My personal favorites of 2009
Life: 2009 Pictures of the Year photo gallery
It’s close to the end of the year so that means year in picure gallerys. Here’ is 50 photographs from Life.
College Sports Photographers: What they’re using to catch the action
The above graph is a sample of the data collected by the College Photographer of the Year (CPOY) contest. They collected the metadata from over 600 entries in the sports action category. Shutter speed, focal length, apreture, and camera make/model were all recorded. It seemed like the Nikon D3, with a 300mm lens, shot at f/2.8 with a 1/1000 shutter speed was the most used.
I think this was an interesting way to show what and how photographers use their tools at work. But in bigger picture remember most of this doen’t matter. Most people looking at your photographs won’t care how you made the picture. They just care how that picture makes them feel.
9five Eyewear and Pedro Acevedo
I did a real quick lifestyle shoot of my friend Pedro Acevedo for his sunglass sponsor 9five. I only shot one action picture, a switch heelflip, during the short time we had. Check out some of his skating in their promo video. This gave me a chance to play around with the two Alien Bee B1600s, which came in that day.
Corcoran Cotton Festival Frog Jumping Contest
A boy tries to motivate his frog to jump during the frog jumping contest held for the 49th Annual Corcoran Cotton Festival at John Maroot Park on Saturday, Sept. 26. The festival started with a pancake breakfast and followed by a parade down Whitley Avenue. Food booths, musical entertainment and carnival games were also held at the park.
This is one of the few weekend festivals I have done this year. My editor had asked me forgo the parade that we normally cover and go to the activities afterwards. This was fine by me. I’ve never been excited by parades. Plus, this is the first frog jumping contest I’ve ever taken pictures of. It was a great time for me and for the kids. I don’t how much the frogs enjoyed it.
