2nd Place in NPPA Regional Monthly Clip Contest

I found out last night that I won second place in the National Press Photographer Association’s monthly clip contest for August in my region!  Here’s the winning photo:

Ordering Prints

I have had several inquiries recently about whether or not I have any services for ordering prints of my photos.  While I do not always add every photo I take to the gallery, you can order prints of my work from my backprint site here:

www.backprint.com/dougstricklandphoto

If you like a photo and it is not posted (typically I post Centre sports and portraits) simply email me at doug@dougstricklandphoto.com and I’ll be more than happy to add it for you.

Centre Basketball and…

I got to shoot some Centre basketball this week for the Cento and it was my first experiment in using a remote flash for sports.  Unfortunately I only have one flash at the moment so with only the one the lighting isn’t as smooth as it could be, but I worked around it with positioning as best I could.  I varied the location of the speedlight and experimented a bit.  For the men’s game I had the flash at the corner of the court, by the bleachers, on a ten foot stand feathered over the players’ heads, and I was shooting from the opposite side of the basket giving the players a side/back light which looked nice but didn’t freeze motion well, and I would need a camera body with a higher ISO capability to really take full advantage of it as well.  For the women’s game I had the flash in the same location for the 1st half, only I shot on the same side of the basket (behind the basket) as the flash, giving me a side/direct light that worked better in some cases, and not in others.  Finally I moved the flash to the basket sideline midway between the basket and the bleachers and stood on the bleacher side, which worked pretty well for everything except shots directly under the hoop (players blocked the action most of the time).  The next time I try this I’ll experiment a bit more but I’m happy with the results of this first attempt.

The final three photos were taken over the summer but I had forgotten about them until now.  They are of a group of local Christian extremists (who have very recently begun coming onto Centre’s campus and harassing students, hoping to get a shot of that soon).  I thought that the series was rather creepy, and yes, he was actually licking his lips as the woman passed.

Centre Photography Club Gallery, Air Dancing, and…

So the Centre photography club gallery went up today, and will run to the end of the month.  Our reception was a low-key success, but be sure to come out and check it out at the art barn along the walls in the main hallway!  Most of the prints are for sale, for anyone who is interested.

I got to shoot Chelsea Apple tonight doing her “air dancing” exercises in the black box.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with this art, it is where one hangs upside down from two long pieces of cloth suspended ten feet in the air, holding oneself up by wrapping the cloth around your body, and occasionally twirling down from the ceiling violently to catch at the last second before you meet a very rough impact:

And finally, I leave you with a preliminary shot from a photo I’m hunting for a Cento article titled “Why Danville Residents Hate Centre Students”:

Centre Football, Final Season Game

Note:  Images are low resolution.  All images are Copyright Doug Strickland and may not be used, reproduced, copied, or printed, by anyone at all for any reason without my express permission.

Centre Swimming and Volleyball

Centre Field Hockey and the Bourbon Chase

So I had to work at the Hub for most of the night Friday night during the bourbon chase, but I managed to get a few photos (by a few, I mean two) on my way out.  I shot a Centre Field Hockey game on Saturday, my first experience with the sport, and I have to admit it’s a tough sport to shoot.  It’s not as linear as football and it’s more like shooting soccer, only more crowded, but I had fun and came back with some good shots.

Centre Football…and one from glass blowing.

Sportsshooter.com Internship Diary

I was contacted a few weeks ago by Sportsshooter.com editor Robert Hanashiro, who is in charge of their monthly newsletter.  He was wondering if I would be willing to contribute a short article about my summer experience at the Advocate to their intern diaries section of the newsletter!  I was delighted to, and you can view the article in its entirety here.

Constitution Square Festival