Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Never Enough Time
Well, most of the people who read this thing probably already know... but I have a photo in the MSNBC 2008 Year in Pictures slide show. It's the second time I've had a photo end up this collection of images. The last time was in 2006 with my photo of a ladybug crawling across a fence.
Anyway, feel free to go vote for your favorite picture. And like I told my KSU photo folks... my picture really can't stand up to some of the major history that happened this year like Obama, Michael Phelps, the war.. but it's cool to be included next to some historic moments.
I'll leave you with something kind of funny I over heard tonight at a soccer game. I almost said something, but then thought I better not.
The Terrebonne soccer team was bringing the ball down the field and were close to the goal. They were passing back and fourth trying to set up a shot to score. And the Ref blew the whistle and signaled that it was halftime.
A lady in the stands started yelling "We were about to shoot the ball! How can you call halftime when we're about to shoot?"
At first I thought she was just trying to be silly. But she kept yelling at the ref as he walked off the field. "OH Come on sir! What were you thinking?" She yelled a few other phrases, then started complaining to the people around her about how stupid it was for the ref to stop the game.
Really? Welcome to sports lady.
I looked at some fans from the other team and gave them one of those "can you believe that psycho?" look.
So here's a shot from the game tonight. A really nice fog came through and made for some fun pictures. I was really hoping some nice action would happen right in front of me, but no luck. So you get a ref just standing there in his yellow shirt.
Anyway, feel free to go vote for your favorite picture. And like I told my KSU photo folks... my picture really can't stand up to some of the major history that happened this year like Obama, Michael Phelps, the war.. but it's cool to be included next to some historic moments.
I'll leave you with something kind of funny I over heard tonight at a soccer game. I almost said something, but then thought I better not.
The Terrebonne soccer team was bringing the ball down the field and were close to the goal. They were passing back and fourth trying to set up a shot to score. And the Ref blew the whistle and signaled that it was halftime.
A lady in the stands started yelling "We were about to shoot the ball! How can you call halftime when we're about to shoot?"
At first I thought she was just trying to be silly. But she kept yelling at the ref as he walked off the field. "OH Come on sir! What were you thinking?" She yelled a few other phrases, then started complaining to the people around her about how stupid it was for the ref to stop the game.
Really? Welcome to sports lady.
I looked at some fans from the other team and gave them one of those "can you believe that psycho?" look.
So here's a shot from the game tonight. A really nice fog came through and made for some fun pictures. I was really hoping some nice action would happen right in front of me, but no luck. So you get a ref just standing there in his yellow shirt.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Tonights menu...
And they have some cookies too.
Nice
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Dinner domain and range
a hospitality room. It's HLB's early season tournament.
So I'm enjoying some spaghetti made by the cooking class in the
algebra room before the HLB game.
And I'm shooting this tourney every night this week. And that's not by
chance ether.
Monday, December 08, 2008
Remote
Tonight was the first of two games between Terrebonne and Ellender high. This match is usually a huge, standing room only type game. So I wanted to do it up big and set up a remote camera somewhere.
I wanted to put one on the backboard, but there's still some things I need to figure out before I can do that.
So I put one against the wall pointing into a section of the crowd that usually gets pretty crazy. So I was able to stand on the floor and shoot the game... and have a button in my pocket that fired the camera on the wall.
But for whatever reason, this game was a bummer when it comes to crowd size. And the group of dudes that usually get out of control, just sat there all game.
see....
Now imagine how awesome this could have been if they stood up, threw their hands in the air and yelled and jumped and hugged and high-fived. But nope, they just sat there.
But I was happy that the remote worked and the camera battery lasted the entire game. So in my mind, this experiment was a success.
And you know I had to take some shots of me. I think that's a requirement for setting up remote cameras... you have to take a picture of yourself just for fun.
Enjoy what could have been! (and none of those nacho trays you see are mine... I only had two bucks and their Nachos were $2.50)
I wanted to put one on the backboard, but there's still some things I need to figure out before I can do that.
