<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:36:22 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>CSI: Photo</title><description>Collegiate Sports Imaging&lt;br&gt;
Regional Sports Photography&lt;br&gt;
Serving Lower Hudson Valley &amp;amp; South Western Connecticut.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Provide regional colleges and universities with a centralized source of high-quality/high-resolution images of sports action photography. We serve a niche market in the photographic industry and strive to provide superior coverage. It is our goal to service each academic body on a personal level.</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>115</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-4548450048192896333</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-15T16:56:11.496-04:00</atom:updated><title>It's been a long time</title><description>But, CSI: Photo is back to shooting....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p448348828-11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p448348828-11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;I will have the remote cameras back in action this year and will continue to strive for those unique images from inside the goals....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-4548450048192896333?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-been-long-time.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-6059469989268690775</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-21T23:52:19.182-04:00</atom:updated><title>Different point of view</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v8/p894195738-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 225px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v8/p894195738-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Always looking for a different point of view....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-6059469989268690775?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/different-point-of-view.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-3794669074517285393</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-19T02:16:13.690-04:00</atom:updated><title>Just something I want to pass along.</title><description>I had the opportunity to have my Pocket Wizards modified today. I did this through &lt;a href="http://michaelbass.blogspot.com/"&gt;Michael Bass Designs&lt;/a&gt;. 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).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 &lt;a href="http://michaelbass.blogspot.com/"&gt;Michael's web page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the mod I did to my PW's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_CRxbBKkoqIY/SGhnE40tYnI/AAAAAAAAA9o/h3OCBB9SLTw/s200/PWRemovAntenna.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_CRxbBKkoqIY/SGhnE40tYnI/AAAAAAAAA9o/h3OCBB9SLTw/s200/PWRemovAntenna.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-3794669074517285393?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/just-something-i-want-to-pass-along.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_CRxbBKkoqIY/SGhnE40tYnI/AAAAAAAAA9o/h3OCBB9SLTw/s72-c/PWRemovAntenna.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-3294957438161938766</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-11T00:50:08.122-04:00</atom:updated><title>Rainy weather stirs up the scheduling</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csi-photo.net/posting/%a92009%20CSI-%20Photo%20-%201914.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://csi-photo.net/posting/%a92009%20CSI-%20Photo%20-%201914.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Baseball season is in full swing for CSI: Photo. Along with all the other spring sports.&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-3294957438161938766?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/baseball-season-is-in-full-swing-for.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-4634463797625160064</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-22T16:28:25.452-04:00</atom:updated><title>NCAA Tounaments continue</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csi-photo.net/posting/%a92008%20CSI-Photo.net%20-%201485.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://csi-photo.net/posting/%a92008%20CSI-Photo.net%20-%201485.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been contracted by the University of Michigan for this Round of the Tournament.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am still waiting for the NIT regional round to complete. To see if another trip to the Garden will be made this year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-4634463797625160064?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/ncaa-tounament-continue.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-3771190767551068355</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-18T23:17:30.112-04:00</atom:updated><title>Another NCAA Tournament passes into the night</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csi-photo.net/posting/%a92009%20CSI-%20Photo%20-%201004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://csi-photo.net/posting/%a92009%20CSI-%20Photo%20-%201004.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Highlights from the tournaments I covered can be viewed &lt;a href="http://csi-photo.net/portfolio/indexncaa.html"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-3771190767551068355?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/another-ncaa-tournament-passes-into.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-1582842887691189268</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-15T02:40:03.296-04:00</atom:updated><title>High flying action in the NCAA Division 2 Regionals</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csi-photo.net/posting/%a92009%20CSI-%20Photo%20-%203590.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://csi-photo.net/posting/%a92009%20CSI-%20Photo%20-%203590.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-1582842887691189268?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/high-flying-action-in-ncaa-division-2.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-6717711060664839091</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-07T10:18:42.596-05:00</atom:updated><title>CSI: Photo now on facebook</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csi-photo.net/Facebook.