Morehead Planetarium at night
I have this thing for night photography and black + white photos. I have always enjoyed the moody look to them. This weekend I joined to of my photographer friends Will and Kevin and went out on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at 10pm to get some shots. Here are some of my favorites.
It was obvious at the outset of starting this project that the bond between Coach Harper and the players was very strong. They love her; it’s obvious every time I am around the team. I have a wider shot of this scene, but I like this one most. It concentrates on the interaction between the team; faces aren’t important here — the bond is.
As I mentioned earlier on this site, I was commissioned by the NC State alumni associated to do the photography for a story they are doing on Kellie Harper, NCSU’s new women’s basketball coach. They asked me to pick my favorite photos from the story. Easier said than done though with some 1,000 pics to cull through. But I was able to pick out my favorite eight from the season and here they are. Read the rest of this entry »
Yesterday I went out to UNC where the Chapel Hill High School Tigers lacrosse team played Providence Day. The above photo fairly well sums out the game: CHHS dominated with a final score of 14-7. Below is a link to some photos from the game.
Freshmen midfielder Jake Tripucka #27 and senior GK Devon Sherwood #1
So this is an outdated posted obviously. Originally, it was to be posted on Inside Lacrosse’s website. However, about six weeks ago Inside Lacrosse launched their new website. The website includes not only a new front end that is visible to viewers, but also a new backend that powers the site.
#13 Brandon Allen practices face-off
The backend had some issues, in particular to me, the photo server was very flakey. I spent about 2 hours trying to post an article to no avail. By the time the issues were resolved, the post would have been a week late so I gave up.
In the process, the article I wrote was eaten by the server, so rather than write a new article from scratch, I’m going to just link to the photos that are on my site. Duke Lacrosse vs. Penn
Also, here are some photos from a practice that Inside Lacrosse hired me to go to. Some of the photos were used in their cover article of Duke that featured Ned Crotty. Duke Lacrosse practice 1/22/2010
I was really excited to see Ned to make the cover of the March issue. He’s a great player but even better person. He deserved the cover.
Dexter Strickland vs. Georgia Tech
I’ve been cover the UNC men’s basketball team this year. I have to admit that my photo game was pretty rusty to start, but thankfully I’ve been able to improve. Here are some recent games:
UNC Men’s Basketball vs. Presbyterian photo galler
UNC Men’s Basketball vs. Marshall photo gallery
UNC Men’s Basketball vs. Rutgers photo galler
I am really excited about a new photo project that I have been working on in collaboration with Cherry Crayton and Molly Renda of the NC State Alumni Association. They approached me before the season to see if I was interested in being the photographer on a story that would cover new head coach Kellie Harper, who was named to succeed coach Kay Yow, former head women’s basketball coach at NC State. The opportunity was irresistible of course. I had done previous projects with former NC State pitcher Andrew Brackman in 2007, and the UNC Men’s lacrosse team in 2007-2008. These projects followed the moments off the field to document the lives of the athletes and coaches.
This new project will have Coach Harper as its focus. Indeed, we have already spent a fair amount of time with Coach Harper, both at her house and at Reynolds Coliseum. She has been so far, well, awesome. Very friendly and humble; she has been a dream to work with. In the short time I’ve worked with her, it is clear her players adore her.
Most of the photos are embargoed right now; more will be released after it runs in print in the Alumni magazine this summer. But I will share one with you. In black and white, of course.
Coach Kellie Harper, before playing (and beating) the university of Maryland
Tyler Zeller photo that was ref assed.
Here is another in our series on ref ass, and their ability to block great photos. If you have a fetish for ref ass, basketball is where you will find bliss. 3 refs contained on a small court is just a recipe for blocked photos. Usually I delete them, but every now and then sharing my pain is therapeutic. Indeed, many ungentlemanly words have left my lips from my spot on court side when a good photo is ref assed. (I think I just created a new term).
I realize I’ve been off my blogging game, at least here. But I have been writing up some stuff on Inside Lacrosse’s blog. Here are two recent ones to check out:
Basketball never has to worry about getting national exposure, but in lacrosse we do. While gaining every year in popularity, we still can’t hold a light to the NBA or NFL. Ask people what the MLL is, and they would give you a blank stare.
So I was happy to see that Nicky Polanco, of the Long Island Lizards, was on the Today Show this morning giving our sport some great national exposure. I think I saw former Duke standout Zach Greer on the side.
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[From Inside Lacrosse]
This was published on May 20th, but I guess with the Final Four going on, I utterly missed it.
Until recently, lacrosse — America’s other stick and ball sport — was rarely on TV and only its championship games generated much in the way of media coverage. It was mostly played on the East Coast, and it was often viewed as a game for private-school kids. Some of the game’s most electrifying athletes — Gary and Paul Gait; Casey, Ryan and Michael Powell — were little known outside core followers.
Here is a link to the article. Below is an accompanying video.
