Eagle Scout

My neighbor asked if I would take his picture as he needed an 8x10 to display at his court of honor.  His tuff of hair sticking up I thought about taking out, but left it in as it is just a part of him.  There was not a lot of time to spend with him as any teenager in their scout uniform isn't trilled to get their picture taken.   

Popular Sport Images

Here are some of my recent sport stock photos:

Acoustic Ipod

The other night I was looking for something new to shoot for stock and saw my son's guitar sitting in his room.  There has to be millions of stock guitar pictures so I was still looking for inspiration.  I then started surfing the stock sites and most guitar pictures were of people playing the guitar with focus on their fingers.  My son was listening to his Ipod and started think how to mix the two, then the idea hit me to have the Ipod play the quitar.  I'm not sure about it, but the end result is odd, different and unlike anything I have seen on stock sites.

To see these or any other images, click here.

MCLA Cover Shot - April 2010 Issue

I just got my copy of the April 2010 (volume 3, issue 4) of the MCLA Magazine which has one of my photos from the UVU Westminster game as the cover.   As you can see the snow was coming down pretty hard.

Also in the issue there is a half page shot with the University of Utah and Westminster again.

US Lacrosse Visa Platinum Card from U.S. Bank

My most popular lacrosse image was found in use as the background picture on US Bank's US Lacrosse affinity card.

Since I am a customer of US Bank for over 10 years (and they are one of my former employers), maybe they can cut me a break on the interest rate.   I wonder how many of there cards have been issued?

Finally a Post - Hockey, Lacrosse, Basketball

It was a slow February, but March, with warmer weather and some seasons coming to a close while other starting, brought on many games that I am finally getting around to posting. 

My neighbors have two boys in hockey and asked me to come shoot their games before the season ended. Having never shot hockey before, let alone little league, I had no idea what to expect. Needless to say I had a great time. Both games were at Steiner near the UofU. It was brighter than anticipated and I tried shooting through the glass around the rink. I was amazed I didn't lose more light through it and the angle was pretty cool. Links to the galleries are below:

http://www.haslamphotography.com/Sports/Hockey/EaglesM - The Mite Division Game

http://www.haslamphotography.com/Sports/Hockey/Eagles - The Squirt Division Game

My oldest son's basketball season ended with them winning the last two games.  Those games were played back to back in a very dark gym.  The old Nikon 50mm f/1.8 is a must for anyone shooting basketball.  I would like to try the 35mm f1/.8 DX for under the basket and the 85mm f/1.8 for the baseline/corner.  Of course a f/1.4 would be better. 

 http://www.haslamphotography.com/Sports/Basketball/RvsSE

http://www.haslamphotography.com/Sports/Basketball/RvsAT

College lacrosse has started and the UofU played Boise State and two weeks later Montana in the ever dark field house.  For the Montana game I tried using a slow shutter speed then panned a player moving.  If done right, the player being tracked is in focus while everything else is in blurred.  The best result is the one below and there are a few more in the gallery.

http://www.haslamphotography.com/Sports/Lacrosse/UUBS - Utah vs Boise State

http://www.haslamphotography.com/Sports/Lacrosse/UUvM - Utah vs Montana

Last Saturday the snow came down hard at the first outdoor lacrosse game of the season for me, Westminster vs Utah Valley.  I had fun, but the flu bug in me disagreed.  I only lasted for the first half and missed an exciting overtime victory by Westminster.

http://www.haslamphotography.com/Sports/Lacrosse/UVUvsW - Westminster vs Utah Valley

Baseball and soccer are starting along with high school lacrosse.  Hopefully I won't wait so long before posting again.