Sorry

I realized that I have not posted anything on this site for a while now, and I apologize. School has been kicking my ass lately, so my blog has gone askew. I promise I will post more this weekend. Michael Rubenstein brought up a good point and asked for more non-sports photography. This I will try harder to do as well. It seems like all I'm assigned to these days is sports, so I have an abundance of sports photography. I will work on posting a wider variety of images. Once I get my car here on campus, I am free to go around Dallas. But in the mean time I'm stuck to SMU and the immediate surrounding area. All of my sort of "artistic" black-and-white pictures can be found at http://www.angelfire.com/film/jasphotography/index.html There you will find a wider assortment of images. I don't post them on this blog because I don't think they really fall into the "PJ" category. Also note that those images span my entire photographing career from about 7th grade onward. Please excuse any technical errors you may find in the photographs... I was a little middle-schooler trying to learn. I think I have rambled on enough. Let me know what you guys think...

Another Loss

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LA Tech's Jerron Wishom (No.24, left) prevents SMU's Bobby Chase (No.82, right) from receiving a touchdown pass at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park on Saturday October 16, 2004. SMU lost the game 41-10.

Another weekend, another football game, another loss for SMU :-( This is one of the images I got from the game this weekend. Lighting was kind of crappy. The game started at 5pm instead of 7pm so it could be broadcasted on TV. That meant that half the field was in the sun and half of it was in the shade. It made for interesting metering. I think this picture turned out ok. I don't know how sharp it is though. My football pictures always seem to come out a little unclear. Im not sure why. As always, Im open to any suggestions on how to make the picture better...

Shocking

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Lightning strikes over Fenton, Missouri on July 6, 2004. This storm was part of a larger chain of storms that hit the St. Louis area that night.

I thought I would share this picture because it was the first time I was ever successful at capturing lightning. I was bored one night last summer so my friend and I went out to get pictures of the storms rolling over St. Louis. I used my Canon Powershot A80 and a cheap tripod I got at Wal Mart. I figured it was my first time and it wasn't worth burning 10 rolls of film so I used my mini digital camera and took about 150 pictures. Only about 9 of them actually captured some lightning.

Ill admit, there isn't much going on in the foreground (just trees and one building) but I like the lightning pattern and I was just happy to get anything. My goal now is to get some shots with the Dallas or St. Louis skyline in the picture. I just have to get lucky now and have a storm roll over Dallas during the late evening or at night with a high amount of lightning... Ill keep my fingers crossed.

Texas State Fair

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Mikaelyn Frost gets ready to ride the swings at the Texas State Fair in Dallas on Sunday October 3, 2004. The fair was well attended despite inclement weather.

I went to the Texas State Fair last week, not to shoot for the paper, but to try and build my portfolio. I was a bit disappointed with the conditions. It was beyond overcast, so the lighting was beyond bad. To make matters worse, it started to rain. What did I learn? I learned things usually don't go your way, so make the best of it... I also failed to realize all the indoor shows that were going on. This is probably the only "ok" shot I got. I will return to the fair next week prepared and hopefully with some good weather...

Down We Go...

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Four SMU students succeed in tearing down the South goal post at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas on September 25, 2004. After police deterred students from tearing down the north goal post, they turned around and proceeded to the slightly guarded South goal post.

This was fun. Of course, the police protected the north goal post (the one closest to the student section) and only put 4 cops on the south post. I think you can figure out the rest by looking at the picture. I was standing at the north post waiting for somebody to actually tear it down, but nothing happened. Then, all I heard was "OTHER GOAL POST!!!" I think everyone was thinking the exact same thing and I proceeded to sprint across the field and got pictures like this one. There is some blurring of the guy on the left's hand, and it would be nice to cut out the guy in the bottom left corner. I just liked the school spirit in this pic.

That's Right, SMU Won

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Justin Boren (#79) displays his pony ears and shows his excitement for SMU's 36-13 victory over San Jose State. The victory marked an end to the Mustang's 15-game losing streak.

Ok, I lied in my last post. Im posting 2 more pictures of the SMU vs. San Jose State game. I might as well, they will be rotting away on my computer if I don't. The guy in this picture made it easy to take his picture. He was doing this for about 2 minutes straight. I guess he was glad SMU actually won a game. I was glad... it took long enough. But I've digressed. The one thing I wish I could have changed in this picture was my depth of field. I wish I could have gotten the scoreboard and the score more in focus. I think it would have added a nice touch and let the viewer know why Justin is so excited without even looking at the caption. But hey, hindsight is 20/20, you get what you get...

Watch Dog

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A member of the CSC Event Staff stands guard at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas on September 25, 2004. CSC was among 5 different groups, including 4 Police municipalities, that tried to prevent students from rushing the field after SMU beat San Jose State, ending their 15 game losing streak.

This is another image from the SMU vs. San Jose State game. I promise its the last one, but I got so many shots after the game. In fact, I always look forward to the end of the game because more happens then than during the actual game. Review of the last 2 home games: First game vs. Texas Tech there was a fight started by the SMU coach. Second game vs. San Jose St., we actually won and students rushed the field, tore down the goal post and injured a fellow student in the process. It was chaos, but I got better images after the game that I did during it. As always leave some feedback.

Inches...

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SMU Quarterback Tony Eckert (no. 4) scores by inches against San Jose St. Saturday September 25, 2004 at Gerald JI Ford Stadium iI Dallas. The SMU Mustangs went on to win the game 36-13.

Yes, another football picture. I thought this one was good because it was one of the few pictures where I actually got a bunch of action in the shot. With the small 80-200mm lens that I get, its sort of hard to really fill the frame with action. Luckily SMU was actually scoring (something they don't do often) and I was able to plant myself right at the end zone. Oh how I yearn for a nice 400mm... I would even settle for a 300mm. Someday....

Quite a Hoot

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Pierre Bradshaw, a falconer with On the Wing Again, displays a barn owl to students on the steps of Dallas Hall at Southern Methodist University in Dallas on September 6, 2004.

This is one of my personal favorites. I was actually not looking forward to attending this event. It was the medieval Club's Falconry exhibit and that equals "boring" in my mind. I did have to sit through 35 minutes of "the history of medieval falconry" and "medieval word analogies" before he pulled out the damn birds. But this goes to show me that there is always a good shot waiting to happen anywhere. The sun was setting behind the bird so it gave nice illumination to it's wings. Im almost positive this one will go in the portfolio. Would you say its portfolio worthy??