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NEW BLOG Location!

2008-07-07T12:48:00.000-07:00

www.dustinsnipes.com/blog

Hey everything, thanks for checking out my blog! I just redesigned it and moved it to my own domain name so go check it out! There are also a few new posts.

Tell me what you think...about everything. The blog, the pics...the font! everything.

www.dustinsnipes.com/blog

Thanks for looking!

ATV on a sand dune at sunset

2008-05-31T19:26:00.000-07:00

I was helping out a friend on a commercial shot for this shot.

Wow, what a cool place. It feels like you are in a different country when you go here. Maybe somewhere like Egypt! or another middle eastern Country. Turns out the film a lot of movies out here, sahara, Transformers...ect.

I took tons of shots all day of everything but only ONE shot at sunset with the ATV in it and it worked out perfectly. About 5 minutes later and the sun disappeared behind the mountains.

Shot with a Canon 5D at 160 ISO, 800 Shutter speed, and 7.1 aperture with a 16mm lens.

A photo that is not sports related!?

2008-05-08T18:59:00.000-07:00

I know, I know. Its weird. But I do take photos of things that do not have a stick and ball in them.
This was an impromptu photo taken on a tram in Las Vegas at about 4 am when we were coming back from various casinos. The man in the back was pretty darn drunk but was able to hold his match long enough to get his face to glow. The guy in the front is my friend Dan.
Believe it or not, I did not use a strobe on this. It was purely all available light from the tram (hence the random colors) I had one but it killed the natural color so I decided to not use it.

The shot was taken at 1/30 of a second, aperture 2.8! and Iso 500 on my trusty Canon 30D (a great camera to carry around Las Vegas so you dont get your expensive ones stolen)

The reflection on the window of the guy was placed there in photoshop.

Dodger HISTORY!

2008-04-04T22:01:00.000-07:00

The other day I got to witness history at the Los Angeles coliseum a place they haven't played in 50 years. To top that off there was over 115,300 people there! It was insane. I left 5 hours early just to get into the place. Also, make sure you check out the left field fence. It was only 200 feet long. I felt like i could have hit it out.

In this shot, I went to the top of the stadium at the begining of the game and waited until the sky got a liittle darker but light enough so you can still see LA in the background.
Then pieced together 7 photos to make this panoramic shot.

Portraits at Saint Mary's

2008-04-04T21:51:00.000-07:00

I got to go on a road trip recently to the San Francisco bay area and shoot a basketball game and some portraits of Australian basketball players from Saint Mary's college in Moraga CA.

To top it off, the night before I shot a basketball game at UCLA which ended at 10 then I went straight to san fran after that and didn't get to my hotel in (scary scary) Oakland until 4am in the morning only to wake up at 9 to get ready for the portrait, FUN!

Seriously, I had a great time. I had the help of a pro and some fun guys to shoot.
Thanks for looking!

This is the one they picked for Sports Illustrated.

A day shooting Nascar

2008-04-04T21:30:00.000-07:00

So a few weeks ago I shot NASCAR for the first time. I was reallly bored the first two days but the last day I had some fun. Turns out there is much more to this than cars going in a circle. Thanks to Mark for being a pal and showing me the ropes.
Here are some pictures from the last day.
Any questions, please feel free to ask.

Sorry for the lack of posts....

2008-01-05T18:35:00.001-08:00

I have been really busy lately with other "stuff" at work. One is our new blog at our site! I will be updated a bunch over there but also I will be posting here too.

Well go check out www.askthephotographer.com

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Trying something different at a basketball game

2007-11-30T16:22:00.000-08:00

During games I try to take a few minutes from shooting the normal stock action and focus on other things. For this shot I was at the USC versus Oklahoma basketball game. I found a hotspot on the court (from the lights) while I was walking around the arena on the top level. So I grabbed my 70-200 and 1.4 extender, exposed for the hotspot to make it silhouette the players and turn their shadows black. (iso 200, shutter speed 1000, and f5.6) The color in the floor is a color shift from the lights.
If you have any questions about the shot, please leave a comment or email me.
Thanks for looking.

The hotspot on the court

Here are some other general shots from the game, mostly OJ Mayo...actually all four.

I had to take a photo of OJ Mayo's Shoes for work.

OJ Mayo as he is announced in the starting line up. (They lowered the lights and put a spot on him, I layed on the ground underneath 3 giant bball players to get a shot.

My Christmas Card

2007-11-17T00:01:00.001-08:00

If you want one, leave your address! When there printed, Ill send you one.

