Sports Photography: Seeking Something Different
Last night I had an assignment to photograph Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes as they hosted the Sonoma State Seawolves at Coussoulis Arena. Earlier in the week, I listened to a podcast/powerpoint interview with Sports Illustrated Director of Photography Steve Fine on Fstoppers.com, courtesy of a Facebook post by friend, blogger extraordinaire, photo editor and ...
Seen and Unseen: Sometimes You Just Get Lucky
Sometimes you just don’t know what you’re going to get from a sports event. I had an assignment to shoot University of Redlands women’s basketball recently. I recall seeing this larger player, Bulldogs’ #12 forward Brittany Oster, right, trying to steal the ball from the smaller player, La Sierra University Golden Eagles’ #25 guard Natalia Hawthorne, and fired ...
Steven’s Hope: Turning Tragedy To Tribute
Recently I was assigned to photograph the Christmas party for children and their families who received assistance this year and in years past from Steven’s Hope for Children. The Upland-based non-profit, founded by Tony and Sandy Cappelli, maintains several apartments in the Loma Linda area to provide temporary housing for families of sick children who must remain close to Loma ...
Thanksgiving: Counting Our Many Blessings
On Thanksgiving I drew not one, but two assignments, to photograph community dinners. At the first, Salvation Army volunteers served meals to all who came to their annual event, and later at a church in Redlands, where a non-profit served a holiday meal to the many homeless young people they minister to and try to ...
Prep Football: Rim Scots Stomp Notre Dame Titans, 49-0
Rim of the World Fighting Scots rolled down the hill Friday night, and rolled over the Notre Dame Titans 49-0 at Riverside Community College’s Wheelock Field. The Scots held onto the ball for nearly half of the first quarter, slowly working their way down the filed and wearing down Notre Dame’s defenses. Led by the ...
Size Does Matter: Spartans 41, Knights 10
Teams with the largest and deepest rosters have invariably been victorious this season. Such was the case last night, as San Gorgonio Spartans, on a drizzly night at home, outnumbered and outscored the smaller Rialto Knights, 41-10. According to a pre-game search on MaxPreps, San Gorgonio fielded 70 players while Rialto fielded only 46. On the ...
