Archive for May, 2007
In-the-goal netcam shot
Sun May 6th - 1:17am
I've mentioned before that the one killer football shot I'm still waiting to get is a netcam shot of a goal with the camera actually inside the goal. I don't think I'm ready to cross it off the list just yet, but I got close today.
This isn't a brilliant shot but it does have a few things going for it, especially the way the penalty-taker is framed by the goalie. Hopefully, if nothing else, it will help to raise the bar of what the local papers demand of their sports shooters. Nobody else around here is trying anything like this, and they really should be.
After considering the various clamps and protective case options, I'd decided that the only safe way to do this shot was to lie down at the side of the goal and poke the lens through the net, then get the hell out of the way if either the ball or the goalie came in my direction. So that's exactly what I did. Got the shot, nobody got hurt, no gear broken. Result!
Soroptimist cheque presentation
Sun May 6th - 12:59am
This is one of those situations when all you can do is shake your head in bewilderment. We spent about 15 minutes getting this group shot set-up and lit correctly, and then the paper went and cropped it badly. Here's how I shot it. I have no idea why the paper cropped out the woman on the left, which had the knock-on effect of making the whole picture appear lopsided.
