On Thursday night the Winona Senior High Basketball Team rocked the gym and dominated their first game of the season. I struggled with the lighting in the gym but I was able to capture most of the action. I still need to get used to switching between sports. Tracking each sport requires a certain style and speed of shooting. So far Football is my favorite sport to photograph but it is also the most dangerous. The last game of the season this year I was almost leveled by the opposing teams linebacker as he came in for a tackle. Thankfully I had enough brains to jump out of the way before he made contact. As we speak the photos are being uploaded to digiproofs so that parents can order copies for themselves. As soon as I have this information available to me I will post it on this website and email those that have expressed interest. Also from now on after clicking on images to enlarge them I will also be including the exposure information for those that are interested as requested by another photographer.
As promised the pictures from Tuesdays game are up for purchase on www.digiproofs.com the password is “winonabb” without the quotes. If you have any questions or comments please leave a comment below.
Last night Lisa and I decided that we really really wanted some fresh baked bagels. The only problem with wanting fresh bagels in a small town is you just cant get them. Walmart brand bagels did not sound so great either. Searching online we found that just making them is pretty easy so we got everything we needed and got the ovens stoked to cook some fluffy goodness. I thought that it would be harder to do but the whole process was easy to do with two people. After making the dough and letting it rise we cut it into pieces, rolled them out, and made rings and twists. After boiling them in sugar water and flipping them we baked them for 30 minutes till golden brown. It was a bit of work but our efforts paid off because there is nothing better than bagels fresh from the oven.
Infrared light has some really cool and interesting properties. Normal visible light reflects off everything that has color to our eyes. Infrared light only reflects certain things. Landscapes in infrared create a surreal dynamic contrast that is really unique. Clear skies appear dark and anything organic becomes dreamy and white. The more I explore IR (infrared) the more I fall in love with it. There are also some paints on vehicles and street signs that reflect light in strange ways. 
After taking a number of pictures with a dedicated digital infrared camera I have found that usually 1/125th of a second ISO 100 f/8 is a good starting point for exposure. You can also create some pretty dynamic lighting using sunlight and shadow because of the extreme difference in exposure.
On Thursday night the Winona Senior High Basketball Team rocked the gym and dominated their first game of the season. I struggled with the lighting in the gym but I was able to capture most of the action. I still need to get used to switching between sports. Tracking each sport requires a certain style and speed of shooting. So far Football is my favorite sport to photograph but it is also the most dangerous. The last game of the season this year I was almost leveled by the opposing teams linebacker as he came in for a tackle. Thankfully I had enough brains to jump out of the way before he made contact. As we speak the photos are being uploaded to digiproofs so that parents can order copies for themselves. As soon as I have this information available to me I will post it on this website and email those that have expressed interest. Also from now on after clicking on images to enlarge them I will also be including the exposure information for those that are interested as requested by another photographer.
