Missouri forwards Keith Ramsey and Laurence Bowers walk off the court following the Tigers' 63-53 loss to the Wildcats at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan., on Feb. 27.
I think a lot of people were hoping the rematch of Missouri and Kansas State wouldn’t turn out to be as ugly as the game in Columbia on Jan. 9. If you were one of those people, you were probably pulling your hair out last night. If you want to get technical, last night’s 43 fouls were less than the 56 whistled in Columbia, but does it honestly even matter at that point? K-State had nearly three times as many free-throw attempts (34) to the Tigers’ 13. Both teams’ shooting percentages were in the toilet at under 33% for the entire game – in fact, the Wildcats managed to open the game by making 2 of 22 field goal attempts and STILL managed to be tied at the half. » Continue Reading…
Columbia resident Justin Butts smokes a cigar prior to the True/False Film Festival's annual March March parade.
It’s not every day a clown will tap you on the shoulder and ask for help buttoning his collar, but that’s what this guy did. I gladly helped, chatted for a minute, then snapped a couple photos.
I wanted to shoot something today, so I planned my evening to make sure I’d be able to catch part of the annual parade/street romp/bizzarro-fest that happens every year during Columbia’s True/False Film Festival. Film Festivals aren’t exactly my thing, and in three years I’ve never made it to a show or ventured to check out the parade. I’m glad I finally did. Clowns, dancing gorillas, brass bands, Teletubbies, and general weirdness are the perfect recipe for awesome photos. It’s almost cheating. » Continue Reading…
I enjoyed being in the studio, but didnʼt quite come away with the results I had planned for. I didnʼt have much of a problem with using the power packs, I understood the ratios and knew which lights I wanted to have more or less power. My biggest problems came with the actual positioning of the lights themselves, and getting interesting poses. My partner, Paul, seems like a really laid-back guy, so I tried to catch him in his natural state, sometimes taking photos just during conversation and when heʼd pause or glance away. He also had a harmonica and sunglasses in his backpack, which we played with as props. Heʼs really into music, but doesnʼt really know much harmonica — still, it was fun to use as a prop, and I really wish I could have gotten better lighting on some of those photos. » Continue Reading…
Great game tonight — everything that needed to happen did, with the exception of Justin Safford landing hard on his knee and barely being able to walk. Hope todays MRI isn’t as bad as the fall looked in person.
I’m still having some problems with my remote setup, and I finally figured out why. Looks like a broken pre-trigger cable, but thanks to the awesome customer service at Flash Zebra, I’ll have a replacement in just a couple days, well in advance of next Saturday’s HUGE season finale against Kansas.
Finally, it was probably the last time this year we’ll see Steve Moore, Tyler Stone, John Underwood, and Jarrett Sutton on the court at the same time. Definitely a feel-good highlight.
Chocolate covered strawberries: easy to make, delicious to eat.
After Chris and I made angel food cake for the Super Bowl last week, we had five strawberries left over. I made a chocolate sauce and dipped them and they were wonderful. The only problem was that there were only five. Solution? Buy a fresh package of strawberries and dip them all.
Wanna do it yourself? Combine and melt over very low heat:
two or three one-ounce semi-sweet baking chocolate squares (or chocolate chips)
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon butter
Stir constantly until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth. Take off the heat, and wait until the chocolate is cool enough to touch, but still melted enough to drip freely off a spoon or spatula. Dip strawberries, place onto a flat surface, and chill. Wait 15 or minutes, then eat.
Missouri swimmer Jordan Hawley competes in the 50-meter freestyle preliminary on Saturday at the Missouri Grand Prix. Hawley did not qualify for a finals heat.
U.S. National Team member Eric Shanteau comes up for a breath in the 200-meter breaststroke. Shanteau won two gold medals Saturday, in the 200-meter breaststroke, and 200-meter individual medley.
Photographing swimming has a tendency to get a little repetitive and monotonous when you’re doing it for six hours a day. If you aren’t really aware of what you’re doing, every photo you take will pretty much look like a head bobbing in and out of water. With that in mind, I took my time today to try and get something different. Now, I’m sure both of these photos have been shot before, but they aren’t something you’ll get everyday.
Now that I’ve gotten clean stock photos of pretty much every major swimmer competing, I hope to spend my final day at the pool tomorrow looking more for features and even more unique compositions.
The Boston Globe’s photo section is probably one of the best examples of excellent use of photography on the Web. The layout is well-organized, with a main Flash slider to choose from eight featured galleries, and a column layout of other photo galleries and blogs. Content is clearly labeled as being photographed by staff photographers, or from wire services. There are also links to archives of all photo galleries and multimedia stories. » Continue Reading…
Missouri swimmer Rachel Ripley, right, waits on the pool deck behind Trojan Swim Club member Keri Hehn prior to the 100-meter breaststroke championship final of the Missouri Grand Prix. Ripley placed fourth, with a time of 1:11.5.
Back to sports…for a couple days. This weekend is the fourth-annual Missouri Grand Prix, and my third year shooting the competitive meet. For the second year in a row, Michael Phelps is absent from the pool at the MU Student Recreation Complex, this time due to a snowstorm which kept him in Baltimore. Despite some spectators turning around at the door upon finding out of Phelps’ situation, attendance this year (in my entirely unofficial estimation) seems generally higher so far than last, but nowhere near what it was in 2008 – being an Olympic year, almost the entire U.S. National Team was competing along with other international stars.
I didn’t get much of a chance to shoot today because of other obligations, but expect a full photo gallery sometime later this weekend!
Steel beams rust away on a single-lane bridge over a half-frozen Hinkson Creek near Old 63.
I’m not a huge fan of the distortion that typically comes from ultra-wide angle lenses, such as the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 used for this photo, but I do like the almost symmetrical framing. I stopped down the lens a bit to get more of the background in focus, which I think definitely adds to the harsh feel of the image.
