New Photo Gallery – Testing
I’ve recently been given a 30 day trial for a new gallery service provided by Photo Shelter. This is a great web site started and run by photographers with lots of features and a very polished look. So I thought I’d give it a try for 30 days.
One of the nice features provided by Photo Shelter is the capability to embed a slide show of selected galleries. I just uploaded a small selection of pro sports photos to test. The embedded slide show is below. Take a look and let us know what you think. Clicking on any of the images will take you directly to that image in my Photo Shelter site. You can also take a look at my main site by going HERE.
Sports – Images by Steve Ickes
Night Football – 2nd Try
If you read my previous post you would know that I am challenged by shooting high school football games at night using a flash. Challenged is a nice way of saying that I’m frustrated by it. However, I’m forging ahead and continuing to try and get it dialed in. With that said here are a few images from my evening covering the Harrisburg Cougars and Central Dauphin game. Before you take a look though I’d like to mention that I did finally get to meet the man, Chris Knight. Chris is a photographer for the Patriot News and I think he’s shooting for the Associated Press as well. Whatever the case, I’ve been following his stuff for a while now and have a great deal of respect for his work. In the short amount of time I had to speak to him, he seems like a great guy. Nice to meet you Chris. Now, the images . . .
Night Football – Aaaarrrggghhh!!
I do not like shooting high school football games under the lights. There, I admitted it. Done. Over. Moving along. Well, let me clarify . . . I actually love shooting high school football games. They’re fun, exciting, and I can usually shoot without all the sideline obstacles one normally encounters at the college-level and higher. What I don’t like is shooting high school football games at night when I HAVE to use a flash.
I freelance for Maxpreps, a high school varsity sports web site. They are an awesome company to work with but do have very specific requirements for their photographers. One of those happens to be that you must shoot with a flash. Now let me just say that proper use of flash does help create a better quality image but notice I said “proper”. Truth be told, I’m flash challenged and as such have always gone out of my way to avoid the use of that tortuous piece of camera gear.
I finally decided that after 20 years it was time to shake the flash monkey off my back. Why not? I mean, don’t we all need just a little anxiety and frustration in our lives? So, what better way to exorcise my demons than to dive head first into the deep end. I applied for a freelance position with Maxpreps, was accepted, and that brings us up to the 2008 high school football season.
I’m pretty confident that I will eventually get this all sorted out. Until then here are just a few (almost the majority) of usable shots that I was able to get from the Parkland vs Saint Joe’s Prep game last Friday. Oh, and if you happen to be at the Harrisburg vs CD East game this week, please . . . no sympathy. However, a few words of support, encouragement, or even a few peanut butter cups would be greatly appreciated.
