From The Sidelines

Portraits at Twilight

2012-02-10T21:41:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday I had a chase to take a few photos for the OSU baseball team which was really exciting to me because I have been looking for reasons to take more portraits to build up that part of my portfolio. Like usual I had a ton of ideas but between talking to the SID about what he was looking for and the difficulty of some of my ideas something simple seemed to be the best direction to go with the shoot.

The set-up was simple enough with a set of RadiopPoppers, two Canon 430ex Speedlites, and a softbox. With the shoot starting after the team's practice there was only a little light left in the sky so I set the white balance to 3500K which would give the background a nice blue hue and used warming gels to light the players.

Something I have learned from assisting different photographers who have radically different shooting techniques is that your subjects don't like waiting around. Keeping this in mind I made sure to have everything ready to go as soon as they were ready and everything worked perfectly. In total the players spent maybe four minutes in front of the lens, Success! The rest of the hour I spent there was waiting for practice to end and player meeting. All in all I am very happy with how everything went.

OSU Wins At Matt Knight Arena

2012-01-31T09:44:00.000-08:00

I love rivalries, I think they are what make sports fun, and living in here Oregon the rivalry between Oregon State and the University of Oregon is usually a close and fun game in any sport. Lately though the Ducks have really been the dominate power in the state of Oregon. So as a student and a fan of OSU it can be discouraging at times, but I have always thought that the longer a school goes without beating another team the better it feels when they finally do. On Sunday the Beavers came back from a 10 point deficit to beat the Ducks in Eugene at Matthew Knight Arena. Which is the first time OSU has won against the Oregon in Eugene (in any sport) in a little over a year.

OSU vs Stanford

2012-01-28T14:07:00.000-08:00

Last night the Oregon State gymnastics team took down Stanford at Gill Coliseum giving the Beavs their third strait win of the season. Frankly, I suck at photographing gymnastics so I tend to search for different angle then the other photographers on the floor because quality alone usually does not allow my images stand out. Add in that last night I used Lightroom for editing photographs for the first time while shooting for OSU and this was one of my best set of gymnastic images.

Gary Payton Pays A Visit

2012-01-28T10:28:00.000-08:00

Its always cool to see some of the OSU greats come back to Corvallis to talk with current teams. Last year I had a chance to see Steven Jackson of the St. louis Rams along with a few other current NFL players during the lockout. But I have never really been the kind of person to get excited about meeting these athletes. Instead I'm much more interested in getting to see the action that goes on behind the scenes.
On Saturday I got to shoot the pre-game speech that Gary Payton gave to the basketball team and I got to sit in on a little of coach Craig Robinson talking with the team about their game plan in their lockeroom. I found this far more interesting because sometimes I forget how much work a preparation goes into each game. How much time the coaches must spend trying to find a way to break down their opposing team and how important every practice is leading up to the next game. Its pretty impressive to me.

Beavs Get A Win Over UCLA

2012-01-20T00:34:00.000-08:00

I haven't been happy with a set of game photos in a long time. Tonight though it seemed like everything just clicked, and that feels damn good. Lately I have felt that maybe I have peaked with my photography and should start finding a new career path, but after a night like tonight I feel re-energized and ready to keep pursuing what I think is an increasingly difficult field to break into. For example, tonight there were eight photographers shooting the game. Only two of those eight have full time jobs as photographers!

Its a shrinking field for a professional and growing field for an amateur which I why it feels so good to have a great night of shooting to give you that little boost in confidence. It's a long road ahead but it doesn't look impossible yet.

Swimming & Speedlites

2012-01-15T01:29:00.000-08:00

After five years of shooting swimming I finally got smart and used an off camera flash during Oregon State's swim meet today. I set up a light stand in the corner of the pool with two canon 430EX Speedlites and triggered them using my RadioPoppers. I love this set up, and although the photos may not be outstanding they are a big improvement over my past attempts. I think by the next meet I'll have this figured out and looking pretty damn sharp.

New Year, New Perspective

2012-01-06T21:21:00.000-08:00

Last night I shot my first game of the new year and I'm pretty damn pleased with how it went. Along with getting some good individual shots of the OSU men's basketball team I also stumbled across a new location to shoot from in Gill Coliseum. With this being the start of my fourth year shooting basketball for Oregon State Athletics I want my images to stand out in a crowd and I think last night was a good start.

