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Capturing the Moment

March 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments

On March 20, I photographed the 2010 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship in Salem, Virginia.  While there was plenty of great basketball action just like my last trip to the DIII Final Four, I thought a gallery of shots capturing the excitement of the championship celebration would be an interesting change.

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Tags: basketball · celebration · jube

How I Shot This: Sports Illustrated Portrait

July 28th, 2009 · 7 Comments

In February of 2009, I had my first image published in Sports Illustrated.  It provides a great lesson in location lighting with Nikon Advanced Wireless Lighting.

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Tags: Speedlights · basketball · flash

A SportsCenter Moment

March 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments

VMI’s Chavis Holmes scores on a reverse layup against Liberty’s Seth Curry in the semi-final round of the 2009 Big South Championships on Thursday, March 5.

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Tags: basketball

Battle of the 50s

February 22nd, 2009 · 7 Comments

I had a chance to shoot a basketball game with Nikon’s and Sigma’s newest 50mm lenses mounted side-by-side on identically set D300s.  Who wins this battle of fast glass?  Click through to find out.

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Tags: basketball · lenses

A Record-Breaking Shot

February 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Or at least, a record-tying shot.  This image appeared on the front of the sports section of the Roanoke Times on Sunday, January 25.  

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Tags: basketball

Tokina 11-16 Does NCAA Basketball

December 26th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve had several opportunities now to use the Tokina 11-16/f2.8 for the main reason I originally got it – as a remote lens for college basketball.  And boy, does it deliver!

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Tags: basketball · lenses

Update on Sigma 50f1.4 HSM

December 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I have updated the article Sigma 50f1.4 Does College Hoops after shooting an entire game with nothing but this lens.

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Tags: basketball · lenses