I’m on a roll today. My 3rd post of the day! (Well, actually, it is 12:40am, so first of the new day).
I forgot to link to my post on the Inside Lacrosse blog. They were kind enough to let me post on their site. Most of the information is repeated from what is here, but the photos are different. I didn’t put up my favorite photos, but I didn’t use crappy photos either. Here is the link.
Wanted to link to a post by James Schaffer, art director at Inside Lacrosse Magazine. On it, he describes some of the post-production necessary to prep a photo for cover on their in the most recent issue. Pictured is Paul Rabil of Hopkins and Ben Rubeor of UVA.
I post the link for two reasons: One, I think it’s pretty interesting from both the photographer and fan perspective. But two, I freelance for Inside Lacrosse and it’s always great to suck up to the boss by linking to his work. Click here to view the post.
If you have ever wondered what it is like to do a photo shoot with a varsity athlete (and hey, who hasn’t?), then check out this video from Inside Lacrosse. Staff photographer James Schaffer does a shoot with some of the UVA recruits coming in this year.
Inside Lacrosse Magazine hosted a contest asking their photographers to submit their favorite lacrosse photos of the past 10 years. The 10 year mark was selected because it represents the anniversary of the magazine.
So I spent a good amount of time going through old photos, finding my favorite ones. Some of my earliest work (when I was a student at UNC) didn’t make the cut because those photos were taken using obsolete technology, or film as it’s more commonly known. So my apologies to Mac Hammer, Judd Lattimore, Jeff Sonke and the others for leaving your photos out (my photos stunk then anyway). I “went digital” in 2001 so I had about 7 years worth of photos to look at. Like the photos I took of UNC when I was a student, even some of the earlier digital stuff by my standards today is sub par crap that I would never confess to having taken. In 2001 I was in my 2nd year working for Georgetown University and covering a great lacrosse team until 2004 when I moved back to NC. I had the opportunity to photograph and know some great Hoya lacrosse players like Kyle Sweeney and Brodie Merrill. Also caught his majesty Mikey Powell when he and the Syracuse Orange came to GU every other year.
Going through the photos was time-consuming but fun. When I first started with digital my archival techniques were poor and thus, many photos were uncaptioned. Trying to ID players from 6 years ago proved near impossible. Still, it was great seeing some of my old work and comforting to know that I’m (a little bit) better than 5 years ago.
Here is a link to some of the photos I submited to Inside Lacrosse for the contest. At some point in the future I think they will run a “best of” photos in an issue. In addition to sending photos that I thought were solid, I selected some photos of players like Brodie Merrill where the photos themselves weren’t stunning except for the fact that the the players themselves turned out to be stunning. Enjoy.