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 246px;" src="http://csi-photo.net/Facebook.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=54044038735"&gt;CSI: Photo is now on facebook&lt;/a&gt;. Join the group CSI: Photo to get updates on special facebook promotions and specials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The current facebook special is 10% off any order place with the coupon code "facebook". This special runs through March 15th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a member of this group you will receive notification as to all the current specials and promotions. Don't miss out on the new promotions that will be available...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-6717711060664839091?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/csi-photo-now-on-facebook.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-2162357419090956770</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-28T10:17:05.975-05:00</atom:updated><title>Hockey season finally</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p491830917-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p491830917-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Well it's been a long season for me with hockey. When the season began I started off with my new in-goal camera housing. I was able to get some fantastic shots with the camera set up in the goal. It was certainly put through all the tests that hockey could have put it through. It survived 3 man pile ups in the goal, goalies flat on their back on top of it, to many other forms of abuse one might not thing a camera should be subject to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week I set up the same set up in lacrosse and it did not last through the first half of the game. In my trek to the glass shop to pick up some more lexan, The shop owner said I had not made some of the bends in the lexan correctly. He explained the correct way to form it to what I needed properly. I will be coming out with a new housing soon to continue with some more of the shots I have been getting known for in and around the goals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look for some in-goal lacrosse shots coming soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-2162357419090956770?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/02/hockey-season-finally.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-5674931986277114851</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-05T19:11:11.245-05:00</atom:updated><title>YES Network to Air Images</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p500008019-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p500008019-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I got an e-mail yesterday from the YES Network &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network)&lt;/span&gt; regarding some images I took for the &lt;a href="http://www.lisledhockey.org/index.html"&gt;Long Island Sled Hockey&lt;/a&gt; team. The YES Network will be doing a piece on the hockey team which will air on February 9th. Basically, the Long Island Sled Hockey team is for individuals from 7 to 21+ years of age with physical and/or mental handicaps. The Local WABC in New York will also be doing a piece on the team featuring images from their visit to West Point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The team is known as the RoughRiders and have been playing for 14+ years and has been incorporated since 2003. I had the opportunity to photograph them both this year, and as well as, last year during the teams visit to West Point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following was taken from the web-site for the Long Island Sled Hockey Team.&lt;br /&gt;Long Island Sled Hockey, Inc. is an organization made up of 45 physically and/or mentally handicapped athletes between the ages of 7 and 21+ who participate in a wonderful sport called sled hockey. This sport is described on our Home page. We have been competing for 14 years and were incorporated as Long Island Sled Hockey, Inc. on December 29th of 2003. Our team name "RoughRiders" was chosen in honor of President Teddy Roosevelt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This amazing group of young boys and girls has captured the hearts of everyone with whom they've come in contact. Their accomplishments are many and are listed in our Scrapbook section. We are the only program of its kind in the United States as we enjoin both physically and mentally challenged athletes on the ice. Our athletes are afflicted with such disabilities as autism, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, dystonia, mental retardation, spina bifida and the like. Their success we measure in smiles not medals, in pride not ribbons, in determination and courage, not wins and losses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, we are also the only program of its kind without a corporate sponsor to help defray our expenses. With sleds averaging $800-$1200 each, uniforms and protective equipment costing upwards of $2000 per athlete, ice rental currently at $635 per 90 minute session, and the ever-increasing insurance, travel and tournament fees, our yearly budget stands at nearly $220,000. ALL monies raised during the year (see Home page) go directly to our athletes. There are no administrative fees or coaches salaries paid. We are a New York State not-for-profit organization and have been issued a federal ID number and are a 501(c)(3) federally tax-exempt organization.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your willingness to get involved is admirable, your assistance is very much needed. On behalf of our athletes, coaches, staff and parents, I thank you for visiting our site and hope for your support.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-5674931986277114851?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/02/yes-network-to-air-images.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-1515572058259029032</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-03T15:01:53.198-05:00</atom:updated><title>Price Reduction</title><description>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Due to economic times CSI: Photo has reduced prices by 10% on the following print sizes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4" x 6" Kodak E-Surface Prints&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Was $10.00 - Now $9.