Best of 2011

2012-01-06T18:23:00.000-08:00

Considering that I didn't cover anything major in my little world of sports here in Oregon I think that I'm leaving 2011 with some great images of the everyday moments in sports. My photos, ranging from celebrations over rival teams to the frustration of questionable calls and losses, never had a chance of gracing the pages of some major magazine or newspaper.

Although I didn't capture any history making moments I'm still proud of the fact that I went to these events looking to walk away with my best photo yet and always kept searching for new locations to shoot from in an effort to keep improving my photography. For 2012 I'm hoping to find the next job that will help in my search for a career in photography along with continuing to improve every time I hit the sidelines.

Peterson Ridge Star Trails

2011-12-25T01:18:00.000-08:00

Sometimes you just have to make an educated guess on camera settings and see what happens. When your setting a camera up for a 40 minute exposure the challenge is guessing how much light will come through the lens over that time span, and if you get it wrong then you waisted 40 minutes. Tonight I guessed on some settings based on the little prior knowledge I had and this was the image produced. I'm pretty happy with the result.

A Sunrise In Sisters

2011-12-22T11:52:00.000-08:00

A little cloud cover, and a couple snow covered mountains at sunrise is apparently the perfect recipe for a pretty cool photo.

Lunar Eclipse 2011

2011-12-12T20:22:00.000-08:00

Sometime last week I heard there would be a lunar eclipse and that it would happen just before the moon would disappear over the horizon. I immediately thought that a nice landscape with the eclipse would be really cool. Long story shot that is not what happened. After staying up all night to see the eclipse these composite photo above is all I came away with but I underestimated how cool the eclipse would be and I am looking forward to the next one. I think I could really improve on this now that I have shot it once.

Black and Orange Exhibition

2011-11-15T23:31:00.001-08:00

Tonight I shot the OSU gymnastics team's Black and Orange Exhibition. This is just an image that caught my eye as I was editing after the meet. I was stupid enough not to charge any of my camera batteries before the meet which meant that my 1D Mark III and 7D were dead leaving just my 40D to shoot with, not the ideal situation but I still managed to go home with a couple good photos.

Playing Catch-Up

2011-11-13T18:53:00.001-08:00

Since I have been so bad about posting these past few weeks I thought a post with my favorite photos of the games I failed to write a post about would do the trick. It's my way of catching-up with the photos I didn't show the world beyond my Facebook page. These photos cover the games against California, Washington State, BYU, and Stanford.

Reser Stadium

2011-11-08T21:18:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted anything in a while because of how busy I have been so hear is just a quick post of a pretty cool image I shot a couple days ago. With this being my fourth year shooting for OSU I'm starting to look for different photos to keep things fresh. Looking through OSU's archives its not easy finding photos that haven't been taken yet.

The Beavers Win!

2011-10-13T00:28:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it... the Beavs finally won their first game of the season on Saturday. Sadly I messed up big time and missed just about every big play OSU made. I have been kicking myself all week because of it. Anyway here is what I did manage to capture on Saturday. Next up BYU in just a few days.

A Long Season Ahead

2011-09-29T15:46:00.000-07:00

The Beavers lost again on Saturday which just tells me that this is going to be a long season. But lets not dwell on the negatives of the weekend. I'm back shooting for OSU!! Although this means a serious drop in my income because OSU Athletics pays next to nothing it does mean I get to focus on just taking good photos again. Here is what I came up with for my first week back.

I started of the day by shooting the "Beaver Walk" which is basically just the fans cheering for the team as they get off the bus an head to the locker room. Since I got there a little early I shot of a few frames of the cheer team warming up the crowds.

Members of the UCLA football team arrive at Reser Stadium two hours prior to kickoff.

I haven't shot the Beaver walk in a while and forgot how crowded it can get so I quickly bagged my original idea of getting a lot of shots of as many players as possible and decided to focus on just a couple key members of the team. Below head coach Mike Riley high-fives fans as he leads his team to the Valley Football Center.

Probably the biggest story line of the day was James Rodger's return to the field on Saturday so photos of him would probably a good thing to get.

After the walk I wandered around the parking lot looking for some interesting tailgate photos but I began to realize that there just wasn't a lot happening. An overhead photo after returning to the press box would show the lack of tailgating.

