classic
Last weekend I went up to Athens for a friend’s wedding. Since I had some free time when I got up there, I walked around a bit and played some more with my tilt-shift lens. Since the tilt-shift lens is kind of a throwback to old school cameras and the UGA campus is kind of [...]
Tennis: Tennessee vs. Michigan (NCAA Championships)
As I mentioned the other day (see Tilt-Shift photos from my shoot here), I went up to Athens Thursday afternoon to shoot the Tennessee vs. Michigan NCAA Tennis Tournament Game for UM. The weather was really nice and the sun was hitting the courts at just the right angle to create some really nice highlights [...]
Tilt-Shift Tennis
Today I went up to Athens to take photos of the University of Michigan’s women’s tennis team at the NCAA Championships. I shot the tournament extensively 3 years ago for various schools (see here and here), and I’ve shot tennis a number of other times as well (see here), so I decided to pull out [...]
Soccer: Northview vs. North Gwinnett (State Championship)
Last Saturday the AJC had me go up to Suwanee to shoot the Northview vs. North Gwinnett High School girl’s state soccer championship. The weather cooperated for the first half, but the game got delayed significantly right before the second half started. I was able to shoot most of the first half before I had [...]
Music: Janelle Monáe
Last month while I was shooting for the AJC, one of my assignments was to shoot a concert for Janelle Monae at Smith’s Olde Bar. I’d never heard of Janelle before, but when I got there I ran into Rachel Bailey from the UGA Photojournalism program and more recently Paste Magazine. This was a good [...]
Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8
Last week I ordered a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 lens from KEH.com and it arrived via FedEx today. I decided to go ahead and jump right into the world of tilt-shift photography and spent the entire day finding ways to practice using it. File the results under “Work in Progress.” It’s a completely different experience [...]
Adam and Amy’s
On Saturday Adam and his girlfriend Amy had a joint birthday party. I didn’t get to stay for too long due to other commitments, but it was nice getting to see them again.
Atlanta Kite Festival 2010
Last week I heard about something called the Atlanta Kite Festival which would be taking place today at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta. I went over and shot for about an hour before I decided it was far too hot to be outside enjoying the weather without a drink and/or shade. Go fly a [...]
Basketball: Orlanda Magic vs. Atlanta Hawks (NBA Playoffs)
On Monday I shot the final game of the Orlando Magic vs. Atlanta Hawks second round playoff series. The game, as was the series, was a let down. The Hawks never really had a chance and ended up getting swept. There wasn’t much celebration or dejection as I think most of the players saw it [...]
CNN: Photography Team Building
Today the Multimedia/Interactives department of CNN.com had a photography team building exercise. We were given a list of 12 things to shoot and we had to get 8 of them in an hour. The items were: 1) Person or persons riding an escalator 2) Condiments (mustard, mayo, etc.) 3) TV monitor wall (i.e. a wall [...]
