New images for my youth sports project

I just shot two new images for my ongoing project on kids in sports. This is a project that I started last year in response to the increasing pressure I see put upon kids that play in competitive sports. I know first hand because my two boys (11 and 14) play competitive soccer. When my wife and I would go to parties the conversation would always turn to people's kids and the sports they play. We as parents put a huge amount of time shuffling the kids to and from practice and games.

I decided to take a more sophisticated approach to the images by lighting them more dramatically and having the kids give me some attitude (but hopefully show underneath that they are kids). I worked a little in post production to desaturate the colors. Check my website for other images in the series.

Video short of my parapenting accident in Switzerland

I just got the video from my assistant of me hitting the tree parapenting in Switzerland. If you don't know what that is, it's running off a mountain strapped to a parachute. I was shooting other parapenters and was attached to a guide. You can see me holding the camera in my left hand. This was the second run. The first run went off beautifully. We got the money shots on that run. I put a longer lens on for the second run. When we took off the chute didn't inflate all the way and we started to head down the mountain three feet of the ground. The only tree in our path and we hit it dead center. I kept saying "please bend, please bend"; it didn't. I love the commentary in French by the other guide. He's talking to my assistant and goes"oh no" right at the end. Anyway, got untangled, wiped myself off, walked back up the mountain with the guide and the parachute, and this time had a successful takeoff. You know; "no pain, no gain". Enjoy.

Another cramped space

This was from a recent shoot at a hospital. We always seem to find the tightest, smallest spot when we scout and that is where I usually end up. The wall was literally right behind my camera. We were being hounded by the "Candy Striper volunteers" (they were worried that we were going to get in the way of their lunch setup) so I had to find a more secluded location. It worked out to our advantage since it had the props that we needed. I think this was a storage closet. A good time was had by all.

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Recent iphone snaps

me in the cab going to the next location- NYC

Random shot before we go and shoot Tommy Hilfiger- NYC

Street scene- NYC

assistant test- Washington DC

Side trip to England

While we were in Switzerland we stopped in London for a couple of days before we came back to the US. Here are some snaps.

Parapenting photos and others from Switzerland

On top of the mountain

Night shot- moon rise

The Hote

Me and Billy at the top

Cows on the mountain

Lake Geneva

Looking out from my balcony on a foggy day

Beer of choice

Rafting

School at night

Over Leysin


My feet

Me getting ready to go

Let's start this thing

Wow! Since it's my first entry, I'd like to share some of the experiences that I had over this summer to get up to speed.

I had a wonderful opportunity to go to Switzerland and shoot at a school that runs a summer camp. I was lucky enough to be there for three weeks in August. We had a blast (I took one of my assistants). We tried to do everything that the campers were doing. One funny thing happened to me, (it wasn't actually funny at the time). We shot parapenting (which is running off the mountain strapped to another person who is harnessed in to a parachute). We did it twice. The second time my chute didn't get enough air so we were cruising down the mountain approx. 2 feet off the ground. There was only one tree in our way and we B-lined straight for it. Of course I'm in the front so I took the full force. All I kept saying was "please bend, please bend". No go on that. But I got untangled, walked back up, turned around, and went again. You can't let a shooting opportunity like this pass you by. Here's some photos, enjoy.