NC High School Basketball Championship

EQUIPMENT:

Canon 30D

70-200mm

Nikon D1H

17-35mm

PROCESS:

I went to photograph the NC High School Basketball Championships in the Dean Dome at UNC for the Carolina Peacemaker. I used the Canon 70-200mm for the game photos and fan photos. After South View defeated Grimsley I used the Nikon 17-35mm to get close up photographs of the celebration.

Tae Kwon Do

EQUIPMENT:

Canon 30D

17-40mm

70-200mm

PROCESS:

I photographed a Tae Kwon Do class for a soundslides project for photojournalism. If I could change one thing about it, I would go back and set up lights. When I first went to the academy to ask permission to shoot the light seemed just fine, with the large windows on the right of the building, so I didn't think to bring any lights. I dont know what I was thinking :-(

The Growing Place Child Care Center

EQUIPMENT:
Canon 30D
70-200mm
17-40mm

PROCESS:
After shooting at the Growing Place once before, I wanted to go back and do my feature photo story on the whole daycare. I followed around the "3's" as they call them, which is the 3-year-olds class, for a day. I wanted to get a photo illustrating what they do each day at the daycare, like recess, nap, lunch, centers, and story time.

Business Portrait

EQUIPMENT:
Nikon D1H
17-35mm
2 White Lightening Heads
1 285Q Light
1 Pink Gel
Pocket Wizzards

PROCESS:
In my photojournalism class I had an assignment to photograph someone who owns a business. It took me a while to remember this lady who owned a tanning salon. I have seen a couple of images like this one I had in mind. I liked the composition and perspective so I went with the idea and made it my own. At first I wanted to shoot with the tanning bed lights on, but the exposure would have been way too crazy. My exposure was 1/250 at f/22 and ISO 200. All my lights were turned down as low as they could go, so turning the tanning bed lights on would've been bad. The room I was in was the biggest tanning bed room (but was really small). The walls were a peachy, orange color, which is why I choose the pink gel. But anyways, I set one WL on a chair to the left of the tanning bed (pointed towards my subject). I layed the 285Q on the right side of the tanning bed edge (pointed towards my subject). The 2nd WL was laying on the floor (with the pink gel) pointing up towards the wall behind my subject. And with all that done, all I added was my subject.

Valentines Day Care

EQUIPMENT:

Canon 30D

70-200mm

17-40mm

PROCESS:

When everyone came into class on Valentine's Day we were told to go out and get some Valentine's photographs. At first I wanted to go to a florist, but the florist wouldn't let us shoot (though they let another student shoot, but whatever) and we couldn't find the other florist in Asheboro. But, it's alright because everyone else in class went to a florist. So then our next idea was to go to Asheboro High School. We called the HS but they said we couldn't take photos of any students, so that kind of defeated the purpose. So we started driving around, then I remembered a day care that was near my apartment. I was surprised the day care would let us photograph the children and the HS wouldn't. But, it was fun to photograph and I will be going back.