Tuesday, February 19, 2008

2/19 Meeting

Just wanted to post anything new thats going on in my photography dealing with this semester's work. I have been shooting a lot, but most of it has been assisting Scott Brown. I'm actually pleased that the meeting is rescheduled, I have a few sporting events to choose from this weekend. I'm either going to in Charlottesville shooting a UVA lacrosse game, i've been in contact with InsideLacrosse.com, the biggest lacrosse publication in the world, and I will be shooting with them this season, not sure if they want me there this weekend. If not, VCU lacrosse has a tournament as Univ of Richmond, which will be multiple games, I think it will be a better opportunity for images in my opinion. I'm actually planning on borrowing a lens and camera from Scott Brown, we'll just have to see what happens. He's fine with me borrowing equipment, he trusts me a lot, now that I've been working with him a bunch lately. Its really just a matter of what is going to be rented out and whats available, i've also never borrowed stuff over the weekend, so we'll have to see how that works out. Hopefully I can though. I just need to figure out what lens to use, I'm thinking somewhere between a 400 or a 600mm, just a matter of whether he is going to allow me use something that big, they cost a huge amount of money. I have a 200-500 lens that I can use, but everytime I zoom, it stops down and I lose light, so it'd be a lot better to just have two cameras, one designated to a 400 or 600, then another using a lens such as a 200, then I can switch out, depending on where the action is. just have to see what happens. But thats the plan.

1 comment:

Paul Thulin-Jimenez said...

Shawn,

I support your current efforts but please seriously attempt a technically effective portrayal of the crowds, mascots, etc. or a more documentary essay on an individual player. You need this to separate you from the crowd -- it is going to take some work. I know you can do it.