Pretty sad.

During the Beaver's warm-up there is always a moment when the team comes together which usually make for a potentially cool photo. I have an idea for next week that should make this look damn good.

Up to this point everything was unfolding at a rather slow pace which was great because 85-90 degree temperatures are not fun to work in, and they are even more intense when your fighting a cold. Right after this photo I ran down the stairs and set myself up for a photo by the inflatable helmet.

Joe Halahuni, looks out at the field waiting for the rest of his teammates before entering the stadium.

The Beavers take the field before nearly 45,000 of Oregon State faithful Saturday afternoon at Reser Stadium.

After the team ran past I snapped a quick shot of the team with the smoke from the fireworks still lingering in the stadium. I thought it looked cool.

UCLA lines up during their first drive of the game.

Coach Mike Cavanaugh, and members of the offensive line cool off while the defense is on the field.

This is an example of a being in the wrong place at the wrong time. After I shot this photo of the stadium one of the teams called a timeout. This was bad because I was told to take photos of a presentation that would happened during the first timeout of the game. I forgot about that little assignment and was caught behind like 20 rows of people, but I booked it and somehow managed to get a photo.

Oregon State University honors Bill Enyart, after being elected to the College Hall of Fame During the first quarter of Saturday's game.

Markus Wheaton, runs through the UCLA defense after catching a pass from quarterback Sean Mannion.

Taylor Embree, of UCLA brings down a pass for a touchdown putting the Bruins in the lead at 7-3 with 1:36 left in the first quarter.

The celebration after the touchdown.

I feel like I always have to add a photo or two of the cheerleaders at a college football game or it just doesn't feel like a complete set.

Richard Brehaut (12) celebrates with teammates in the end zone after scoring on 5 yard QB run bring stretching the lead to 14-3.

Nelson Rosario, makes a catch near the UCLA sideline giving the Bruins a 1st down.

Gran Johnson (70) of OSU gets set at the line of scrimmage.

Anthony Watkins (3) and Jordan Poyer (14) bring down Derrick Coleman (33) during the second quarter.

Halftime.

Another one of my special assignments one Saturday was to take a few photos of the OSU Gymnastics team receiving their rings for being Pac-10 champs last year.

The photo I completely missed. During this run Jordan Bishop, tiptoed along the sideline and dove for the pylon scoring a touchdown. This is the only photo I got of the play. Damn.

Derrick Coleman, get the ball from QB Richard Brehaut, during the fourth quarter.

The game started to get a little scrappy towards the end and players started aiming for the face.

OSU tried to return the favor.

Well that is it for this game. I'm hoping the next home game the Beavs finally get a win. By then the celebration might be pretty good because they haven't had a lot to celebrate for the last six games they have played.

Shadow Lake Forest Fire

2011-09-12T23:11:00.000-07:00

Every year there seems to be a forest fire in the Cascade mountains, and usually pretty close to Sisters (my home) This year its the "Shadow Lake Forest Fire" (I've never heard of Shadow Lake) just south of Suttle Lake, and visible from Highway 20. A stretch of road I drive a lot, maybe too much. The last few times I have driven it there have been some great photos to take.

Basically all these photos were taken using either my 300mm f2.8 or my 70-200mm f2.8 with various camera bodies. They were also all shot from the same viewpoint on the highway with the exception of one photo taken from my car as I drove around Hog Rock using my Sigma 8-16mm lens.

This shot may not be a photo of the fire but it is a shot of what the smoke creates during a sunset in Central Oregon.

Oregon State vs Sacramento State

2011-09-04T23:40:00.000-07:00

Standing around in 90 degree weather for four hours to watch Oregon State lose isn't something I would say I enjoyed doing on Saturday, but the photos from a very exciting game were worth the dehydration and sunburn.

(All photos belong to the Covallis Gazette-Times)

Assisting The PTFC Photographer

2011-08-28T14:47:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday night I had an awesome opportunity to assist Craig Mitchelldyer, the team photographer for the Portland Timbers. I have shot some pretty cool things but an MLS game at Jeld-Wen Field beats them all. I honestly think its better than college football, and getting to hang out with the team photographer while meeting some pretty cool people just made it better.