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5" x 7" Kodak E-Surface Prints&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Was $15.00 - Now $13.50&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8" x 10" Kodak E-Surface Prints&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Was $20.00 - Now $18.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11" x 14" Kodak E-Surface Prints&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Was $35.00 - Now $31.50&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12" x 18" Kodak E-Surface Prints&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Was $50.00 - Now $45.00 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;These items represent our most popular print sizes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CSI: Photo is committed to affordable images of family and loved ones through out their collegiate careers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please click &lt;a href="http://csi-photo.net/gallery.html"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; to enter our gallery.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-1515572058259029032?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/02/price-reduction.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-9093441554471885837</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-01T01:19:33.353-05:00</atom:updated><title>LensBaby and basketball</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p949054845-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p949054845-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I had the chance to play around with my &lt;a href="http://lensbaby.com/"&gt;LensBaby Composer&lt;/a&gt; during some basketball tonight. I had tried this once before. And came out with some pretty good results. So, tonight I did some more images with it and played around a little more looking for particular shots. This image was the one I was looking for.&lt;br /&gt;I never really take out the LensBaby for sports shooting. But after looking for something different I decided to play. I think I might just have to keep the Composer on one of my cameras for sports from now on. Using the newer version of the LensBaby makes it much easier to compose a picture for some anticipated action around the net &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(or other key areas of play)&lt;/span&gt;. Look forward to seeing more with the LensBaby and my sports photography.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-9093441554471885837?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/02/lensbaby-and-basketball.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-6450244959349726681</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-27T08:52:42.210-05:00</atom:updated><title>How-To instructions on a camera floor plate</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I think the Overexposed floor plates are a really well made product. And I have almost pulled the trigger on buying it a few times. Than I started thinking what can I use to make a home made version that would suit my needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is what I came up with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My "how to" floor plate I use for basketball. The first thing I will list all the pieces and parts you will need to make your own floor plate camera support. The size of my plate is only the size I chose to make mine. You may make it any size to suit your particular needs. Mine I choose to make it 7" x 11" this gave my a 6" spread in between cameras. So, it would not be over crowded with the pocket wizards. Now on to the list.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;1) piece of 3/4 inch thick wood. I used 3/4" plywood and cut it to 7" x 11"&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.boltdepot.com/images/catalog/fender-washer.gif" mce_src="http://www.boltdepot.com/images/catalog/fender-washer.gif" width="86" height="70"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    4) 1/4" fender washers. Can be found at Home Depot, Lowe's or your local hardware store. Pennies each, maybe .20¢ for all 4&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.boltdepot.com/images/catalog/hex-bolt-standard.gif" mce_src="http://www.boltdepot.com/images/catalog/hex-bolt-standard.gif" width="175" height="65"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      Hex bolts - 1/4-20 for most ball heads - &lt;i&gt;For Bogen/Manfrotto heads you will need 3/8-16 bolts.&lt;/i&gt; About a quarter a piece. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    2) 3/4" for the hot shoe plates.&lt;br&gt;1) 2 1/2" for the shorter riser.&lt;br&gt;1) 6" for the longer riser.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    If you want different size risers you will need a hex bolt 1" longer than the riser height.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;For the risers I used 3/4" gas piping referred to as nipples. Also available at the same locations as the above items.&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://www1.mscdirect.com/ProductImages/3689926-11.jpg" mce_src="http://www1.mscdirect.com/ProductImages/3689926-11.jpg" width="160" height="157"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      The shorter riser is a 1 1/2" nipple, also called a shoulder nipple. Maybe 2 bucks each&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www1.mscdirect.com/ProductImages/6214402-11.jpg" mce_src="http://www1.mscdirect.com/ProductImages/6214402-11.jpg"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    The higher riser is a 5" nipple. I chose the 5" because with the hex bolts most retail stores stock only up to a 6" bolt. And remember the hex bolt needs to be 1" longer than the riser. Around $3+ each.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www1.mscdirect.com/ProductImages/3699577-11.jpg" mce_src="http://www1.mscdirect.com/ProductImages/3699577-11.jpg" width="250" height="119"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    To hold the nipples in place and stabilize them I used flanges. You will need 2) 3/4" flanges. Found right next to the black pipe at the hardware stores. About 4 bucks a piece&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/largeimages/247944.jpg" mce_src="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/largeimages/247944.jpg" width="150" height="150"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      For the ball heads I used Sunpak compact ball heads available @ B&amp;amp;H for $19.95 each I just had these laying around. So, that is what I used. These are rated for 4.2 pounds. I have not had any problems mounting a Canon xti with a 85 1.8 lens on them. Longer glass you might want to think about a different head. But. The great thing about these heads is, the head will recess in to the black pipe nipples and hold them in place nicely.