I was back at the United Center again last night…. while the lights from the Oprah show were still hanging from the ceiling, the luminaries were a lot hotter. The Miami Heat and LeBron James rebounded from a blowout loss in game one to beat the Chicago Bulls 85-75 and level their NBA semi-final series at one game apiece.
Read detailsShooting Oprah’s farewell last night sure was memorable! I don’t think I have ever seen or photographed so many celebrities in one place before.
Read detailsI drew my inspiration for this shot from a photo I saw in National Geographic. Of course I didn’t execute this type of photo as well as I did 4 years later when I shot blackface performer Shirley Q. Liquor. In 2007 I had lenses that could let in 4x more light than the lenses I had in 2003, allowing me to make much sharper photos in low light.
Read detailsI just got home from the Bull’s 103-82 win over the Heat.
Read detailsI had a lot of fun with this shoot… it took a little bit of time getting the dress and the hair just right. I used two light for this shot, a beauty dish right above the camera and a second light illuminating the white wall behind her.
Read detailsAnyone who knows me, knows that I am the clumsiest person on earth. After I finished shooting the Kentucky Derby Saturday I knocked over a bottle of water onto my laptop. Luckily for me, the computer was off at the time. My friends helped me dry it off and disassemble it on the spot. Water was everywhere inside the case.
Read detailsI toured the new 2012 Obama Presidential campaign headquarters today with 20 of my closest friends with cameras.
Read detailsI remember this day like it was yesterday. I was 4 months into freelancing again after quitting my newspaper job in Topeka, Kansas, when the Portland Tribune hired me to shoot portraits of the city’s new women’s football team. I was truly finding my voice as a portrait photographer back then. Just looking at these pictures today has me wondering how long it took me to learn not to loom over people or shoot portraits with super wide angle lenses.
Read detailsI had a great time shooting the Bulls-Hawks game last night. I placed a camera inside the frame that holds up the basket for the first time in my 15 year career shooting the NBA.
Read detailsI photographed the Kentucky Derby for the 8th time this weekend.
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