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Here are a couple of shots from the Cardinals Giants game yesterday. Albert Pujols hit a couple of home runs in the to put the game out of reach for the Giants.

Just posting a photo from an early morning photo shoot I did the other day featuring one of our Promise Scholars on campus. We’re highlighting a few students from the group to run as the cover story which will come out in our alumni magazine later this year. This was my favorite photo of the day with Terrance who was very easy to work with. I decided to take him out to to a church based on something I read in the story. At one point when Terrance and his family were going through some tough times they were forced to sleep in their car to make it through the night. They primarily parked in the safest areas they could find… which were usually in the back of a church parking lot. When I told Terrance about the photo idea he had no problems with taking the photo. I think it turned out pretty well.

I couldn’t believe how good this guy played during the two games I shot of the Mets-Giants series over the weekend. I saw him steal four bases in one game while driving in the winning run in the ninth (later scoring as seen in the picture below which was on USA Today’s web-page)… and then saw him get a hit and draw a couple of walks in the other one. It was fun for me to watch but I’m sure the Giants didn’t enjoy it too much considering they lost 3 of 4 games to the Mets in the series.

Plant Pysiology class field trip. Stevinson, CA.

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I had the opportunity to go on a class field trip to the middle of nowhere recently. One of my favorite professors on campus is Stuart Wooley who mainly teaches courses in botany. Wooley, who is seen carrying his gear in the bottom photo, is always up for having me come to his classes.. and he is just a real down to earth guy who is super passionate about what he does. I highly recommend that students sign up for his courses if they’re at all interested in learning everything there is to know about plants. As for the class shoot… well, the funniest part of the day was going on the trip itself though. I guess I was expecting to jump in a state car or van, but after standing around with some of the students I finally caught on that certain students had volunteered to drive. Next thing I know I was riding out with three students I’d never met over dirt roads and fields. To make a long story short, let’s just say I enjoyed all of the jokes they were making in the car… especially on the way back. I gotta say working with students so often definitely keeps me feeling young.

Here are a few shots from a Giants-Dodgers game I shot last month. Always fun to get something a little different of Lincecum, including one of him coming on deck to hit.

I had the good fortune of shooting one of my favorite type of assignments shortly after the Death Valley Trip… a “day in the life” feature for use in our alumni magazine. Our department decided to follow around our school’s top tennis player who came to our school from Germany. I knew going into the shoot that we had a great subject… the only downside was that I wasn’t going to be able to get the “typical” day in the life of a student athlete. This was due to the fact that it was the last home match of the year and the team was traveling down South shortly after the match to take part in a tournament over there. That being said… the day actually went longer than I expected and I was able to get some pretty good shots out of it. Once the shoot was over I was reminded as to just how dedicated some of these student athletes can be towards their sport. These players were up at 7 in the morning… and if I had to guess… probably arrived at their hotel for the next day’s tournament at 11 in the evening. There was no time for classes this day, and they obviously didn’t go to classes when they were out of town. With that being said, that is the one photo I would’ve loved to catch from the story. I would have been great to see them doing some homework on the road… that would’ve really finished the story in my mind. Hopefully I’ll be able to get on the road the next time an opportunity likes this comes around. I’ll post a link to the story once the magazine is out later this year.