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Tachi Palace Fights 7 Deck The Halls
Here are pictures from TPF 7 Deck the Halls held at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino. For more images from the mixed martial arts event check out the galleries.
Results of TFP 7:
| 1 | Nik Fekete | Chris Bostick | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 4:06 |
| 2 | Jimmy Ambriz | Mike Guidry | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 4:29 |
| 3 | Tony Llamas | Sergio Quinones | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 2:03 |
| 4 | Tommy Vargas | Martin Sandoval | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 5 | Jay Silva | Jaime Jara | KO (Punches) | 1 | 0:33 |
| 6 | Seth Baczynski | Tim McKenzie | KO (Punches and Elbows) | 1 | 2:15 |
| 7 | John Alessio | Phil Collins | TKO (Punches) | 3 | 0:35 |
| 8 | Micah Miller | Isaac DeJesus | Submission (Neck Crank) | 1 | 4:11 |
| 9 | Jussier da Silva | Danny Martinez | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 10 | Jorge Oliveira | James Irvin | Submission (Triangle Armbar) | 1 | 1:33 |
World AIDS Day Portrait
Mardi Wheeler has lived with AIDS since1992. And she has been educating people about the disease ever since.
Please educate and protect yourself and others World AIDS Campaign
Child Care Delopment Center Panorama
Above is my second attempt at making a 360 degree spherical panorama while on assignment. Due to logistical constraints I wasn’t able to bring my tripod and Nodal Ninja panoramic head. So I decide to do it handheld.
In order to do this I had to build myself a philopod. A piece of String, a pen and a rubber band attached to my Sigma 8mm circular fisheye lens was all I used. Funny how things that add up to less than 50 cent was used to make my $1000 plus Nikon camera work how I want it to.
I ended up shooting at three different locations in the room above. Shooting multiple times at each location. This probably only my second or third time trying this and first at an assigment so I figured I’d rather be safe than sorry. And I was glad I did. Only one of the sequences was able to stitch smoothly in PTGui. I also think it would have helped if I remembered to shoot the scenes with pitch variations.
Next time around I think I’ll use a heavier weight at the end of the string, rather than a pen. Maybe I’ll also have more practice with making a handheld 360 panorama.
For all you panoramist out there any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Hanford Medical Pavillion’s CT Scanner
This is my first try at a spherical 360 degree panorama. It was taken at the Hanford Medical Pavillion’s new Aquilion 64-slice CT Scanner room. John Harrignton, left, was the first patient to use the CT scanner with the help of Rose Ortega, right, a CT technologist. So click and drag around the image to see a view of the whole room and let me know what you think. Also, check out the Hanford Sentinel to read more.
Sierra Pacific vs Minarets Volleyball Playoff
Sierra Pacific High School made its first postseason and its first playoff appearance in the school’s athletic history. The school, which has only been opened for two years, defeated Minarets (O’neals) in five sets 25-27, 28-30, 25-20, 25-18, 15-11 to advance in the Central Section Division five playoffs. Read more in the Hanford Sentinel
iPad Photoshoot
iPad Photoshoot from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.
Photographer Jesse Rosten uses the iPad as a light source and made a behind the scenes video.
“Eventually, it dawned on me that, given the right context, the iPad screen is actually pretty bright. I know that for a fact because I measured it with my light meter (1/60, f1.4 at ISO800 from about 1.5 feet). You know once the light meter has come out of the bag, there’s no going back. Naturally, we needed to do a photoshoot using iPads as the light source.”— Jesse Rosten
Doesn’t seem like its very cost effective but a cool project none the less.
Slip and Slide in Lemoore
Jayden Williams, 8, right, and Ethan Powers, 9, slide down a wet tarp at Lions Park during the last of the Lemoore Recreation Depart's Summer Day Camp.
Maria Sanchez sprays Amanda Jones with water during the last of the Lemoore Recreation Depart's Summer Day Camp on Thursday at Lions Park. The campers were treated to a slip and slide down one of the park's embankments.
Children attending the last day of Lemoore Recreation Departments Summer Day Camp on Thursday were treated to a slip and slide down one of the embankments at Lions Park.
Summer fun came to the children attending the last day Lemoore Recreation Department’s summer day camp in the form of a wet giant blue tarp.
About Apolinar Fonseca
Hello. I am a California based photographer. I have been working as a photojournalist for over 15 years now, and love everything about it.