Sports from 1-31

Very late posting of images but these couple are from an indoor track meet at UNC-Chapel Hill on January 24th. Shot with a Canon 1DMk2. Works OK, great with ASA 1600 & 3200 but horrid on tracking. I have a pair of EOS 1D Mk1 bodies and they track faster! Go figure.

Sports 2-12-09

Here are images from St. Augustine's College vs . Elizabeth City State University. Unlike Shaw, the building is brighter but does not have the warm glow coming from the floor. Light has to be set properly to get the best look to appear natural. Some shooters in these gyms feel just flooding the arena with light gets it done. Setting it to darken the background but illuminiating the subjects has an interesting look.

Sports 2-5-09

I'm still new at trying to keep up with this blog but making an effort at it. I sometimes shoot D2 basketball here in Raleigh and lighting the gyms is a challenge. It may look bright to the human eye but a camera sees it differently. The major newspaper in my area seems to have issues in shooting there but its not that bad!

I have included some images from Shaw vs Bowie State.
Also check this link to Bowie State http://www.bsubulldogs.com/news/2009/2/5/MBB_0205095629.aspx

Look at the top two images and see what properly set lighting can do. Look at the lower image without lighting and it does not have that "pop" to make it stand out (my opinion). Unless one is in a major arean with excellent lighting, shooting without extra lighting is a mistake.

Tuesday

It's Tuesday morn' and want to update. Purchased a Nikon Coolscan 8000 scanner and scanned some 10 yr old slides from Charleston and Cape Hatteras before the lighthouse move. Also, the Currituck light from 1998.

Currituck light in Corolla NC
Cape Hatteras Feb 1999

View from deck at Outer Banks Motel in Buxton, NC Feb 1999

Charleston Church

Here's the church from Charleston SC