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I’ve been knee deep in basketball championships all week! Some of the games have been aggressive and fun to shoot. I have some portrait sessions to post, but am a little behind (shocker). There are not enough hours in the day!
A championship win brings out a coaches emotions.
Hope your day is just as satisfiying.
xoxo
I’m not trying to say that I’m “allll that” because I’m certainly not. Far from it. But I think one thing that makes me adept at shooting weddings and never missing a moment is that I shoot sports almost every weeknight. This has helped me in so many ways to “get the shot” quickly in all genres of photography. When you shoot sports this much, you learn to wait…camera pressed up against your face…shallow breaths…intense focus…and then go ballistic on the shutter for two seconds…then repeat.
Sports has helped me further master what I call (in my head) the ‘whip-around’…when the bride is coming up the aisle and you whip around and catch the groom’s reaction, then whip back and catch the brides reaction to his reaction! This unfolds in about 3 seconds but I’ve never missed one! Some people question why I love shooting sports so much (because I never watch sports) but I truly love shooting it. It gives an A.D.D’er like me some nonstop action for two hours!
With all of the things I am constantly pestered to join on the Internet, there are actually a few gems out here on the Web’s Wild West.
Notably, is Pinterest.com where I can lift images from the ‘net and place them onto online lists for inspiration. In other words, we know we’ll never actually have the money to redecorate our house from scratch or afford to get a new wardrobe…but why not dream anyway? Come find me on there!
Another, which I have gotten a ton of stuff for my business (props, camera straps, my padded mailer envelopes, etc…) is Etsy.com. If you love all things handmade, hit it up!
And I’ll end with a belly laugher website, which is kind of the anti-Etsy. It’s called Regretsy.com and I’ll just say that some of it is toilet humor…but some of it is pretty epic!
And since all photo blog posts are better with an actual photo, here’s what I shot tonight:
Also, as long as I’m suggesting stuff…go pick up the new Black Keys album!
There aren’t too many days I wish for new gear. I’m pretty satisfied with what I have. But today’s announcement of the new Nikon D4 made my heart long for such equipment. I feel like with a camera like that, you never have to buy another camera again! (How many times have photographers said that over the years?) My D700 chugs along ok I guess, but it’s days when I’m shooting sports that I wish for more… for faster autofocus, for video with my camera, for high ISO…for now I’ll keep dreaming (unless you have an extra $6,000 I can have). Can’t help but wonder what that camera would do for my sports shooting…
Finishing up the year shooting sports this week…
Football is winding down, which means climate controlled shoots for the next few months!
Covering all kinds of basketball action this week. It is tournament time, so naturally there are winners and losers. This team is full of winners, but they happen to have lost tonight…which means they are out of the tournament. There are some great kids I’ve had the honor of seeing them play, interviewing them. I’m sure they will go far in life.
“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” - George Woodberry.