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Welcome to my blog. Looking through my posts you will find that I love and have a passion for photography and although my expertise so to speak is in Sports Action, I have been getting into wildlife and senior portraits. No matter what I'm shooting I want to bring my client the best possible shot I can and give them / you a photograph that you will cherish for a lifetime. If your looking for someone to capture your child in action, to show the intensity and emotion in which your child plays, look no further. Just drop me a line (e-mail) at homerkenpo@aol.com. I cover most areas in Southern Califoria.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Middle School Track - Pratice Meet

This track meet was scheduled for last weekend but was rained out and it looked like it was going to happen again. New was calling for rain all day Saturday but wouldn't you know it was clear and sunny all day, which made for a great day to shoot some track action.


Ever since I bought the 300 f/2.8 I have used it as much as I can and try to use it whenever possible. This was a practice meet so why not bring the 300 and practice with it. Could I use a beast like that for a local track meet? The answer is yes and no. With that kind of lens you have to keep your distance, which leaves a lot of room for people to jump in front of you. This happened while trying to get some shots of the long jumpers. I did get a few but not as much as would have like to get, so maybe for the next meet I'll bring both the 70-200 f/2.8 and the beast (300 f/2.8).


All of these shots were taken at aperture priority (f/2.8). I used an ISO of 800 for the shot put but dropped it back down to 100 - 200 for the rest of the meet.













4 comments:

Lisa Walsh said...

No fair, I need to send you some snow, lol!

I LOVE the pole vaulting shots! Track must be sooo fun to shoot!

Jim, "Homer" said...

Thanks Lisa, I don't know what I would do if I didn't have sports year round. I hate being out here in So. Cal, but the weather is great for what I do.

Anonymous said...

Now the kid in pic 2 has A LOT of hair! I would totally grow a fro like that if I could pull it off ;) I have lots of hair but not that much, lol. probably get a lot of looks at 41 yrs old too, lol.

I love the 4th shot!

Jim, "Homer" said...

Yeah Ken, I really need to show you some shots of my son when he picked his hair out.