As quickly as it began, Sports Shooter Academy V is over. And I must say, I couldn't have been more pleased with how it went down.
I learned a lot from just being in a new environment and working with some of the best photographers and the best gear around.
Donald Miralle led an underwater photo class, utilizing thousand-dollar+ underwater housings by AquaTech. I shot baseball with a 600mm f/4L lens, softball with a 400mm f/2.8L, and set up multiple remotes slaved to a single hardwired trigger at basketball.
But the gear wasn't everything.
What I think I took away from the Academy more than anything else was a heightened sense of what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. Composition, lighting, angles, backgrounds, the works. It really made you think: "What am I looking for? Why? What can I accomplish by it?"
Hopefully those lessons are powerful enough ones I can take home with me and really utilize more fully in my daily work. That, and I am really happy about all the contacts I made in the industry, incredibly useful resources for critiques.
Awards? Great, my "team" of Justin Edmonds, Michael Sasser (both of DU) and myself won an award. Big deal. The efficiency and importance of teamwork was what really made the whole workshop possible. Just ask Bert Hanashiro, he attributes the whole workshop to teamwork.
Thanks to everyone at SSAV for the great experience. Bert Hanashiro, Jordan Murph, Wally Skalij, Donald Miralle, Susanica Tam, Crystal Chatham, Myung Chun, Matt Brown, Sean Haffey, Michael Goulding. My "teammates" (Team Colorado) Justin and Michael. Good times all!
Quote for the Day: "See better, shoot better" -SSAV Motto
Song for the Day: "Sexy Love" -NeYo
Word for the Day: Legacy - anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor
I learned a lot from just being in a new environment and working with some of the best photographers and the best gear around.
Donald Miralle led an underwater photo class, utilizing thousand-dollar+ underwater housings by AquaTech. I shot baseball with a 600mm f/4L lens, softball with a 400mm f/2.8L, and set up multiple remotes slaved to a single hardwired trigger at basketball.
But the gear wasn't everything.
What I think I took away from the Academy more than anything else was a heightened sense of what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. Composition, lighting, angles, backgrounds, the works. It really made you think: "What am I looking for? Why? What can I accomplish by it?"
Hopefully those lessons are powerful enough ones I can take home with me and really utilize more fully in my daily work. That, and I am really happy about all the contacts I made in the industry, incredibly useful resources for critiques.
Awards? Great, my "team" of Justin Edmonds, Michael Sasser (both of DU) and myself won an award. Big deal. The efficiency and importance of teamwork was what really made the whole workshop possible. Just ask Bert Hanashiro, he attributes the whole workshop to teamwork.
Thanks to everyone at SSAV for the great experience. Bert Hanashiro, Jordan Murph, Wally Skalij, Donald Miralle, Susanica Tam, Crystal Chatham, Myung Chun, Matt Brown, Sean Haffey, Michael Goulding. My "teammates" (Team Colorado) Justin and Michael. Good times all!
Quote for the Day: "See better, shoot better" -SSAV Motto
Song for the Day: "Sexy Love" -NeYo
Word for the Day: Legacy - anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor
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