So Drew Neiztel has the flu and is visibly sick. He didn’t start, yet jumped in after only a minute of first half play, caughing and feverish.
Can Michigan capitalize?!
My guess is not.
PS: Crisler is so under-lit that you can see the color noise in ESPN’s HD broadcast. High Def! And its showing high-ISO noise!
The third installment of my mini-series photo story on the Michigan Marching Band has been finished and is now published online. Please watch Part 1 and Part 2 first if you haven’t done so already, and then check out the new episode!
I sent my Mark II body and 16-35mm lens off to Canon Pro Service for some maintenance and cleaning, so in exchange, CPS was nice enough to loan me a 5D body and replacement 16-35mm lens while my gear is in the shop.
The FedEx package came with everything bundled in a cheezy Canon-branded camera bag. No shoulder straps, so I think i’ll stick to my own shooting bags.
First impression of the 5D is its weight. The sucker is at least twice as heavy as my 20D. And it looks just a big chunkier too. Still, the 5D is designed like the 20D so I had no trouble with its almost exactly same button arrangement and menu system.
One plus is the much more generous LCD screen, and of course as soon as you peer into the viewfinder, especially with the wide-angle on, the view is spectacular—full frame is the shit.
Thats it for now. I’ll post some comparison pictures once I get a chance to shoot with the 5D.
The second installment of my mini-series photo story on the Michigan Marching Band has been finished and is now published online.Please watch Part 1 first if you haven’t done so already, and then check out the new Part 2.
I shot an assignment this this week for AP on the story about Michigan’s court ruling on same sex benefits for public state employees, namely universities. I was sent to the home of this couple in Ypsi who had 4 adopted boys, all of whom were adorable and very hyper. Going into the assignment, I knew I didn’t want to setup a portrait with the family. Anything posed would’ve been too contrived, and especially for this topic, I felt it important to capture moments that showed how loving and positive this family was—thus extending the writer’s theme (nice he sent me the copy before hand) that a cut to the gay-couple’s health benefits because of the state’s stance on gay marriage would have profound consequences to the welfare of families.
Like any large family, these guys’ home centered around their farmhouse kitchen, so I just suggested that they go about their normal late afternoon activities, so I can catch some good candid shots. Problem was, these boys were extremely curious about me, my camera, and loved to stare and beam their semi-toothy grins, all the while pleading for me to “take my picture! take my picture!”
My solution? I just sat there, holding the camera body to the side, and waited. Little kids are like puppies in that they constantly desire attention, but they also have extremely short attention spans, so after about 10 mins of minimal interaction, they simply forgot about you. That’s when you can quickly snap a few frames of the true candid expressions. Moments that I was very satisfied with as in this picture that I transmitted to AP.