Anyway, I have been shooting quite a bit lately and been working a lot, but mostly production and office crap. I hate being in the office, I would so much rather be out and about shooting anything.
My week started off (or ended depending on how you look at it) on Sunday with the USA Sevens Rugby tournament at Petco Park. Man was it fun to shoot! The games consist of two 7 minute halves. It is so fast paced there are games every half hour. It took a few matches to get a feel for how the game was played. I have only seen one or two rugby matches before this so it took a minute to be able to predict the action and get some good shots. There were a ton of shooters there, and luckily there was pretty good access angle wise. I shot mostly behind the endzone (if thats what its called) with my 300mm, which is waaaaaaaaay to short for field sports.
I caught this frame with my 70-200 as the West Indies scored on Chile early in the day. Towards the end of the day, the shadows started to take over our side of the endzone, which wrecked havoc on exposures. It was nice once the sun went down and we got some nice even lighting again. Overall it was a long day but well worth it! I cannot wait till next year
On Sunday evening returning home from Petco, I remembered an assignment on the residents halls and their safety. Recently there has been two sexual assaults in three days. I wanted to capture an image that would show off the dorms in question but make it a little bit unique. I got lucky because the sun had just gone down and the sky had a beautiful blue glow as the light tapered off. This exposure is shot from on top of the parking structure across the street with my mini-tripod that I luckily had with me. It was shot with my 1D mkIIn and 24-70, ISO 100 f13 15 second exposure. I wanted to get some sense of activity so I waited for cars to drive by.
So after finding out Dave was leaving on Monday, my classes were pretty rough. I had a ton of homework in my Typography class due on Thursday, but YAY! we had a men's basketball with a dreaded 8PM start time. Who starts there games so late?! Everyone in the media groans about making the tight deadlines that this start time demands. What is wrong with 7PM? I just do not get it but it doesn't really matter what I think. We were playing New Mexico, probably the hottest team in the conference after beating Colorado State and Wyoming both by more than 40 points (40!). My predictions of an ass-kicking were pretty much true. It ended up being a 10 point loss for SDSU, but the game was much worse to watch.
I shot with the strobes for probably the first time this year. I have not been a big fan of them, but I think that was because my timing sucked and I never caught the right moment. I was really impressed with the way they look compared to ambient shooting (other than the shadows in the face). This image was shot with my 1D mkIIn and 24-70 with the strobes on. It was a fast break by Kelvin Davis, but his layup was blocked. This was pretty indicative of the game ahead.
I just really liked this image, and it shows the versatility of the strobes. They are pointed at the free-throw line but can cover nearly all the court. I think this could also be because of the tiny reflectors we have on them. We have 11in. reflectors but I have not had time to put them up yet. Hopefully we can do that in the coming weeks.
This weekend coming up there is a pretty big softball tournament, the first of the season. Ill probably be shooting 5 or 6 games between Friday and Sunday. I love shooting softball more than baseball just because of the more condensed action and smaller field. Our 300mm are not quite enough for baseball, but are just about right for softball. I should write again on Sunday hopefully. I just hope my next week is a little bit of a reprieve compared to this one. Andrew Huse should be taking over the Assistant Photo Editor position so hopefully that will take some stress off me!
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