For as long as I can remember, I have found volleyball to be a difficult sport to photograph. I can attribute this to a few factors. I am not very familiar with the sport. It can be confusing to follow plays as they develop. Most of the gyms I shoot in are absolute dungeons. In one local gym, I am pushing it to shoot 1/125th sec at f/2.8 and 3200 ISO. My camera struggles to follow focus in such poor […]
Someone once said the camera that takes the best pictures is the one you have with you… or something like that. I’ve never been one to carry a point-and-shoot camera. If I’m going to have a camera with me, I’d rather it be my beloved SLR. But let’s be real. It’s not always practical to carry around a big camera rig like that. My Canon 1D Mark II with a 24-70 f/2.8 L lens takes great pictures but it also […]
Kids aren’t always the easiest to work with. Sometimes they act shy and don’t cooperate during a portrait session. Hyperactivity can also be a problem. However, at age 7, Yanah Rolston was one of the best kids I’ve ever worked with. Yanah is an incredible golfer. She competes at international youth events. She has been golfing for four years and has already sunk two eagles and was just a few feet away from landing a hole-in-one. Our paper was doing […]
Football season kicked off a few weeks ago and I love it. Without question, football is my favorite mainstream sport to photograph. The action is intense. The sidelines are electric. A victory can be monumental. A loss can be heartbreaking. Right now, my longest glass is 200mm. That makes it a little tough to get all of the game action. With patience and years of practice, I’ve been able to snap a good frame or two. Here are a few […]
Some of my friends think my job is glamorous. I get access to many things the public doesn’t get to see other than through my pictures. Some of those things aren’t always easy to witness. I’ve seen fatal fires, hit-and-runs, homicides, devastating floods…the list goes on and on. This week I witnessed one of the worst car accident’s I’ve ever seen. I had just gotten off work. I was at home putting some food into a skillet to cook dinner. […]