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Swimming From New Angles

Oct 26 2009

This weekend I shot the Men’s and Women’s swimming and diving competition. Being in the SCUBA diving class, we frequently use the pool to practice. I noticed one day that there were viewing windows in the pool when down below. After talking with my professor, who is also the diving coach, we arranged to meet at the pool before the match so that he could take me below to the windows. The windows were really thick and the glass was really low quality so the photos don’t look great. Next up: underwater housings for my cameras.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 50mm, 1/500, f/2.8, ISO 1600)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 50mm, 1/500, f/2, ISO 1600)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/500, f/2, ISO 800)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/500, f/2.2, ISO 800)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/320, f/2.2, ISO 800)

Diving is always fun to shoot. It’s really difficult because it’s hard to track the athlete and keep the autofocus point on them when they’re jumping and spinning in the air. When you do get sharp shots, they’re really cool.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/500, f/2, ISO 800)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/500, f/2, ISO 800)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/640, f/2, ISO 800)

Football vs Minnesota

Oct 20 2009

I shot the Penn State football game against Minnesota this week for US Presswire. It was a blowout. I had an assistant, my good friend Ian help me manage 3 bodies in the rain. It was a great help and I definitely got many more good photos because of it.

This pass was incomplete so I couldn’t use it but it’s still a cool photo.

(Canon EOS 40D, 135mm, 1/640, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Josh Hull celebrates after intercepting the ball.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 400)

This was a Penn State punt after running down the field. The coaches were furious that the officials didn’t make a call against Minnesota.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1000, f/4, ISO 640)

At the end of the second half, Clark threw to Derek Moye in the endzone. The call on the field was ruled incomplete because his feet weren’t in bounds. The play happened directly in front of me so I had to quickly pick up a different body with a wider lens when I saw the pass coming. When I looked down after the play, it was clear that his feet were in bounds and the review was going to overturn the call. Right after the call was overturned, I ran to the media room to transmit this image.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 40mm, 1/400, f/5.6, ISO 1000)

On the only good drive that Minnesota had the potential to score on, they were stopped on the run on fourth down. He fumbled the ball, but it didn’t matter since they were on the goal line.

(Canon EOS 40D, 135mm, 1/500, f/2, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1000, f/4, ISO 640)

Daryl Clark ran the ball a couple of times.

(Canon EOS 40D, 135mm, 1/1250, f/2, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 640)

What the heck is Daryl Clark doing? We were trying to figure it out in the media room after the game – dancing?

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 640)

This defender was furious about a pass interception call made against him.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 640)

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Eastern Illinois Blowout

Oct 11 2009

Yesterday’s game against Eastern Illinois was a total blowout. Penn State won 52-3. Most of the game was overcast which lead to some even lighting and better faces than usual for noon games.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1250, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1600, f/4, ISO 400)

Brett Brackett scores a touchdown.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Chaz Powell catches a 51 yard pass for a touchdown. Defensive pass interference flags were thrown but he still managed to catch the ball and score. I didn’t have time to grab my wider lensed camera, so I had to shoot this extremely tight. The focus on the ball is tack-sharp but his face isn’t. That’s what you get with 560mm so close.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/6400, f/4, ISO 400)

Not too long after, Clark throws to Derek Moye for a 25 yard touchdown. This time I switched to my 17mm lensed camera. This is a big crop since 17mm even on a 1.6x crop camera will fill the viewfinder with the whole stadium.

(Canon EOS 40D, 17mm, 1/3200, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/2000, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1250, f/4, ISO 400)

The stadium was empty, especially toward the end of the game.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1000, f/4, ISO 400)

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Moon

Oct 1 2009

Here’s a boring shot of the moon I took tonight. I’m looking to invest in a really good astrophotography telescope mount for my camera that can follow the relative motion of the stars. That will allow me to take long exposures and capture cosmic wonders.

The below shot is just my 400 + 1.4x TC on a tripod shot with my 5DII.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 560mm, 1/100, f/11, ISO 100)

Penn State vs Iowa

Sep 29 2009

Penn State played a pathetic game against Iowa this past weekend. It rained all day and was absolutely miserable to shoot. Nothing too exciting happened, either, and I don’t have many great shots.

One of the first plays was awesome when Daryl Clark threw the ball deep to Chaz Powell for a touchdown.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 1600)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 1600)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/800, f/2.8, ISO 1250)

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Football vs Temple

Sep 21 2009

The football game this weekend against Temple was pretty boring. Nothing exciting really happened and there were few photographic moments. Below are my best from the day, though they’re pretty lame.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1250, f/4, ISO 200)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1600, f/4, ISO 200)

Mickey Shuler catches a TD right in front of me early in the game. If only I had picked up my wide instead of my 135 in the heat of the moment, I probably would have captured a cooler picture.

(Canon EOS 40D, 135mm, 1/4000, f/2, ISO 200)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Joe Paterno yells at assistant coach Mike McQueary.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 200)

Evan Royster reaches for a touchdown.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1600, f/4, ISO 200)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/2500, f/2.8, ISO 200)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1600, f/4, ISO 100)

(Canon EOS 40D, 135mm, 1/8000, f/2.5, ISO 200)

Football vs Syracuse

Sep 14 2009

This weekend’s Penn State vs Syracuse game was one of the more boring games that I’ve ever shot. Not too much really happened and there were few memorable plays that were cool to freeze photo-wise. Here are some of my shots. Click through to see a shot of me and my lens at the game.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 400)