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/largeimages/250400.jpg" mce_src="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/largeimages/250400.jpg" width="150" height="150"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      To mount the Pocket Wizard I used these adapters also from B&amp;amp;H for $6.95 each. I had 2 kickin' around.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/largeimages/554318.jpg" mce_src="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/largeimages/554318.jpg" width="150" height="150"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    These are called Nikon flash adapters. I use them in the Pocket Wizard's tripod socket to mount in the on to the plate so in case of any stay balls, players ect. the plastic foot on the PW's does not break. B&amp;amp;H also for $6.95 each. A small price to pay for the safety of the PW's. You'll need a set for each wizard if you choose to use them.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;After I have the wood cut to size and drilled I used a black vinyl with a sticky back to cover up the top. This makes it have a nice finished look. I got this at Micheal's Craft Store for about 10 bucks. Also at Micheal's I got a 9" x 12" adhesive backed "Fun Foam" to place on the bottom to protect the basketball floors. This is .99¢&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://csi-photo.net/0153.jpg" mce_src="http://csi-photo.net/0153.jpg" width="150" height="113"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      Here you can see I marked the wood in the center, both vertically and horizontally. For the holes I drilled using a 1 3/8" wood bit. And only drilled to a depth of 3/8". This is enough to insure the hex heads are recessed into the plate. To finish the holes I used a 1/4" bit and drilled the rest of the way through.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://csi-photo.net/0155.jpg" mce_src="http://csi-photo.net/0155.jpg" width="150" height="150"&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here you can see how the hex heads and fender bolts are recessed in to the bottom of the wood.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;For the risers I drilled 2 1/2" from the left and right sides. For the hot shoe mounts I drilled 1 1/2" from the top and bottom. Remember not to drill all the way through with the 1 3/8" bit only to a depth of 3/8". So, you'll have a nice 5/8" base.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://csi-photo.net/0158.jpg" mce_src="http://csi-photo.net/0158.jpg"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      As you can see I already installed the shoe mounts and the short riser. The white tubing I have covering the gas pipe is called pex tubing. It is not available in small quantities so I did not list it. But, if you have access to it, it is 1" aqua pex. I just think it adds a little finished look. Excuse the gaffers tape. This was already in use and I took it apart for example.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://csi-photo.net/0159.jpg" mce_src="http://csi-photo.net/0159.jpg"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    This is just to illustrate how you will be centering the flange with the 5" nipple after you screw the nipple in to the flange. Screw the nipple all the way in to the flange. &lt;i&gt;Use a couple of pipe wrenches.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://csi-photo.net/0161.jpg" mce_src="http://csi-photo.net/0161.jpg" width="150" height="200"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      Now that you have tightened the nipple in to the flange you will have the bolt sticking out the top of the pipe slightly. Go ahead and screw the ball head on to the bolt. Tighten with a ratchet wrench.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://csi-photo.net/0162a.jpg" mce_src="http://csi-photo.net/0162a.jpg"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      Here is the completed floor plate. I wrapped a bit of gaffers tape to the taller riser so it is handy when needed.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://csi-photo.net/0156.jpg" mce_src="http://csi-photo.net/0156.jpg"&gt; &lt;img src="http://csi-photo.net/0157.jpg" mce_src="http://csi-photo.net/0157.jpg" width="150" height="113"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      Here are 2 views so you can get a good look on how the set-up is when I shoot.&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;    Good luck and happy building.&lt;br /&gt;    If you would prefer to have me build you one let me know and we can discuss a price depending on you specific needs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-6450244959349726681?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-instructions-on-camera-floor.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-5089721947170990957</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-25T17:24:18.657-05:00</atom:updated><title>Images puplished in DC papers.</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p882873766-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p882873766-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I got some contact information through a local reporter covering the Army/Navy basketball games for a paper in Maryland. After a series of e-mails they will be using several of my images in the &lt;a href="http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/01_25-58/NAS"&gt;Capital Gazette&lt;/a&gt;. It will not be the first time I have had images in the newspapers. But, anytime you can get you name out there in the papers being a new business is a good thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For tomorrows game I will be mounting a camera above the shot clock again for a unique view of the game. Hopefully images like the ones I get through my remote cameras will begin to make a name for me. If time allots I will be getting some images of my set-up and posting them here to share.