Something I have to mention is that the stadium staff were amazing. I got to the stadium about 3 hours before the start of the game and since I had never been to the newly renovated Jeld-Wen Field I had no clue where I was going but the staff where very helpful and friendly. If I had a question that they didn't have an answer to then they would help me find an answer. That doesn't happen at a lot of the venues I've been too.

Once I finally figured out where I was going and met up with Craig we walked around taking shots of the stadium and fans.

After the team was done warming up and left the field I was pretty much done shooting on my own and spent the rest of the night assisting. So the rest of these shots were all taken while carrying gear from place to place around the stadium.

Have to thank Craig for this shot. He warned me just before the end of the national anthem that there would be a cool photo to take.

We spent the first part of the game waiting for the sky and stadium to match exposures. It made for a pretty cool photo.

while assisting I did have my gear sitting next to me on the field just in chase I had a chance to shoot something. After scoring a goal Eric Burnner, ran over to the corner we where shooting from. In one hand I had Craig's 500mm on a mono pod and then with my right hand I shot this photo of Burnner celebrating. Its not easy holding a 300mm with one hand. Add in that it was at night and it becomes a challenge to take a clear shot of a guy running. So I was happy with the result.

Fall Camp Continued

2011-08-15T22:37:00.000-07:00

Since my last post of football photos was so popular I thought I should make another from the new batch of photos. Today the weather was much nicer and the few clouds lingering at the start of practice quickly burned off letting the sun light up Prothro Field. Let the fun begin.

OSU Fall Camp

2011-08-13T23:00:00.000-07:00

Today was the first day I have had a chance to take photos for OSU because all week I have been working for the newspaper. There wasn't really anything exciting to take photos of but then again it is only practice. It was very nice to have a chance to take nothing but photos I like and wanted to take instead of shooting specific players for future stories for the paper.

I was hoping for sun light all day but that just didn't happen, and although this was disappointing it did turn out pretty cool later in the day when the sun set.

A Sell-Out In Bend

2011-08-05T23:19:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday 3,016 fans filled Vince Genna Stadium for the final 2$ Tuesday of the regular season. Obviously this was good for the team but also for me because I purchased a new lens a week earlier and I really wanted a full stadium to take photos of.

I missed the first couple of innings so when I got into the stadium I went strait to the field to check out the score and what the presentation was all about. Good thing I did because the owner wanted a few shots of the little league team that the Elks honored that night.

This is just a shot of the team coming off the field, nothing special.

After that I went strait into shooting the game itself.

Here Michael Benjamin hits a home run over the left field fence. I don't know what I was thinking when I took this because obviously the shot isn't level. Yes its different but I'm not sure its the good kind of different.

Michael Benjamin, is met by his teammate at home plate after hitting a 3-run home run.

While walking around the extremely packed stadium I noticed a small gap between the fence and the Elks dugout that faced right at the second basemen. This made me take notice of some cool looking light shining on the player so I waited for him to make a play. This was the resulting shot.

I mentioned earlier that I bought a new lens. The lens I bought is something I have wanted for at least three years now so I am very excited to finally have it in my arsenal. For years I used a CHEAP 18-55mm that came with my Rebel xti about 5 years ago and that was the widest lens I owned (keep in mind that is 18mm on a cropped sensor) and it left me wanting more in the frame all the time. So this summer I got myself a Sigma 8-16mm lens and I have fallen in love with it. Here is an example of the difference it makes. The first photo was shot with the old lens during the 4th of July game this summer and the second was taken with the Sigma on Tuesday.

Obviously with the distortion that it creates it isn't good for all situations but I still love this lens.
Here is another example, the first photo was taken on the 3rd of July in Corvallis at Goss stadium and the second photo was taken after the all-star game in late July in the same stadium.

I could keep posting before and after photos but I think you get the point so I won't continue. And that is it for this post. I really have not clue what the next post will cover, maybe something involving my summer internship.

Cascade Cycling Classic

2011-07-25T23:54:00.000-07:00

If you aren't getting yelled at then you aren't trying hard enough...

Usually when I get yelled at by someone at an event it is because I pushed the limits of where I can stand. On Sunday I managed to get yelled at by a photographer and multiple race volunteers. This usually wouldn't bother me but one of these confrontations was with a lady that said I was in the path of the cyclist... I was clearly standing behind a tree. I don't think they are going to run over the tree.

