Three Games in Three Days

My journey started Friday night with a replay of the 6A High School Football Championship game from last season with Central Catholic playing Jesuit. I always love the first prep game of the season. The light is always spectacular. As the season progresses the light and weather go downhill fast. 

Directly after the game at Hillsboro Stadium I drove straight to Eugene to prepare for ESPN College GameDay coverage in the morning. After filing my images I headed to Autzen Stadium to shoot Oregon playing Michigan State. What a game. The light had a very nice quality to it because of nearby forest fires creating thick haze. 

Finally, I headed to Providence Park on Sunday to cover the Portland Timbers playing the San Jose Earthquakes. 

All three games, while very different, were top notch and really fun to document. 

Promo cards

I've been playing around with designs for a promo card. Here's what I came up with.

A week at the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio

I covered the Oregon Ducks playing the Texas Longhorns in the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. For a non-BCS bowl, it was pretty good show.

My Favorite Oregon Duck Football Photos from the 2012-13 Season

I shot every game except Arkansas State, Tennessee Tech and Cal. I traveled with the Ducks to University of Washington, Stanford, Arizona State, and USC. I only shot one Oregon State Beaver game besides the Civil War, which was at Stanford.

My favorite photo came when the Ducks walked through the tunnel at USC for warmups. Another photographer had some green-gelled lights set up and I just happen to have shot a photo at the exact same moment he did. It made the players look like storm-troopers.

I also loved seeing the Ducks beat USC on the road. The USC fans were not pleased.

Overall, it was a great year to be the Ducks beat photographer for The Oregonian.

©The Oregonian/2012

My Favorite Pictures from the University of Oregon Ducks Regular Season

I went through all the games I shot this year, including the Pac-12 Championship and found 79 images I thought stood out as either an important moment in the season, or a photo I like for being a little different and surprising.[gallery]

Civil War, 2010

This season is hard to believe. After beating Oregon State the Oregon Ducks are 12-0 and go the National Championship in Glendale, Arizona. Interestingly, what's good for the Ducks is good for me. On Thurs., I go to New York to cover LaMichael James at the Heisman trophy ceremony. Then, I'm off to Glendale to cover the Ducks from the time they arrive until the game is over...eight days total. Of course, I'll update this blog after that. Until then, here's a few of favorite images from the Civil War.

Oregon v. USC, Oct. 30, 2010 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Here are a few snaps from the game:

Oregon Ducks 72, New Mexico 0

I've never shot a blowout like this. It was easy livin' as a photographer. We didn't have to run down to the other end of the field one single time. It was sunny and and 75 degrees. They fed us tacos in the press booth. It just couldn't have been an easier day. Here's the game story: http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/09/oregon_football_well_wasnt_tha.html

Here are a few of my favorite photos from the day:

Editing Oregon Football

I'm in the process of going through about 20,000 images from 12 games and several other assignments from the 2009 Oregon football season. Every now and then I'll find a photo I missed in the initial edit. I found this frame this morning from the Purdue game. I shot it with a 50mm wide open and it gave it nice look. It's not really an image I would have sent after the game, but it might work nicely in the context of a book.

Oregon beats USC 47-20

What a game! Here's my take from the Oregon v. USC game. Oregon won 47-20.

VIDEO: Tailgaters

The costume scene in Eugene

Ross Hamilton and I headed out to the Autzen Stadium parking lot and see some costumes. Ross captured audio and I shot still images. I went over 500 images back to the office and Joel Odem did the edit. Ross and I think he did a great job. We had a good laugh. We did this before the game and by the time we saw it about 11:00 p.m., it seemed like we did it three days ago. A lot of water passed under the bridge by the time we shot the pre-game, the game, post-game and edited and sent the images.

Oregon beats UCLA 24-10

I shot the Oregon Ducks beating the UCLA Bruins at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Sat., Oct. 10, 2009.