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-5089721947170990957?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/images-puplished-in-dc-papers.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-2177347785008153367</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-18T02:43:49.985-05:00</atom:updated><title>Goal-Cam got wrecked tonight</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p254531833-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p254531833-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;But, not before capturing this image.&lt;br /&gt;I had to pull the camera out of the net and make some quick repairs to the housing in time to get it back into the net for the 3rd period. I scurried around to get some duct tape &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(man I love that stuff)&lt;/span&gt; With in a few minutes I had the housing all taped up and ready to go for round three. I really didn't have the time I needed to make all the adjustments to the camera and make sure the angle was good. But, I did come up with some good pictures in the third period. So it was worth the effort. The housing has taken quite the beating the year. But has stood up remarkably well.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-2177347785008153367?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/goal-cam-got-wrecked-tonight.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-6697185603408473173</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-15T00:31:48.483-05:00</atom:updated><title>Making the best of a remote camera set-up</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p181287085-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p181287085-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I think the best way to make use of a remote camera set-up is to make some sort of composite image combining 2 of the images captured at the same time from 2 separate angles. This images 1 was captured from a remote camera mounted above the shot clock. The inset image was captured with a camera I was hand-holding and triggering the remote camera via Pocket Wizards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The one thing to remember most importantly when using remote camera all precautions should be taken to insure to prevent cameras from falling. Please remember to use safety cables on all equipment mounted above playing surfaces or other areas. Not only will this safeguard your equipment. But, if any mountings or supports should fail safety cables will prevent equipment from falling on to spectators or players.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-6697185603408473173?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/making-best-of-remote-camera-set-up.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-5417971731304113784</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-10T11:47:35.698-05:00</atom:updated><title>Goal-Cam is really starting to shine</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p48904770-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p48904770-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This image was taken with my goal-cam. Owen Meyer of Army gets one in between the legs of Mercyhurst's Ryan Zapolski to score what turned out to be the game winning goal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p465669995-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p465669995-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is the view from my vantage point. Luckily, I have the cameras time synced up pretty close so I am able to match images from several different cameras fairly easily.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-5417971731304113784?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/goal-cam-is-really-starting-to-shine.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-4980266940589385168</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-01T21:48:44.929-05:00</atom:updated><title>Good use of remote camera</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p656795700-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p656795700-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a set of images I was able to capture using a hand-held camera, as well as, a remote camera. For this I was shooting with a wide angle lens setup on my remote camera. The camera was placed on a tabletop tripod placed next to me on the floor. For the inset shot I was shooting with my 70/200 f/2.8. Again this is just 1 more option for shooting with remote cameras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a video that I used when I first started looking in to remote shooting.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks, PShizzy.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gga3PM8GqVw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gga3PM8GqVw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-4980266940589385168?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/good-use-of-remote-camera.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-5779943568475037011</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-31T12:44:11.974-05:00</atom:updated><title>Sportrait</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p996269518-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p996269518-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Portrait:&lt;/span&gt; por-trait [pawr-trit, -treyt, pohr-]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;–noun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. a likeness of a person, esp. of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph: a gallery of family portraits.&lt;br /&gt;2. a verbal picture or description, usually of a person: a biography that provides a fascinating portrait of an 18th-century rogue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sport:&lt;/span&gt; [spawrt, spohrt]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;–noun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.&lt;br /&gt;2. a particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors.&lt;br /&gt;3. diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sportrait:&lt;/span&gt; [spawr-trit]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;-noun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. a photograph of a person engaged is a sporting activity, usually a photograph of a person's face.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-5779943568475037011?