Another scolding came from a photographer who stopped on his moto after I had staked out my spot to shot from then as the cyclists came into view he yelled at me for getting in his way. WTF? These run-ins with volunteers continued throughout the race.

The irritating part of this was that these were people who most likely have no power in their everyday lives and on this one day they had the power to tell people what to do because they were wearing a vest that said race volunteer/photographer. SO FRUSTRATING!! Anyway here are a few quick snaps of the final stage of the 2011 Cascade Cycling Classic.

Every summer I try to shoot as much of the Cascade Cycling Classic as I can. In years past I have had a job that allows me to take time off and follow the racing around Central Oregon but this year I have an internship and only had one day off to go shoot the race. Since I didn't get a chance to cover it this year here is a photo gallery from last year to give you a better idea of the great racing that takes place.

Sunset In Sisters

2011-07-24T23:46:00.000-07:00

Tonight I shot this photo of a pretty cool sunset in Sisters as I was leaving to drive back to Corvallis. I like the photo but I am a little mad that I didn't take the pic 5 minutes earlier because it would have been a much better photo.

A Grand Slam For Stetson Olson

2011-07-18T11:17:00.000-07:00

I have seen four grand slam home runs in the time I have been shooting baseball but I only have a decent photo from the last two. Yesterday's home run photo might have been dumb luck though because I was on autopilot not really paying any attention to the game and just happened to capture a pretty cool moment.

Other than the gran slam the game was pretty boring to watch, but the lighting was the best I have seen at Vince Genna in a long time so I tried to take advantage of the opportunity.

Here is the grand slam photo I took. I had know idea how many players were on base and since the Elks had the lead I wasn't looking for a game winning photo but I was still shooting. I noticed that Stetson Olson was watching his hit like a player does when they are pretty sure they have just hit a home run and though that could be a cool photo. It wasn't until he came back around I realized it was a grand slam. Good thing I got a shot.

Baseball And Fireworks

2011-07-17T22:09:00.000-07:00

I finally have Internet! This means I can get back to updating my blog and posting photos online. In honer of this magnificent news here are some sub-par firework photos from my 4th of July weekend.

My weekend started on Sunday with a baseball game between the Corvallis Knights and the Bend Elks. Not a lot of great photos but there were a couple that stood out to me such as the photo below where the umpire completely blows a call when he decided the runner safe.

After the game on Sunday I traveled over to Central Oregon for the 4th to shoot the Elks as they took on the Knights, this time at their home stadium in Bend. Like the previous night there was nothing special as far as photos went. I guess this mean the weekend was kind of a bust for photos but I did get to hang out in warm weather at a couple baseball games which I think that makes up for the lack of quality images.

2011-07-04T11:03:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted anything in a while so here is a photo that I took about a week ago. The red streak through the middle of the frame is from a passing car that happened to drive through the shot just as the lightning struck. After this there was about 90 seconds of nothing so I began to wonder where the storm had moved and began to worry because it was moving fast. Sure enough the next strike was so close there was no time between the flash and the thunder. When its that close its time to head back into the house.

Next post will cover 4th of July focusing on fireworks, and yep you guessed it... baseball.

First $2 Tuesday Of The Summer

2011-06-14T23:00:00.000-07:00

Every Tuesday throughout the season is $2 Tuesday at Vince Genna Stadium. Basically everything is $2 from the ticket to get into the game to the food and drinks, this means that the crowds should be pretty big. I forgot my wide-angle lens so I didn't get a shot of this... very disappointing. Oh well, can't get it right every time. I did get 2 shots that I really liked so I feel like I made up for that little mistake.

Here is my attempt at capturing the large crowd tonight. I know, it was a pretty pathetic attempt.

This is the only baseball park I have been to where 90 percent of the spectator areas have a fence separating the fans from the field. With so much fencing I end up having to shoot through it a lot. While I can open up the aperture and blur it out I still end up with these weird checkered patterns in the background. Sometimes cool, but mostly annoying.

This was going to just be a shot of the Bend player diving back to first with a lot of dust and dirt flying around, but when the first basemen missed the ball the photo ended up much more interesting. I love it when the unexpected makes a photo better.

This was my other favorite from the night, a great double play shot with some cool backlighting.

