MU Men's basketball vs. Nebraska

This was the second match-up between MU and Nebraska this season. MU lost that first game 56-51. But this match-up, on Valentines Day, left no doubt about who has become the better team. MU squashed Nebraska 70-47.

The Missourian has two stories up about the game but none of the pictures are included with those (as of the time I'm posting this). Can't say I like that but there is a "gallery" of the photos I took along with some of Jakob Berr's pics from the game (fellow Missourian shooter). If you want so see those click here.

This was the third time I've shot basketball and it was my first MU men's game. I also found out that the Missourian cameras we shoot with are a whopping 4 megapixels (the camera on my phone is a 2 megapixel). The problem is, those same cameras have a frame rate of 7 pics per second, so there is a benefit to using them.

Here are some selects:

MU Women's Basketball vs. Kansas

Second time shooting basketball, first time at Mizzou Arena. I had a good time, but my legs were stiff as a board by the end of the night. Now I'm looking forward to shooting the men's game next Saturday. You can find the game story here and the player feature story here - both have at least one of the following pics there.

Enjoy.









Let me know what you think.

Lead abatement

Shot this one today and have to say I am very pleased with the results. It is a class that primarily teaches trainees how to properly remove lead contaminated paint. While toning these I thought this story would be very cool if published in black and white, but that will never happen. O well, maybe I'll post some bw's up later.









Gotta love the hazmat look.

Basketball

I try not to go into assignments blindly. This upcoming Saturday I am shooting women's MU basketball and having never shot basketball before I decided some practice was in order. Fortunately, the opportunity presented itself with a Hickman vs. Ozark game Tuesday, February 3. I apparently need to get tighter shots, but I was happy with my first time results.

This one ran in the paper and online (the crop is a little different but I prefer this):


This is a select:

A lot going on

Missourian staff photo assignments are in full swing as well as other classes. I set my schedule up this semester to be photo-friendly for myself, but it leaves me with 5 classes Mondays/Wednesday and 4 on Friday. That said, I have Tuesday/Thursday "off," but actually have my Missourian shifts on those days. But I'm liking the schedule, it almost seems as if I'm just working Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Enough talk though. For my Electronic Photojournalism class I am building a website. It is in the beginning stages but take a look and let me know what you think.

These pictures were taken during Missourian shifts:

Trying to make the public library interesting:




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My first time shooting gymnastics. It was fun, but certainly need to bump the ISO up to 6400 or dare I say 128000 next time... we'll see. A flash would be perfect for gymnastics -you know where they will be and when they'll be there - too bad they don't allow it.