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/sportrait.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-6410713825297436949</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-30T01:47:16.844-05:00</atom:updated><title>Strobed Remote Camera</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p73410701-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p73410701-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Today I had the chance to do something I normally would not do. I strobed my remote camera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Normally, I would be shooting with one camera and triggering the remote camera and strobes via a Pocket Wizard mounted on my hand-held camera. With this set-up the remote camera fires 1/2000th of a second after the strobes so, this requires me to set the remote camera manually to available light. But, today I did not shoot with my hand-held camera so, I was able to try shooting in relay mode with the Pocket Wizards. To do this a total of 3 remotes are needed. &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(In my case 6 because 4 are attached to strobes)&lt;/span&gt;. What i did was the strobes are set to channel 1 (they are mounted in the ceiling so are not able to be changed.) And the PW mounted to the remote camera was attached to the hot shoe and a cable attached to the camera's remote was set to channel 4. The PW used to fire the remote camera was also set to channel 4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In relay mode the remote camera fires ~1/2000th of a second later and the PW attached to the camera's hotshoe will than relay a signal via the next higher channel &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(channel 1 in this case)&lt;/span&gt;. Now the remote camera and strobes will fire simultaneously to capture a strobed image.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To strobe both the hand-held camera and the remote camera this would require a total of 8 strobes and 10 Pocket Wizards. But, the remote camera would still be firing ~1/2000 of second later but, now all the images would be strobed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-6410713825297436949?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/strobed-remote-camera.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-4661572459734365511</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-27T00:47:30.006-05:00</atom:updated><title>Semi-Pro Hockey</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p66162011-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p66162011-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Tonight at the Danbury Ice Arena in Danbury, CT the Aces (13-2-1-0) defeated the Danbury Mad Hatters (6-6-0-1) 4-2. The Aces were outshot for just the second time this season, but remained undefeated in that situation. Danbury struck first in this hard-fought battle, when Mike O'Sullivan found Igor Karlov in front of the net for his 7th goal of the season, less than two minutes into the first. Jesse Felten evened the score at 1-1 with his 5th of the season, late in the first, and the Aces never looked back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris Holmes scored for the 9th time this year on an assist from Mike Christensen midway through the second period. Later in the period Christensen struck again, leading James Brannigan to his 20th goal of the year, giving Brooklyn the 3-1 advantage. Christensen had an assist on all four Brooklyn goals in the game. Goalie Eddie Neville remained hot, stopping 35-of-37 Danbury shots on goal, improving his league leading save percentage. A late goal by Danbury's Dan Hickman would not be enough, and Brooklyn held on for the 4-2 win.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-4661572459734365511?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/semi-pro-hockey.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-4683201017397457839</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-21T20:09:28.505-05:00</atom:updated><title>Shooting high - Looking down</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p26902574-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p26902574-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Today my goal was to mount my remote camera above the 35 second clock. I was running late due to this mornings weather. &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(It's been snowing most of the week-end here)&lt;/span&gt; When I need to set up my camera anywhere above the rim I need to get to the arena at least 2 hours prior to tip-off. Well I got there only 1 hour prior to the beginning of the game. So, I needed to set up my camera and make all my adjustments on a different backboard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being this was the first time I was setting up the remote above the shot clock I needed some extra time to make sure everything was properly set and all adjustments were made correctly. After having the remote all set I checked with the refs and the opposing teams head coach to see if there were any final objections. Everything was good to go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VMI informed me that their team would be heading back into the locker room 35 minutes prior to tip-off for approximately 10 minutes. This would give me plenty of time to drop the net set-up the ladder and secure the camera, and make any final adjustments needed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the remote set to a limited field of view I don't expect many shots. But, the shots I do expect to get should be outstanding. I was not proved wrong for today's game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In all I got 9 images with the remote camera. As I mentioned to Army's SID, I would be happy with 5-10 shots from this view. The camera was mounted with a 15mm lens. Which covers the entire 3 point area. I think my setup for next time might call for a 20mm lens. This way I would not need to crop the images as much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In all I am quite happy with the results I have been getting from all the different angles I have been able to get using the remote set-up.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-4683201017397457839?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/shooting-high-looking-down.