new background

I like to change my desktop background to match the seasons. A nice feet up baseball shot from rosenblatt gets the job done.

Update!

Some baseball and croquet. hooray!

baseball

Baseball on nice day. Can't get much better.



Grand slam shot with a lens baby

The Heater

Who wants some track action???

Probably not you, but you gonna get it! On a day trip back to fairbury, i saw a track meet going on, and the car of my highschool journalism teacher. so, i decided to go shoot me some track. but, when i got there, i found out there were only 2 races left in the entire meet. still, got some panned action goin for me.



The guy in the coat was my old jr. high football coach, Coach Don Mahlman. ( I could be wrong with the spelling of his last name.) You would be hard pressed to find a harder worker or nicer person than him. As a football coach, he had an affinity for smashmouth football, and would only call 2 plays pretty much the entire game. 24 and 23 iso. for those who dont know football, it is a run off the guard with the running back. we would ask if we could try some other play to maybe make the defense think that we had more than 2 plays in our play book, and he would tell us that if we could not get that play to work, then we had no chance of getting other plays to work. We lost a lot of games.



I believe the internet term for this is "pwned." for those of you who do not know what that means, it means she failed, sorta. i dont know, i hate internet speak. downfall of the english language and what not.

State Bball

late in updating

Husker baseball game, shot with a lens baby.


My Grandpa pushing my Grandma at the nursing home.

Friday night lights

Class A highschool football championship, Omaha central beats Millard north.

5 more posts till 100.

bloggin from class, volleyball style

i am really, really having trouble focusing in class today, so what better way to be a responsible student than to update my blog! During Class!!!

State volleyball!!! hooray! shot 2 games of the tourney on friday, back to back. Grand Island Central Catholic won quite handily. That is why they are happy. I was not so happy, because i had to wake up really early to drive to waverly to cover this game, which was at 930 in the morn. boo morning!


Heartland did not do as well. That is why they are sad. They lost in the first round, but at least did not get swept.


Now, looking around for features at the end of the Heartland game, i saw these guys. I am not saying this was a good photo, i am saying i just took this to illustrate a point. These guys thought they were hardcore with a little face paint. they thought they were awesome fans. well, guess what, you got nothin.


Here are some real fans, from Heartland. they dressed up as presents, and had other themes ready if Heartland won. Not only were they screaming the entire game, they were singing many songs. all memorized, including the theme from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, All that Jazz, and their ABC's.


This weekend... State Football!!!

been gone

some highschool state tennis action. i have been in and out of town the last few weeks for those who have not seen me in a bit, some work related, some family related. but, yeah... i really like covering high school sports. im looking forward to abusing my nsaa pass to no end to go and have some fun at all the state finals that are happening in the next few weeks.

a little old, a little new

this weekend, i spent far too many hours in the heat shooting over 30 games of kids playing soccer. whee. i managed to stay hydrated, and looking through the photos, i came to the realization that children suck at playing sports. i mean, they are very terrible. wow. here is a fantastic photo that anyone can get if they manage to have the autofocus touch on a shoe instead of the intended moment.



looking through some of my old photos on a hard drive that needed cleaning, i came across a photo that was taken several years ago. Alyssa Schukar, Kris Kolden and I decided to go on a pan-nebraskan tour. I just wanted to post this to remind people that everyone should take road trips. I have always enjoyed carhenge. if you ever have the chance, head out to alliance NE to see a true piece of american art.

Cornhusker State Games

I just wrapped up shooting stock at the cornhusker state games for a week and a half. It was a fun time, sunburn and tan lines excluded. shooting stock photos for parents is different than shooting news photos, i.e. not nearly as creatively enjoyable. but, you can still come away with some decent images. shooting little kids playing with swords rocked. hardcore. plus, little kids make fantastic faces.

Lincoln Marathon

I spent early sunday morning shooting the Lincoln Marathon. It was really early, really wet, but also really fun. The man who won was the first Lincoln resident to win the marathon, despite it being the first marathon he had ever ran.

AH HA! i lied.

more baseball. ta da! i've got a bit of a cold, so being in the sun was nice. now back to being sick.

when you were young

Long weekend of baseball. shot two games and on saturday went with some friends just to watch. it was fun, it was the first game in a long time that i had just gone to as a fan. but, i swear, the next post will not be baseball related.

i think im in love, but it makes me kinda nervous to say so

Baseball time!!! hooray baseball!!! it was cold.

the version of this photo that will be running is cropped down, but i kinda like it a bit more wide. i was just tryin something different. so sue me.

I'm back!

so, long time no post. ive been shooting a whole lot of freelance, a bunch for the omaha reader and for the GI independent, so that has been nice. I got to cover a lot of state basketball action, and i just got back from a small trip to KC with some friends. good times.

Ballet class

Ok, so i shot some ballet class, which made me feel very unfit and definitely not flexible. i was hoping for a better moment, but i settled for a decent enough composition.

side note for the light painting, it has slightly changed focus, it will be for the spring sports preview. It will include 6 sports, 3 men, 3 women, and will be track, baseball, softball, gymnastics, golf, and tennis. i have done some work on the baseball, softball, and track ones, and have ideas on the other 3. i'm rather excited about this project, and i hope it turns out well. the photo professer here told me i could just take the photos without the traced light and then just add that in photoshop, but that is kinda missing the point. ive tried it, saw how it looked, and it just does not look as organic. meh.

some times i like to get fancy

Gabe Baldwin

In the corner portrait of polevaulter Gabe Baldwin. It could have been better, but it could have been worse. For those curious, it was shoot on a cloudy day on tungsten white balance and with pink and orange gells on a strobe. Some times i like to get fancy.