So I put one against the wall pointing into a section of the crowd that usually gets pretty crazy. So I was able to stand on the floor and shoot the game... and have a button in my pocket that fired the camera on the wall.
But for whatever reason, this game was a bummer when it comes to crowd size. And the group of dudes that usually get out of control, just sat there all game.
see....
Now imagine how awesome this could have been if they stood up, threw their hands in the air and yelled and jumped and hugged and high-fived. But nope, they just sat there.But I was happy that the remote worked and the camera battery lasted the entire game. So in my mind, this experiment was a success.
And you know I had to take some shots of me. I think that's a requirement for setting up remote cameras... you have to take a picture of yourself just for fun.
Enjoy what could have been! (and none of those nacho trays you see are mine... I only had two bucks and their Nachos were $2.50)
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Stupid Ducks
The main reason for this post is to get my mind off that KSU loss to Oregon. I was able to watch it and got so frustrated I needed to do something to get my mind away from basketball.
So I looked through my photos from the Saints game today. In no particular order here are a few of my favorites from the Saints' 29-25 win over Atlanta this afternoon at the Dome.
So I looked through my photos from the Saints game today. In no particular order here are a few of my favorites from the Saints' 29-25 win over Atlanta this afternoon at the Dome.
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Welcome to Basketball Season
I just thought this was cool. I'm sure I got some weird looks standing in the lane to get this angle on the rack of balls.... but hey, they didn't have any half-time entertainment so somebody had to do something right?
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Crazy Two Days
Before I get into this post... let me start off by saying that this isn't a complaint or anything. It's just Monday and Tuesday have been really busy. The other two photographers have been on vacation, leaving me to be the only shooter between the two papers. And I've done quite a bit in these 48 hours.
Lets Start on Monday... And keep in mind that these are just the assignments. I've also been archiving like crazy and other odds and ends around the office.
9:45 am: I get a call saying U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon will be at the Senior Citizens hang out in Thibodaux at 10:30.
10:30 am: Arrive at Senior Citizens hang out and get an easy picture of the Congressman chatting.
12:30 pm: During a lunch of Shells and Cheese, I get a call saying the Gustav and Ike book arrived... so I spend first part of afternoon burning DVD's and looking at the AWESOME book.
4:00 pm: Go to the YMCA and shoot the employees cleaning up... they plan to open on Monday. They've been closed since the storms.
6:30 pm: Drive to H.L. Bourgeois High School and catch the second half of a lousy girls basketball game. I don't shoot it, I just set up my lights and eat a thing of nachos.
7:15: pm: The boys game starts. It's a great game. Huge dunks, fast breaks, it was a back and fourth game. HLB ended up losing by 5. And just FYI... when my parents came to a game a few years back, they sat right under that giant green S on the left side of the frame.
8:15 pm: Get called from the game to go shoot a wreck on Bayou Blue road. Turns out nothing happened. And I miss an amazing finish to the game. Oh well.
11:00 pm: Finally get home after working up all my photos. I have a bowl of Lucky Charms (Ok, I have two bowls) And I hit the sack.
3:30 am: Please see previous post
Ok... Now lets do Tuesday.
10:30 am: Drive to Schriever to photograph a family and their dog for a story we're doing on the Louisiana State Dog... The Catahoula. This is Zeke, a very hyper puppy.
12:00 pm: Drive to Dulac to hang out at Grand Caillou Elementary School. They opened up for the first time since Gustav this week. The kids are finally back at their own school. Here they're standing in line to get a snack during recess. After this I told the reporter that I think adults should have recess too.
2:00 pm: Drive through a neighborhood on the way back up the bayou to find someone working to raise a house for a flood map story. This guy was working on a wheel chair ramp outside a house he raised. Close enough.
3:00 pm: Go home for a Lunchables lunch and do a little work on my website (and, again, see previous blog post)
4:15 pm: Drive to Thibodaux to shoot girls soccer. Terrebonne beat E.D. White 6-0. Or, I should probably say... #4 beat E.D. White 6-0. Yep, this chick scored all 6 goals. That's just stupid.
