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Long Beach, California, United States
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.

Monday, October 14, 2013

Lakewood Varsity Football vs Compton

This marks our second week into league play and Lakewood has continued to dominate its opponents.  Although this was a home game the coach decided to have our team line up on the opposite side of the field, which I did like as it gave me a nicer background, but it seemed the lighting was darker on that side, but in the end I made it work as I normally do.
 
Enjoy the shots.
 












Monday, October 7, 2013

Lakewood Varsity Football vs Wilson

Although Lakewood dominated this game, it was a rough one for me.  I had to work prior to the game and knew I was coming down with something.  Everything was pointing at the flu, but either way I felt I could still cover the game.  So after work I drove home, got my gear, and headed out to Wilson High for some football.
 
Since I wasn't feeling all there I did something I just don't do.  I stood up the whole game.  Now for some that might not seem like a big deal, but for me I never stand up and always kneel and get low when shooting.
 
Now back to the action.  Although Lakewood just dominated, I simply had a hard time getting into the game and spent a lot of time simply taking sportraits and non action type shots.
 
Now after sitting at home the last few days feeling like poo I finally got it all together for this post, so enjoy some of my favorites from the game.
 












Saturday, October 5, 2013

Lakewood JV Football vs Wilson

League play has officially started with our opening game against Wilson.
 
JV controlled the game with a 35-8 win giving me plenty of opportunities for some great action.
 
Enjoy
 










Thursday, October 3, 2013

Sports Art - The Creative Side

I thought I'd share some of my recent work with my Sports Art and Motivational Sports Art.  If this is something you are interested in having done with your athlete's action shot or sportrait, just send me a message so I can create your own personal work of art.
 











Seal Beach Pier - Sunset

Had a by week from football this past week and I thought I'd get out to the beach for some sunset, but things just weren't working out for me.  The sunsets were cloudless and plain and really gave me no desire to take the drive to the beach.

Well one night the sky looked promising so the wife and I took the drive to Seal Beach and try our luck.  Got out there a little later than I would have wanted, so had to rush through the sand to get where I wanted to shoot from.  Once I set up it was time to shoot as the sun was getting low.
 
This first shot is a single shot processed in Photoshop, the remaining shots are HDR's.