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01-22-2012

Basketball and The View from Above

As of last night I have photographed 24 of the 25 home UT (Men’s and Women’s) Basketball games this season and have just 11 left, it’s sure been an interesting season! The Pat Summitt Foundation is doing some incredible work and it’s been amazing seeing the level of support she is receiving . On the Men’s side, I feel like I’m photographing the start of something special every time Jarnell Stokes walks out on the floor and Cuonzo seems to be doing very well.

I helped another photographer last night setup some remote cameras and remove the lights he had installed in Thompson Boling Arena for the three games he covered this year, so I got to learn a bit plus spent some time on the catwalk in the ceiling of Thompson Boling, pretty neat stuff! Here’s a few of the more interesting images from last night, the full set from last night is here on the US Presswire site.

 

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Jan 21, 2012; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers forward Jarnell Stokes (5) during the first half against the Connecticut Huskies at Thompson Boling Arena. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-US PRESSWIRE

Knoxville Sports Photographer

Jan 21, 2012; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers forward Jarnell Stokes (right) has still not obtained team regulation size 20 orange shoes at Thompson Boling Arena. Tennessee won against the Connecticut Huskies 60 to 57. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-US PRESSWIRE

Knoxville Sports Photographer

Jan 21, 2012; Knoxville, TN, USA; The Connecticut Huskies during the singing of the national anthem before the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson Boling Arena. Tennessee won 60 to 57. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-US PRESSWIRE

Knoxville Sports Photographer

Jan 21, 2012; Knoxville, TN, USA; View of the catwalk above the floor at Thompson Boling Arena. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-US PRESSWIRE

Knoxville Sports Photographer

Jan 21, 2012; Knoxville, TN, USA; View of the floor from the catwalk at Thompson Boling Arena. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-US PRESSWIRE

 

 

 

 

 

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01-05-2012

Knoxville Catholic Pilot Tournament (and 400 wins!)

Last week I covered the Knoxville Catholic Pilot Basketball Tournament, and as usual the staff there put on another awesome event. I swear it’s the only tournament I cover that I actually gain weight at, they really treat everyone VERY well! There was some awesome basketball, images are available here, but the highlight for me was Coach Hutchens from Catholic getting his 400th victory by winning the final game of the tournament.

Luckily, I found out at halftime that he was at 399 wins, so with the victory pretty much in hand I decided to get a few images of Coach H doing his thing. Turned those into this nice 30″ by 20″ poster…

Coach Hutchens

And sure enough, athletic director Jason Surlas had something in mind for Coach H:) The next game, the poster and a signed game ball was presented to him…many, many thanks to Jamie Dahl for being there for that (and everything else he does with Catholic).

Presentation

Again, the folks at Catholic put on a first class tournament, can’t wait for next year’s!

 

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12-17-2011

Halls at Anderson County Basketball

Yeah I know, Randy’s been a bad blogger lately:)In between UT Basketball games (13 so far this season), a ton of youth sports, and quite a bit of Studio work I have managed to photograph a few High School Basketball games this year. I plan on covering a bunch of high school games in the Knoxville area for CBS Maxpreps starting with the Pilot Basketball Tournament at Catholic just after Christmas. I pretty much self-assign my own games and tournaments, so if you have a basketball game or tournament in the Knoxville area you would like to have photographed, just let me know and I will see if I can work it in.

Here are a few of my favorites from Thursday’s Halls at Anderson County matchup (Lady Mavs won 55 to 52, Halls Men won 68 to 52). The complete galleries are at CBS MaxPreps and if you hurry, you can still have prints by Christmas:)

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10-09-2011

SportsShooter Academy VIII (SSA VIII)

The past 12 months have been extremely busy on the sports side of things and have resulted in me being able to shoot for a large variety of services and different organizations. I’ve had the chance to cover everything from youth cheerleading, to all of the high school stuff I can stand, to NASCAR, UT (that’s THE University of Tennessee for you out-of-towners), NFL, MLS, etc. The good part is a lot of my work is getting quite a bit of use, including the Sports Illustrated Cover mentioned here.

With all that said, what follows was definitely the most fantastic five days of sports photography on the planet. A few weeks ago I was able to attend SportsShooter Academy VIII in Irvine, CA and it certainly lived up to it’s billing as “The COOLEST Sports Photography Event of the YEAR!”

Let’s start with the staff and faculty, which instead of listing separately just take a look at this link  and think what it would be like to hang out with this “Whos-Who” list of photographers, let alone have them instruct you, shoot with you, and then critique your work, all on a daily basis. There’s just nothing like having your toes in the Pacific Ocean, photographing surfers, and being able to turn to John McDonough and ask, “How many focus points are you using, John?” In addition, we students were continually pushed to “See better, Shoot better”, which kinda sounds like standard workshop stuff, but they have really helped me with the ability to see things outside of the normal everyday grind of sports photography.

Just noticed that a few folks were not on the list I linked above, including Tim Mantoani, Shawn Cullen, and Jordan Murph. Three more awesome people that I learned a TON from. Also NPS (Nikon) was there with crates (yes, crates…well at least one great big crate) of equipment that was available for us to use every day. Need a D3s and a 500mm f/4.0 lens?…sure thing, here you go:)In addition Nikon, Samy’s Camera (also on site), and Think Tank were huge supporters of the workshop, so big thanks to them.

OK, enough atta-boys…if you want to further your education and networking in Sports Photography, you need to attend this workshop! On to the goods…

Here’s a short video showing the workshop in action.

SSA VIII: On Location, Cal State Fullerton from Sports Shooter Academy on Vimeo.

 

Here’s a gallery of some of my favorites from the workshop.

 

And one more video, from a Go Pro Camera that was mounted on a 70-200 lens hood (pointed back towards the photographer). Be sure and watch the crash at the end:)

Sports Shooter Academy VIII: Football POV from Sports Shooter Academy on Vimeo.

 

This Link will take you to all of the videos. I really can not stress what a great experience this was…to have the staff on the sidelines shooting with you and then having them critique the images (every day) was a remarkable learning experience. Huge thanks are due to Robert Hanashiro and Matt Brown (and everyone else), they have really got this one down right!

 

 

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Sudbury Sports Photography - Hey Randy,

Just wanted to congratulate you on the top-notch images in this post! The SSA looks like a fantastic place to learn! Thanks for sharing these, and keep up the great work!

John Rumball

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