Bend Elks Win Home Opener

2011-06-11T23:09:00.000-07:00

Last night the Bend Elks started off their first home series of the season with a win defeating the Corvallis Knights 3-2 in 12 innings. I left at the end of the 10th because it was cold, and I had watched the Elks leave 3 men stranded without scoring twice. It was a little frustrating to watch. The rest of the evening was great and I think the photo of the pre-game ceremonies turned out pretty good.

Since this was the first game of the season I don't know any of the players so when I take photos like this they are usually just because I am looking for photos that capture the atmosphere of the evening and game.

In the past I have had a hard time taking interesting photos of pre-game ceremonies at Vince Genna Stadium because the sun is usually setting creating a very severe back light. This year I am shooting RAW though so it helps a little save photos a little bit.

During the 7th inning stretch the Bend Elks continued their ceremonies honoring the veterans of WWII.

Here Bob Maxwell, one of only 15 living WWII medal of honor recipients still alive and the only one living in Oregon, has his medal tied on him by the owner of the Bend Elks, Jim Richards.

While I was shooting the game from far down the 3rd base line I saw a veteran walking through the crowd and thought it would make a cool photo.

This is a pretty typical site at an Elks game. There is a reason Bend set a new record for season attendance numbers a couple of years ago.

Sometime in the middle of the game I walked up to the top of the stands looking for a different angle and ended up with a cool photo of a pretty standard bunt.

These next photos are from tonight's game. The Elks didn't play as well tonight and lost 7-0. I only had 60ish photos to look through and edit which usually tells me there was not a lot to photograph.

Oregon State Is Headed To The Super Regional

2011-06-06T11:26:00.000-07:00

OSU is headed back to a super regional for the first time since 2007. I wish I had a few cool photos to show you but I just didn't have it together last night. It seemed like I was in the wrong place at the wrong time a lot last night.

More fuel for my off-night complaints came here when a pretty cool shot was blocked. Damn.

Oregon State Wins 5-1 Over Creighton

2011-06-05T01:49:00.000-07:00

Tonight Oregon State dominated in their second playoff game defeating Creighton 5-1. Sam Gaviglio pitched the entire game, having to work his way through a couple tense moments. It was pretty fun to watch. After shooting the 1pm game (I got a pretty good sunburn from that game) I wasn't really looking forward to sitting in the sun for any amount of time. Luckily the clouds rolled in and even though it was still hot it was much nicer than shooting in direct sunlight.

University of Arkansas-Little Rock

2011-06-05T00:29:00.002-07:00

I mentioned that I was shooting for UALR in my last post and this is just a follow up. Today I found their photo galleries which look good and you can embed them. So here are the two galleries they posted after last nights and today's game. Sadly they lost today so their season is over, but they were very easy to work with. I wish all clients were like this.

Oregon State Downs UALR In Corvallis Regional

2011-06-04T00:02:00.000-07:00

Tonight I pulled double duty shooting for both OSU and University of Arkansas-Little Rock. From the beginning UALR had control of the game, but in the bottom of the 5th inning Oregon State woke up and started to look like the team they were at the beginning of the season, over coming a four run deficit to win the game 7-4. In addition to a great game (sorry Arkansas) the lighting was fantastic for the first few innings so I tried to take full advantage of it.

OSU Spring Soccer

2011-05-29T18:27:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I shot a couple of the games that our soccer teams play in the offseason. Not really sure why it has taken me so long to get to editing the photos from those games but they are done now. Here are few from a women's game at Paul Lorenz Field and a men's game played at the NIKE World Campus in Beaverton, Oregon.

Civil War Series 2011 Part 2

2011-05-28T19:01:00.000-07:00

Today OSU lost the series to Oregon. Like last night, the final score was 1-4 and again we looked pretty unhappy after the game. I tried to be a little more creative with photos in PK Park this afternoon but it just doesn't have a lot of great angles to shoot from, the sun (when it was out) did help with making the photos look a little more interesting though.

Civil War Series 2011

2011-05-28T08:48:00.000-07:00

Last night the Beavers lost the first game of the Civil War Series to the Ducks. As far as I'm concerned it was a pretty boring game to shoot and the stadium's lack of interesting angles to shoot from did not help. Hopefully today will be better for OSU and I will try to find some cool shooting locations. Go Beavs!

