Posts Tagged ‘ assignment ’

As I mentioned at the end of last week, I spent much of Saturday Pinning Down Some Wrestiling Images. After spending eight hours navigating brackets, changing batteries, squatting at mat edges and dealing with a hot, crowded gym, I came home with well over two hundred photos. Three were submitted to the photo editors...
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For every assignment that I shoot for the newspaper, I submit a series of pictures so the editors can choose what fits their needs the best. I always submit to many. For my recent assignment shoot the basketball game, I submitted seven though they only asked for five. I have a difficult time deciding...
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I have another Chapel Hill News assignment this weekend. Tomorrow morning, I am heading to Chapel Hill High School to shoot the Regionals. The Tigers have some strong contenders going in. I have never been to a wrestling match, never mind shot one. Wish me luck! Any advice? If you find this post useful...
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I still have not figured out which of my two lenses is best for shooting basketball games. I have now shot two b-ball assignments, a game last November and one this past week. I have used both of my lense, changing them hurriedly every fifteen minutes or so. I have the two most basic...
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As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I shot a local high school women’s basketball game last night. The assignment, for the Chapel Hill News, was to shoot the East Chapel Hill Women Wildcats’ basketball game at Jordan High on 2/6/09. ECH won easily, taking them one step closer to the league championship....
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I am off to shoot hoops tomorrow. The Chapel Hill News has asked me to photograph the East Chapel Hill Women Wildcats’ basketball game at Jordan High. I shot an ECH men’s b-ball game for the News just before Thanksgiving. Let’s see if I can learn from that experience to get some better shots....
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I have finally uploaded the photos from the pre-game festivities before the UNC/State football game. As I posted before, Game Faces: NC State at UNC, I shot this assignment for an online gallery for the News & Observer, one fo the local Triangle papers. This is one of my favorites from the day. These...
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I just returned from shooting the pre-game festivities for the UNC-State game in Chapel Hill this morning. In a few hours, they should be up on the N&O‘s website as a Game Faces slidshow on the Sports page. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.
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