Photographing this event was one of the hardest sporting events I had to photograph so far. It's not so much that it was fast speed action like a race car, or a hockey puck, but more so because the trees that the runners ran under had patches of light. So at some points I had a patch of light on one runners face and not the other, or there was more light on the left side of the body and not the right. I didn't want to use the flash to fill the light in either so I wouldn't distract the runners. However the cool part about the event was I could get really close to the runners to get some awesome portrait shots and those came out fantastic.
I had a fun time photographing the district swim finals in Bradenton, FL. They had a bunch of teams show up for this event doing relays as well as diving. This was the first time I photographed a swimming sporting event but it was a blast. Sadly I did get sun-burned because I forgot to bring my sun screen. I also met a couple of other cool photographers over there and I met one of my teachers from HIGH SCHOOL ! What a SURPRISE! And she was even interested in a website development package for her class. All in all the swim meet went well. My favorite was the diving portion and freestyle which is where I snapped up this awesome shot below.
The Payne Park opening was pretty cool place to go and grab some pictures. Although it wasn't a paid gig, it felt like one. There was tons of action going on at once from multiple bands playing to a skate park, food, and other festivities. I had a hard time keeping up with the action sometimes, but in the end after I got home it was a joy to see all the photos.
I went to a car show this weekend, and brought my camera along to photography some of the cool hot-rods over there. There were a bunch of fun, nice, and interesting people at the event. I tried to do a few unique shots with the cars. The only downside was towards the last half hour or so when the sun was going down and it was difficult to capture the sparkles off the cars. You can check out some additional photos or my favorites in the portfolio section
