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]

First day in Tahoe: Riding Boreal

Got up this morning after a long drive yesterday and hit up Boreal, a sick, smaller mountain with a great variety of features. The trip has been amazing so far, and Tahoe is definitely my future home. Everyone here is so chill and laid back, it's like Nelson, but the U.S. version.

Here are a few shots I snapped today at Boreal. Tomorrow's agenda: Northstar. Tonight's agenda: No clue yet.

Shea with a switch 50, back 1 out.

Shea and Calin on the lift above the park at Boreal.

Look for more pics and stories soon.

Thanks,

- Tim

From the road.

The alarms woke us at 5 and of course we don't hit the road until 6:30. Things are going great so far, and we seem to be getting a lot of funny looks. Maybe you could tell me why.


I've been taking a lot of photos this trip, and plenty more to come. Stay tuned.

- T. Sorenson

[Recurring] Memories of Nelson

Just running through Lightroom and found a photo that I wanted to throw a vintage feel on. Here she is; let me know what you think.


Here's the camera settings. I think posting this will help me become more aware of my settings.

Thanks for reading. Now it's time to clean the car out for the trip. What an undertaking.

-T.Sorenson

Buttermilking.

Today only, IHOPs around the country are offering free pancakes with the suggestion of a donation to the Children's Miracle Network. The money stays locally and benefits children in Coeur d'Alene, based on the information provided by the IHOP employee that handed us the brochure.

Here's a shot I snapped on the iPhone of my free, delectable pancakes.

Kirk Mastin has inspired my iPhone photo intrigue. Thanks Kirk.

What's next?

A lot has been going on getting for our trip next week. We'll be heading Thursday morning to San Diego, where the National College Media Convention is being held. On our way down, Shea, Zack, Calin and I are going to stop in Tahoe for a few days, drive down to San Diego and then come back through Vegas and SLC making it an epic trip to say the least. I'll have my travel kit (battery chargers for laptop, iPhone and both of my cameras) so look for posts as our journey unfolds.

On Thursday I headed up and got some shots of Dash at Schweitzer. Here are a few shots I snapped.


After some riding, we headed to Thor's and got some pizza. Check out Thor's if you haven't already, you won't be disappointed. Best pizza this side of the Mississippi.

I've been shooting a lot lately, and it gets more and more fun everytime. I shot this one at the NIC Men's Basketball game against CNCC. Great game, and my sports shoot with the new lens. I'm loving it.


The newest issue of the Sentinel came out on Tuesday, and I was fortunate enough to get a front page shot (look familiar?) and a shot I got of Andrew Draper (even though it ran b&w) turned out great on the Life Sports page.



This was a great issue. NIC doesn't appreciate Jake Donahue (our managine editor at Sentinel) as much as they need to. Our entire staff works together to make our paper #1. Great design work on this one Jake, and nothing gets me more stoked than the way this issue came together with everyone's help.

iPhone back online.

Got the iPhone back up and blogging again from my phone is wonderful.

Unfortunate news hit us last night as we came up the stairs in our apartment building. About three stairs up the final flight of stairs in our stairway, Zack turned around with a gross look on his face. Come to find out someone threw up in the window platform just atop the 3rd floor stairwell.

After a call to the property management company, there was a weak effort by the on-site manager to make the hallway sustainable so now we have to walk around in masks with air freshener pieces in them.


(Quick shot with the iPhone)

Tips have led to the second floor suspects, but unfortunately that's all we have gotten so far.

- T. Sorenson

Success!

Finally made iPhone and Blogspot mingle well. Posting coming more frequently :)

- Tim

Rail jam at a gun show.

After the rail jam, I walked into the gun show that was going on in the fairgrounds building next to the set-up. Here's a shot I snapped of the 50 cal they had on display. Only $6000.

Been a long time coming.

Playing with my new toy has kept me from the blog for a few days. I'm still trying to figure out how to post from my iPhone so if anyone knows how to, let me know.

It's been a bumpy few days with a lot going on, but I got my new lens and I've been playing with it for the last two days and it's lovely. I'm sitting right now in the NIC satellite campus at the Sandpoint mall waiting for class to start.

Rail jam today, rode a little and shot a little. Here you go Cali. MySpace freak. :)

Free-dom fries.

Glenn hooked me up with an online coupon for a free medium curly fry from Jack in the Box.

Garret, Jonas and I headed over to the Box to redeem our coupons.

Fries were dank, and I shot this one of Jonas at the counter. Cybershot is a blessing. Thanks Natalie.

Thanks Glenn for the shout out, and I'm glad people are appreciating the reading. Until next time, thanks for viewing.

-Pterry