Photos!

I like photography! I've been dj'ing with fig media for almost three years now and I have to say, I'm pretty freakin' good. Even gigs that I'm not satisfied with are pretty freakin' good. I'm not sure when the urge came up for me to grab a camera and start taking photos, but it did. And I'm finding I'm pretty good at that, too. I've got a ton to learn, but I LOVE it! These are some sample photos from around the office and two from a gig...

I was on my first photo gig December 29 where I was taking photos (I had assisted Brian earlier last year with lighting, but didn't take photos). The gig was for Chicago Storm (indoor soccer). It was much different from what I was used to. It was fast paced and I kept thinking I needed to capture everything. There were all these cool things happening and I was getting upset that I wasn't getting it all. Ryan was leading this gig and he was giving me some good coaching. One, when people were past a certain point on the field, it was too far away and the photos would be useless. Two, listen to the crowd and when they're cheering, it might be good photo ops of the crowd. Three, be mindful of where I'm standing because people are trying to watch the game - I can get good shots while allowing the crowd to see the game. Ryan was still somewhat new to the Storm games, he had been on four or five games at this point, so there were still things we were both learning. One was to have the settings on the camera up high (shutter speed, ISO) because the action is happening so fast. We didn't actually learn this until we got back when we were looking at the photos on the computer. Looking at them in camera, they looked good. But blown up, a lot of them were blurry. We still got some great photos from the game, though.

--Jonathan