This year, I wanted to do something fun for our christmas card. We always plan out one but never follow through with it. So this year I had to go all out. What better way to start, than with a crude 1st grader like drawing that took about a minute.

Then we add the models. This was a tough one because peanuts (our dog) schedule is very full and doesnt like to be photographed and Rachel gets tired of me taking pictures of her almost immediatly after I start.
First we started with peanut. To get this amazing poise Rachel held a treat above her head to make her stand up. The viscious craze in her face was just a bonus.
Then we added us. I had to place my camera on a tripod and use remote to trigger the camera. To light it, I used 4 alien bees, a large soft box for the main light , 2 lights behind to give some highlights, and one on the background.

I then took the photos and cut them out using OnOne's Mask Pro 4.1 (free trial!) This is a really cool program and a huge time saver. I toned the images together and gave our legs shadows under to make the photos blend together better. I then took the head of Peanut and rotated it down. Then I put it on a green background (using a new layer and paint bucket) to clean up the rest of the pic.

Then I needed a background. So I found a sky picture on a free stock photo page on the internet.

We just moved to Los Angeles this year from washington so what better way to show that than the Hollywood sign. (courtesy of my friend and his point and shot camera) I obviously took the liberty of making the hill the sign sits on a little more rounded. I did this by taking the left side and pasting it at an angle on the side, then blended it.

I added some palm trees to make it more california like and birds cause we were flying and needed company.

Finally I changed peanuts paws in the rear to look more like she is not standing on something. I did this by copying her front paws and then transforming them and blending them in. Then I put a motion blur on us and peanut to make it look like we are going fast (and cause its fun)

Thats it! If you have any specific questions leave me a comment.
Thanks for looking! Special thanks to our dog for being a trooper.

Arizona State vs. UCLA Football

2007-11-16T23:38:00.000-08:00

Touchdown! Shot laying on the ground with a 70-200 with a 1.4 teleconverter.

Sack! Shoot from directly behind (near goal post) with a 400mm 2.8 and 1.4x converter.

This shot was taken in the tunnel before the game. 16-35mm lens on Canon 1d MArk III

A hail mary under hand shot while he was signing autographs. I used a canon 1d mark III and a 16-35 2.8 at 16 and faced it straight up, the camera was almost touching the ground underneath him.

PAC-10 Basketball Portraits

2007-11-09T17:20:00.000-08:00

One room, one chair (which i stole from the lobby..err ask politely for), and like 30 people with an average of 1-5 min each. Here are some of my favorites.

Remember to click on the photos for larger sizes and true color.

Bryce Taylor, Oregon

Taj Gibson, USC

O.J. Mayo, USC

Kevin Love, UCLA
Dustin Snipes, Awesomeville

The set up, it was different depending on the person but this is the room i was in. The white background over on the wall was used for headshots. The table had a white table cloth on it and we used it as a reflector. The shot with the dark background was done with a black table cloth held up by Ric.
Thanks for looking!

Oregon's takes down USC

2007-10-28T13:08:00.000-07:00

Be Sure to Click on the Photos for LARGER Sizes!

I had to battle the band and security guards to get up to the top of the stadium. Then when i did, I had the wrong lenses. Besure to check out the bottom right corner.

The light was fantastic and horrible. On this shot, it was sorta an accident because I was exposed for the great light but then he ran into shadow hence the people in the right partially in light.

Touchdown

Fumble during the opening kick off.

Sacked!

People rushing the field after the game. And also crazys, which are differnt than people, jump out of the stands.

HULK! (jordan)

2007-10-16T17:32:00.000-07:00

Well, I was a little board so I took this really badly lit shot of my friend jordan (who was standing in as a test subject for the athlete that never showed) and turned him in to the HULK!

Here are the before and after shots.

Hope you have as much of a laugh as I did.

You have to love photoshop!

USC vs. Arizona

2007-10-13T21:51:00.000-07:00

Fumble

Here are some photos from the USC versus Arizona game in LA. Ill post more later. Also, I will hopefully post some of my Eddie Adams workshop photos too later this week when I get them back.

Thanks for looking.

USC at Washington football

2007-09-30T20:01:00.000-07:00

Here are some of my favortie photos (from what I went through so far) from the Washington vs. USC game in Seattle. It was actually quite a good game. My first prediction was 42-10 USC. But I think Washington surprised everyone with a 3 point loss.

This picture is full frame (no cropping) shot with a 400 2.8 lens and a Canon Mark III.