6:30 pm: Drive to Gray to shoot another family who owns a Louisiana State Dog. This is Spike. I think I've decided that this will by my next dog. They were awesome dogs. Very smart. They're a little big for where I'm living now though.
7:30 pm: Drive back to Thibodaux and hang out with the Thibodaux Volunteer Fire Co. #1 at Bubba's 2 Bar and Grill. The fire company celebrated 150 years in service. They had some really good gumbo to eat... I had two bowls.
Here's a quick rundown.
2-Days of work
9-assignments
20.5-hours worked
200+ - Miles driven
about 600 - Pictures taken (give or take a few because I deleted some after downloading)
Now it's about 11:00 pm and I'm exhausted. But I've made some pretty awesome photos... even though I wasn't able to spend near as much time as I wanted with each assignment. But such is the life of a small daily newspaper photographer.
Lets Start on Monday... And keep in mind that these are just the assignments. I've also been archiving like crazy and other odds and ends around the office.
9:45 am: I get a call saying U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon will be at the Senior Citizens hang out in Thibodaux at 10:30.
10:30 am: Arrive at Senior Citizens hang out and get an easy picture of the Congressman chatting.
12:30 pm: During a lunch of Shells and Cheese, I get a call saying the Gustav and Ike book arrived... so I spend first part of afternoon burning DVD's and looking at the AWESOME book.
4:00 pm: Go to the YMCA and shoot the employees cleaning up... they plan to open on Monday. They've been closed since the storms.
6:30 pm: Drive to H.L. Bourgeois High School and catch the second half of a lousy girls basketball game. I don't shoot it, I just set up my lights and eat a thing of nachos.
7:15: pm: The boys game starts. It's a great game. Huge dunks, fast breaks, it was a back and fourth game. HLB ended up losing by 5. And just FYI... when my parents came to a game a few years back, they sat right under that giant green S on the left side of the frame.
8:15 pm: Get called from the game to go shoot a wreck on Bayou Blue road. Turns out nothing happened. And I miss an amazing finish to the game. Oh well.
11:00 pm: Finally get home after working up all my photos. I have a bowl of Lucky Charms (Ok, I have two bowls) And I hit the sack.
3:30 am: Please see previous post
Ok... Now lets do Tuesday.
10:30 am: Drive to Schriever to photograph a family and their dog for a story we're doing on the Louisiana State Dog... The Catahoula. This is Zeke, a very hyper puppy.
12:00 pm: Drive to Dulac to hang out at Grand Caillou Elementary School. They opened up for the first time since Gustav this week. The kids are finally back at their own school. Here they're standing in line to get a snack during recess. After this I told the reporter that I think adults should have recess too.
2:00 pm: Drive through a neighborhood on the way back up the bayou to find someone working to raise a house for a flood map story. This guy was working on a wheel chair ramp outside a house he raised. Close enough.
3:00 pm: Go home for a Lunchables lunch and do a little work on my website (and, again, see previous blog post)
4:15 pm: Drive to Thibodaux to shoot girls soccer. Terrebonne beat E.D. White 6-0. Or, I should probably say... #4 beat E.D. White 6-0. Yep, this chick scored all 6 goals. That's just stupid.
6:30 pm: Drive to Gray to shoot another family who owns a Louisiana State Dog. This is Spike. I think I've decided that this will by my next dog. They were awesome dogs. Very smart. They're a little big for where I'm living now though.
7:30 pm: Drive back to Thibodaux and hang out with the Thibodaux Volunteer Fire Co. #1 at Bubba's 2 Bar and Grill. The fire company celebrated 150 years in service. They had some really good gumbo to eat... I had two bowls.
Here's a quick rundown.
2-Days of work
9-assignments
20.5-hours worked
200+ - Miles driven
about 600 - Pictures taken (give or take a few because I deleted some after downloading)
Now it's about 11:00 pm and I'm exhausted. But I've made some pretty awesome photos... even though I wasn't able to spend near as much time as I wanted with each assignment. But such is the life of a small daily newspaper photographer.
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