College Hoops Double Header Game 2 - American Univ vs Lafayette

So, I'm tagging along with Mitchell for Game 2 of the day....We head uptown to the campus of American University to the Bender Arena for the AU vs Lafayette game. My first time there, and its a really nice facility, except the gym is dark, like junior high school dark. Had to bump ISO to 5000-6400 to get decent images, which is certainly not a problem for the D3S to handle. All in all a fun day of shooting, without being under any pressure whatsoever....nice!

College Hoops Double Header Game 1 - Georgetown vs Notre Dame

Nikon D3, 16 2.8 Fisheye...Love that lens!

Which way's the basket?

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi enjoyed the game

Rare day for me yesterday, but fun, got to shoot two college hoops games in two different arenas...Thanks Mitchell !
Game 1, Georgetown vs Notre Dame at the Verizon Center in DC. Basically Georgetown looked horrible & got blown out

She's Out of My League

Had a fun afternoon yesterday shooting two of the stars from Paramount's new film, "She's Out of My League", Alice Eve & Krysten Ritter. The set up promo was down at GW Univ in DC, and it happened just outside the student union building where the student government elections were being held, so H Street was crammed with kids. As soon as the "Curbside Cupcakes" pink truck pulled up, the line for a free cupcake, handed to you by these two cuties wound around the corner.....Alice & Krysten joked with the college kids, and posed for pics with all the drooling frat boys...

Super Bowl XLIV - Game Day

We arrived at the stadium around 12:30 for the game and took in all the "hoopala".

Enjoy the images! You can see them full screen by clicking the bottom right "full screen" button on the slide show.

Super Bowl XLIV - Week of Game

The view from my "Office"

On Sunday, you'll see no pavement, just 1000's of fans

This logo is about 50' tall and on the beach in Ft Lauderdale

I gotta say this 1st...I'm writing this from 72+ degree sunny Ft Lauderdale, FL, while at this moment, the snow storm of the century is pounding the Washington, DC area where we live, so to all my friends & family at home, we miss you...

I look at my son David every year when we arrive in the city, which is hosting the Super Bowl and ask, how many of these have we been to? Honestly I've lost count, but I know that I've only missed one in the past 12 years or so, they all kind of blend into one, well mostly. Some are memorable for the experience, some for the game, some for the good times. People always ask, "So, who ya want to win?", and the quick answer is that it really doesn't matter to me (being a lifelong Redskin fan and knowing this dream that hasn't happened since 87'), we just wanna have fun!

I'm lucky to be here, and I know it...I'm here for two reasons, one to do my job for Adorama, which is to make sure that the professional sports shooters that I work with daily, are ready, and have the gear they need to make their job easier, and to be supportive with technical issues as best possible. The other reason is to have a blast, and make some awesome images.

My "office" for Super Bowl week is within the Photo Compound just outside the stadium, where news outlets such as Getty Images, Sports Illustrated, The Associated Press, Reuters News Pictures, European Press Agency, Maclatchey-Tribune, UPI, and more have set up work stations for their shooters & editors to transmit the images that we all see online, and in print within moments of the cameras being clicked. Canon USA is also here, with loaner gear & repairs for the accredited photographers, plus they throw a great pre-game party every year the day before the game!

During this week I'll be posting some images here so that you can have a sneek peek from behind the scenes. You may want to also follow this on Adorama's Blog too.

David has also set up a blog for the week, where he has put an Eye-Fi card in his Nikon D300S, so that each time he "tags" an image, it's transmitted & posted live to a slide show. A must see is his time lapse from driving around the stadium with the camera mounted (with the Fat Gecko) on the front of a golf cart..

Take a look, and check back here throughout the week, weeks, & beyond.