Seeing In Black & White

2011-05-18T19:01:00.000-07:00

Lately I have been looking at my photos in black and white, and I don't really know why. Something I have noticed though is that when you take away the color in images different things pop in a photo. Backgrounds that seem pretty busy in color can look great in B&W. Anyway since I am going through this little B&W phase I figured I would post a few that I like from the baseball season so far.

Oregon State At Safeco Field

2011-05-14T01:41:00.000-07:00

Words can not explain how amazing the sight was when I stepped out of the tunnel and onto the field at Safeco. When the game finally started I found that from the designated photo areas there are no bad angles which is awesome and that all the backgrounds are pretty good. After tonights game I have decided that I must work with MLB before I am done taking photos.

Oregon State Softball

2011-05-13T09:32:00.000-07:00

On Thursday I shot the softball game against Washington. I had no intention of shooting the game but my boss called me about 2 hours before and since my only other option was to do homework I decided to shoot the game.

Oregon State 13, Portland 3

2011-05-10T21:09:00.000-07:00

For only the second time in Oregon State history a player has hit for the cycle. Ryan Dunn accomplished this on Tuesday night against the Pilots in a non-conference game. Honestly I had no idea this happened until well after the game was over. During the game I tend to lose track of the game and what is taking place because I think more about where I need to go to get good photos.

Postseason Lacrosse

2011-05-07T23:41:00.000-07:00

This afternoon I happened to be in Portland when I remembered that OSU lacrosse would be playing the ducks in a postseason game. I was already on my way to the Nike Campus to watch the OSU soccer team play and thought, "why not stop by the lacrosse game on the way home?" This was a much better idea than going back to Corvallis to watch the baseball team lose.

Global Formula Racing: Albany Testing

2011-05-05T23:07:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday the Global Formula Racing team tested their 2011 car at the Albany Fairgrounds. It was pretty cool to finally see it flying around the parking lot in the sunlight since I have only seen it in the shop under less then ideal lighting.

OSU Spring Football Game 2011

2011-04-30T16:33:00.000-07:00

Finally spring football is over but after today's game I think the majority would like to see a little more time for practice. This was by far the most boring spring game I have shot but like always I treat it as if I were shooting game day in the fall and came away with some decent photos for OSU and apparently The Oregonian to use.

Spring Football 2011

2011-04-29T21:57:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow I will be shooting the OSU spring game (so obviously there will be a post of that tomorrow) which signifies the end of spring football practices. I did a pretty poor job covering spring football this year. Not sure why but I just had no motivation to cover spring football and lets be honest, you have to be pretty interested in football (which I am not) to get excited about watching a bunch of practices.

Oregon State 7, Washington State 6

2011-04-22T23:56:00.000-07:00

Once again the Beavers found a way to win by tying the the game 6 - 6 in the bottom of the 8th then scoring the winning run in the bottom of the 9th. Oregon State's current win streak is now at 11 strait and each game seems to be just a little more exciting then the last.

Oregon State Downs Wazzu 4-2

2011-04-21T21:37:00.000-07:00

There is nothing better than a baseball game played in late afternoon sunlight. Tonight I tried to take advantage of the lighting that I have been waiting for all year. Here is what I came up with.

Beavers Sweep Sun Devils!

2011-04-21T21:16:00.000-07:00

Photos of the sweep of the Arizona State Sun Devils from 2 weeks ago.

Beavers Come Up Short Against Timbers

2011-04-10T00:28:00.000-07:00

Tonight OSU played the Portland Timbers in an exhibition match at Paul Lorenz Field in Corvallis. The Beavers put up a good fight but just didn't have enough to keep the Timbers scoreless and lost 1-0. I ended last soccer season with some of my best soccer photos yet so I was really looking forward to shooting tonight's game, and with all the hype surrounding the Timbers lately the fans filled the stands making the photos just a little bit better.

What A Comeback!

2011-04-09T23:34:00.000-07:00

When Oregon State fell behind 6-2 against Arizona State today I was pretty sure that we would all be heading back to the stadium tomorrow with the series tied. Somehow OSU pulled off an amazing comeback winning the series when Arizona State walked Brian Stamps with the bases loaded. I was a little disappointed about missing Friday night's game but today's game made up for that.