It's been a long time

But, CSI: Photo is back to shooting....
Today was team photo day for Pace university. They also had a football clinic. Pretty soon I will be back to shooting on a regular basis for several different colleges in the area. hopefully this year I will get to try many different types of shots and a few different angles.
I will have the remote cameras back in action this year and will continue to strive for those unique images from inside the goals....

Different point of view

I saw the type of image on a photography forum I regularly browse and decided to see if I could duplicate it. For this image I pre-focused my camera about 10 feet in front of the plate and waited for the ball to be released. It took a few tries to get it down. But, I think it does have a very different look to it. It is pretty much just a matter of timing, as in any form of sports photography. It's all about timing.

Always looking for a different point of view....

Just something I want to pass along.

I had the opportunity to have my Pocket Wizards modified today. I did this through Michael Bass Designs. I don't live too far from Michael and meet with him today. I had called him earlier in the week to discuss my needs. Michael was very helpful in providing my with the best solution to my needs. He works very closely with the people at LPA, (the manufactures of PW's).

As many of you know I do a lot of remote photography in my sports shooting. Some of which require me to house the camera for safety the my equipment as well as the players. With the camera and PW located in a housing this cut down on the reception of the receiving PW, causing missed shots. After seeing Michael's web page for some time now. I decided to see if modifying my PW's would help.

I meet Michael at his house and we discussed my needs a little further. And we decided that the antenna modification should help me. Michael also is ordering me a special antenna (which we tested at his house) that is set for the PW's frequency. This will enable me to have a set-up which is customizable to my needs.

If anyone is looking for that little something that is a little out of the ordinary, that little thing that you always say, "Where can I get something that can do this". I suggest you wonder over and check out Michael's web page.

Here is the mod I did to my PW's.

Rainy weather stirs up the scheduling

Baseball season is in full swing for CSI: Photo. Along with all the other spring sports.
Today I needed to switch scheduling for a baseball game that was scheduled for Saturday. But, with the weather not looking to good for Saturday Pace University switched it's planned double header to Friday Afternoon. Along with the switch it was also moved to New Haven University. So, I packed up the car and headed out to NHU for some baseball.

Funny thing is I already had 1 softball game postponed due to rain and I will again be heading out to New Haven next week end for the make-up.

The spring schedule goes by really fast due to the majority of the games on March being played down south. So all my scheduling needs to by done in pretty much a five week span. The schools I shoot for have been really flexible as to when I can make these games up. Also, I have been following the weather and anticipating any inclement weather and moving games around to make sure I can get them all in.

So far the weather looks pretty good for the up-coming week. Which again will be a busy one. I have 2 softball game and a women's lacrosse game. The women's lacrosse game will be for Dominican College, in Rockland County. It will be my first time shooting for this school. I was referred to them by one of the school I currently shoot for. I'm glad my clients have been happy with my work enough to refer my business.

Well I will try to up-date this blog sometime soon. I am pretty quite with the updates during the summers months. About the only shooting I get out to do it some stuff for my art portfolio. Although I have been getting quite a few calls regarding weddings and receptions for the summer months.

NCAA Tounaments continue

CSI: Photo continues it's weekend trips to the NCAA tournaments. This weekend I will be shooting the Regional NCAA Hockey tournament in Bridgeport, CT.

I have been contracted by the University of Michigan for this Round of the Tournament.

I am still waiting for the NIT regional round to complete. To see if another trip to the Garden will be made this year.

Another NCAA Tournament passes into the night

Last night was the Division 2 NCAA Eastern Regional Finals between nationally ranked #2 C. W. Post and #24 Bentley University. I shot for both Stonehill College and Bentley on Saturday. For the finals I shot for Bentley again.

This was a very exciting game from the get go. Bentley quickly mounted the charge and held as much as an 18 point lead. Going in to the half Bentley was well in command of the game.

The second half proved to be another story, as C. W. Post took command of the game. The Pioneers held off a late charge by the Falcons to advance to the D2 NCAA's ELITE8 to be held in Springfield MA next week.

Highlights from the tournaments I covered can be viewed HERE.

High flying action in the NCAA Division 2 Regionals

I shot 3 game today all were very exciting. This was the first time I shot at C.W. Post campus on Long Island. It was a fairly dark gym. But, I was able to get some pretty good results with some post processing in LightRoom.

I was contacted by Bentley and Stonehill colleges, both in Massachusetts. And Both are in the NorthEast-10 Conference in Division 2. C.W. Post was playing the game in between the 2 schools. So, for show some examples for my work to C. W. Post I shot that game as well. They are also, the #2 rated school in D2 Basketball. So why not LOL.

Hopefully, Bentley College will make it to the finals on Tuesday cause they have already requested I shoot for them if they make it that far. GO! BENTLEY!!

But, if all else fails I am all geared up to finally start shooting outside. I have already started with LAX and Softball. Baseball is just around the corner.