"Arizona State's Lauren Hayes sprints for the ball at the beginning of the second quarter against UC Irvine Saturday, March 8, 2008 at the Anteater Aquatic Center."
Sine I last posted I had one of the most fun/difficult/awkward experiences of my life. Saturday morning I was one of six participants to get in the pool to shoot water polo. The build up to actually getting in the water was insane. I was remarkably calm for how excited I was. I was the last person to get my camera set-up in the underwater housing and I made it in the pool only seconds before the start of the match.
The first two quarters I was just trying not to look like an idiot. Attempting to tread water, breathe, hold up 7 pounds of camera equipment, focus on the subject and push the shutter all at the same time was definitely at the top of the list as one of the most difficult things I have ever done in my life.
After getting my bearings I started to make a few nice images. However the real shocker came when I edited my take later that evening. I had a 5 frame sequence of one of the UC Irvine players performing a "wardrobe malfunction" on an ASU player. It's amazing what happens under the water. The girls grabbed, pulled at, kicked, poked and scratched each other for position.
After my whirlwind experience in the water we made sandwiches out of the trunk our car, shot men's tennis for an hour or so and then made our way to Fullerton for baseball that night. I didn't get a chance to use some of the loaner gear that Canon USA brought to the workshop so I was definitely, as we say in the industry, "under glassed" for baseball. Brandon did let me use his 300 for most of the night while he shot with the Mark III and 600 f4. The ability to shoot pretty clean images at 6400 ISO was a huge plus. He did let me use the 600 and Mark III for an inning or so and I made a few nice images.
The workshop came to the end Sunday morning with additional editing/critiquing, brunch and the awards presentation. I didn't produce any of the outstanding winning images but Mike, Brandon and myself won the teamwork award. The award was new and created because of the work that each of us put in to help each other make images. We pooled our gear, set up remotes and shared shooting positions all for, what we called, "team Colorado." The faculty even caught us using walkie talkies to set up our remotes and make sure they were done correctly. They loved the approach that we took during the workshop and created an award to commend our efforts. We each received Sports Shooter T-shirts for the award.
I talked to a few of the faculty members before they left, gave one of the staff members Crysta Chatam a quote for the news story and did a video interview with staff member Jordan Murph for the website. I'm looking forward to getting my 5 minutes of fame. Just Kidding.
After some lunch at CPK the boys and myself drove down to Newport Beach and walked around for a few hours people watching and taking a few pictures. Our evening has been pretty relaxing mainly consisting of finishing up some homework, packing and watching "Angels In The Outfield" or as Mike called it, "the cheesiest movie ever."
We have have to leave for the airport at 6am so I'm going to get in the bed but make sure to check out some of my IMAGES FROM SPORTS SHOOTER ACADEMY V.
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