Utah State Capitol Building

Quick shot I got of the Utah State Capitol Building here in Salt Lake City.
[f/2.8, 1/5 sec, 17mm, ISO 400, no tripod)

There's No Place Like Home.

"There's no place like home. There's no place like home..."

We went over to the Beta house (Dan and Nate's frat) and smoked some hookah (its only tobacco folks). Grabbed this shot of Nikhil blowing a ring. Leave for home tomorrow. Surprise in store for the flight blog home.

Thanks for reading.

-Tim

Stomped it out.

This weekend I was up shooting the Stomp Games, an event up at Schweitzer hosting a rail jam, a slopestyle event, and a ridercross event. Saturday's weather put a damper on the riders' ability to throw down, thus making it a little difficult to get shots. The rail jam on Friday was another story. Crazy disaster cork 5's and disaster rodeo 3's were goin' down, making it a sick show.



I've got more shots, so email me [timsorenson@gmail.com] if you're interested.

After the slopestyle Saturday, we went to Luke's condo for a bit, where I grabbed this one of Jasper.

I got to hike the entire slopestyle course Sunday; lucky me. I did manage to post up at the cannon-box to get a good angle on Evan's run.


Drove down Sunday night to Salt Lake City with the Maus brothers, and I'll be home Thursday. Look for pics in the next few days.

Thanks,
- Tim

Shock Therapy

Last night Nik and I got to shoot the Spokane Shock's first preseason game. We're doing a story on a Shock dancer that attends NIC, so we were able to get field-side to get in on the action. Dan Couillard (Blog) (MySpace) let me borrow his 40D and 16-35 so I could be strapped with a wide body and a tele body (Thanks again Dan). My new 17-35 didn't get to get used last night, but in good time.

**Shooting the Stomp Games up at Schweitzer this weekend, so let me know if you'll be riding** and I'll pay extra attention. Photo rates are cheap; just get in touch with me and we'll work something out - timsorenson@gmail.com

Here's a few of my favorites from the Shock game last night.



It was a great game, and the Shock won 35-28, against Arkansas. Shooting a Jazz concert tonight, look for photos later. Thanks for reading.

-Tim

On the 14th day, he rose again.

Not comparing myself to God with the blog title, but I'm finally at about 95% recovered from probably the most miserable sickness I've come across. Mix congestion, sore throat, nausea and all-over body aches together and multiply it by thirty, and you'll be somewhere near the point I was at. Anyway, enough complaining. Yesterday, I picked up the Sigma 17-35 f/2.8-4.

iPhone shot of the new edition to the family. Finally a good wide and a good tele in the bag.


I dug up this photo from our trip to Tahoe. Group shot at Paradise Summit, Nevada.


NIC also hosted both the men's and women's NJCAA Region 18 Basketball Tournament. The Cardinal men didn't make it to the championship, unfortunately, but it was a great run. Nik and I covered the entire weekend, and here's a shot I got of the NIC bench in the final minutes of their loss against Eastern Utah.


On the other hand, the Lady Cards' proved victorious, and won the Region 18 tournament. It was truely a nail biting game, and the girls came back from a 19 point defecit to beat CSI. Fortunately, I got a shot worthy of Jake's front-page dominant photo mindset. (Long story inside the news room.)


This issue was the one taken to NYC for the college media convention. I just got off the phone with Scott Fink, our news editor, and was informed that we took Best in Show (1st Place) for 2-year papers.

Although I haven't posted in the last two weeks, I have been doing a ton of work with photos. I took some product shots for Local 77, and here's a little series I put together for the DC Siloh Boot.


Anyway, big stuff going on this week. Surprises are fun though, so I won't tell you exactly what's in store. Stay tuned to the blog and you'll find out soon enough.

Thanks for reading, and I promise I won't get on another two-week dryspell.

-Super Pterry

He asked for it.

Glenn requested to see something wide; something to see where we are [in Tahoe]. I thought at the same time that I'd like to test the iPhone's panoramic capabilities. I think you'll be impressed.


Stepped off the back porch for this one. It's snowing more and more here in Tahoe, and it might keep us here longer than expected.

Today was a great day. We went to Northstar, and although it was a bit wet today, we had a ton of fun. We hit up the famous Northstar stash, and if I say anything more about it I could ruin it, so you'll have to discover it yourself if you're lucky enough. Hands down the greatest rhythm I've ever felt, even more than Elvis, the Beegees or Marvin Gaye.

We got home and dried off and watched a movie, recovered from the awe of Northstar and thoughts of our next Tahoe trip bounced back and forth through our minds.

On a lot of internet browsing in my off time I've learned a tweak or two with lighting. Tonight I tried getting some more flash-style light with a softer dispursement. Try figuring out what this is, and how I shot it. You'll be amazed.


Ok ready for the secret? Here it is. 20 second exposure to start it off. Flashlight as a light source. 31mm focal length. F/11 with an ISO at 100.

I had the tripod Gabe lent me set up shooting downward on my wide-angle filter for the 18-55 on the carpet. The texture of the carpet was cool, so I thought it would be cool to illuminate it with a flashlight, to bring a softer approach to things, rather than a harsh, blow-it-in-your-face flash. I rolled the flashlight along the carpet in a circular path around the lens filter to silouhette and then elevated the light for another pass to get the depth of the lens filter. I really like what it produced.

On a family-styled note, I remember pictures of my dad in California when he was my age; the poloroid-style, warm, California-style beach shot. Here's mine from Lake Tahoe.


Final closing note [for now at least]: No clue as to what lays ahead for our route home, but here's a self port I took at 3:20 this morning of me 'thinking' about it.


- From Tahoe with Love,
Tim

Tahoe Photo Ideas

Tahoe is unbelieveable, and unfortunatlely the weather today didn't cooperate with photos, so I had to bring the shooting indoors. The rain in today's forecast put a damper on activities, but we did get to Bowl Incline to toss some balls down a lane. iPhone managed to grab a shot. Nothing really clicked photo-wise at the alley.

After we got back from Bowl Incline, we sat down, ate a pizza and watched some t.v., when I got the idea for a flash light shot. Let me know what you think.

I got another one of Calin. Some weird things popped out in these photos. Try to find hidden features.


So much here is what I want. It seems like home, and I can't even explain why. Next trip: Boulder. We need to weigh our options. On the agenda tomorrow? Northstar snowboarding. Look for photos tomorrow night.

"Thanks for reading everyone." - [Tim Sorenson]