Shot with a 70-200

70-200, the shot right after the diving touchdown.

John David Bootie gets sacked. Shot with 400 from sideline.

Huskies celebrate after their Sack.

Jake (huskies offense) Locker runs in for a touchdown. Shot with a 70-200 while I was laying on the ground.

USC Sunset

2007-09-23T20:36:00.000-07:00

Be sure to click on it for full size and color

Shot the USC football game this weekend and it was the first time it had really rained since I have been in LA. It poured and I am from Seattle. After the rain stopped the sun came out and there were still clouds in the sky.
This photo was taken with 2 minutes left in the half. Right as the sun was going down. It is a composite of 6 images (to achieve the panoramic view) It is almost 30 inches long.
Taken with a Canon 1D Mark III in raw mode with a 16-35.

Blocked Field Goal

2007-09-16T22:08:00.000-07:00

REMEMBER TO CLICK ON IT FOR A LARGER IMAGE.

This photo was taken at the University of washington and Ohio State game in Seattle. The score was 7-3 in favor of UW and it was a failry "easy" field goal. I ran from the in-zone to the side of the field layed down and grabbed my 70-200 on my mark III. I prefocused on the defense and fired 4 shots off during the kick.
After OSU blocked the field goal the momentum of the game changed completly. OSU scored two quick touchdowns and never looked back.

REMEMBER TO CLICK ON IT FOR A LARGER IMAGE.

UCLA Football

2007-09-09T17:50:00.000-07:00

For these two photos I give full credit to my camera. I was watching the QB and when he throw the ball I turned the camera and saw the ball hit the players hands and reacted by clicking the shutter. I cant believe how fast the camera focused and responded.
Score...Mark III 1 person 0.

Gear used: Canon mark 3, 400 2.8 and 1.4x extender

USC Football

2007-09-09T17:48:00.000-07:00

I was actually a little disappointed with this photo because I was originally laying on the ground to get a nice low vantage point in the center of the field. Then a "security gaurd" came and told me I couldnt be there and had to move. So I got up and this happend at the same time. The shot would have been much better from the lower angle to clear up some of the people and distractions on the sidelines.

Later the gaurd said he was wrong and told me I could be there.
Thanks buddy.

Gear Used: Canon mark 3, 70-2000 at Iso 2500

Summer X games

2007-09-09T17:43:00.000-07:00

Tony Hawk

This shot was pretty hard to do. I was trying to pan with the riders but they kept doing flips (who would have thought that they would do that during a trick competition) So one time I spun the camera in a circle as I panned sideways and ended up with this. The 2 Flashes were a nice surprise also.
This shot was taken with a 10-22mm lens on a very rare cloudy day in LA during the mens Vert Ramp competition. The sky turned golden/red because I change the cameras temp in camera to 10k to warm it up as I exposed for the clouds it makes a nice scene.

Even though this isnt that great of a shot, It took soooo long to isolate the rider in the small patch of grass at the home depot center. Specially with the fans running around back there. It was ethier this..or the blown out sky.
canon 1D mark 3, 400 2.8 + 1.4x

2007-08-30T19:18:00.000-07:00

This photo was taken during an early start dodgers game. It was the only game that had decent light all year. It was hard to get the right aperture to make the player not look like a giant fuzzy something or other in the photo. After about 10-15 tries I finally got it.
Canon 1D mark 3, 400 2.8 + 1.4x
This was another great light moment. It was late in the day and I just lined up beside the pool and shot with a 70-200 with a 1.4 extender on to compress them to make a nice graphical photo.
This was a fun event because even though it was the US Open of Table Tennis, everything was very relaxed and you could pretty much go anywhere you wanted. Jordan (Murph) and had to talk to about 5 people before we got the right person to let us up in the catwalks. We only did this because we failed before when we tried to mission impossible style it.
This shot was taken with a canon 1d Mark III at 2500 ISO with a 400mm and 1.4 extender from the catwalk. I later found out that the camera had a broken shutter after 2 days of use.
This photo was taken during warm ups at the USC pool with a 70-200. The red in the foreground is the scoreboard backing shot from the parking garage.

Hat

2006-10-17T02:49:00.001-07:00

Diving Touchdown

2006-10-17T02:47:00.000-07:00

canon 1d mark 2, 70-200

Tennis

2006-10-17T02:36:00.000-07:00

Flag marchers

2006-10-17T02:34:00.000-07:00

Glass Museum

2006-10-17T02:28:00.000-07:00

Random building

2006-10-17T02:06:00.000-07:00