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-2777323647957415472</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-21T20:21:15.398-05:00</atom:updated><title>Holiday Lights Shooting</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p279497982-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p279497982-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I've been doing some driving around to try and find some holiday light to get the LensBaby another go around. I hope it is not the case all over the country but there does not seem to be to many holiday lights up this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I drove through this one town near me knowing that they tend to have some nice lights up. I found a few. and Main Street was decorated quite nicely. But, again not to many lights in and around town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But anyways, This shot was taken with my new LensBaby Composer with the ZonePlate optic. I think it gives off a sort of mystic look to it. Hopefully before the holidays come and go I will be able to find some real nice lights to share.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-2777323647957415472?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/holiday-lights-shooting.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-6934373297860695648</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-21T20:17:58.581-05:00</atom:updated><title>First time shooting @ MSG</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p644885377-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p644885377-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Finally had the chance to shoot at Madison Square Garden. That's right I made it to MSG!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three years ago West Point started a tournament to honor Maggie Dixon. In 2005, just 11 days before the 2005-2006 season, Dixon was hired as the women's basketball coach of the United States Military Academy. In her first year, they surprised the college basketball world by going 20-11 and winning the Patriot League conference tournament; she took them to 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament as a 15 seed, where they lost to the University of Tennessee, 102-54. It was the first March Madness tournament appearance for any Army basketball team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her brother was Jamie Dixon, the head men's basketball coach of the University of Pittsburgh. In 2006, the Dixons became the first brother-sister pair to take teams to the NCAA basketball tournaments the same year, as Jamie's Pittsburgh Panthers also made the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Her brother lost in the second round to Bradley.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just weeks after her appearance in the tournament, on April 5, 2006, Dixon was hospitalized at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York, after collapsing and suffering what her brother described as an "arrhythmic episode to her heart." Dixon died the next night at the age of only 28, a little over a month shy of her 29th birthday. An autopsy revealed that Dixon had an enlarged heart and had a problem with a heart valve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dixon was buried at the West Point Cemetery, an honor usually reserved only for high ranking officials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On November 12, 2006 West Point held the 1st Annual Maggie Dixon Classic, a basketball mini-tournament in Dixon's honor. It featured two games, a men's and women's game. In the men's game Jamie Dixon's Pitt Panthers defeated Western Michigan and in the women's game the Army women's team lost to Ohio State. The games were televised by ESPNU.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the 2007-2008 season the Classic moved to Madison Square Garden and featured the University of Pittsburgh women's team against Duke University and Army and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-6934373297860695648?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/first-time-shooting-msg.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521479758521400566.post-6063891901666054088</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-21T20:23:43.368-05:00</atom:updated><title>Another college added to our local line-up</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p1048488027-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p1048488027-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;CSI: Photo would like to welcome &lt;a href="http://www.mercyathletics.com/landing/index"&gt;Mercy College&lt;/a&gt; to it's line-up of local colleges. Since the conception of CSI: Photo we are pleased to have shot for over 15 colleges competing at all levels of NCAA competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CSI: Photo has shot events which include the 2007 &amp; 2008 Army/Navy football game, 2008 NCAA Regional Hockey Tournament, 2008 Patriot League ¼ finals &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(basketball)&lt;/span&gt; and the 2008 NE-10 Conference Volleyball Championships.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As CSI: Photo continues to expand it presents in the Hudson Valley, as well as, Northern New Jersey and Southwestern Connecticut we strive to be committed to cutting edge sports photography.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To learn how CSI: Photo can assist your university's sports media department please feel free to visit our &lt;a href="http://www.csi-photo.net"&gt;web-site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Students, parents, family and friends can view and purchase game images &lt;a href="http://csiphoto.zenfolio.com/"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;. A percentage of the sales goes back to the university &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(this is for colleges and university's that are regular members of the CSI: Photo family)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will be scheduling our spring sports as soon as schedules permit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521479758521400566-6063891901666054088?l=csiphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://csiphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/another-college-added-to-our-local-line.html</link><author>info@csi-photo.net (CSI: Photo)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>