This past weekend I spent working in Kansas City, MO for the NPPL live webcast of their Super 7 tournament event. I worked with friend and producer Jayne Romyn formerly from Outdoor Channel shows “Inside Paintball” and “Inside RC”. She was running a really tight crew of about 10 people that worked to get the live 8-hour a day streaming webcast running on www.nppllive.com.
This was my first time working a paintball event and my job was to go out and shoot, capture, edit and deliver small 3-5 minute segments that could be played during breaks in the action that gave people a taste of the flavor of being at a live event. I had a really good time working with the crew – they were all really talented individuals and incredibly efficient at their jobs. Here are some pictures from the event, followed by a short 2-minute hightlight reel of what I shot during the weekend.
Last Saturday I shot an Indian wedding reception in Huntington Beach, CA at the Hilton Waterfront Hotel. Strangely enough, this is where my sister’s wedding reception was 12 years ago – brought back memories of her wedding photo album.
Just before the shoot I was able to stop at Samy’s camera in Santa Ana, CA to pick up a circular polarizer for my Cokin P series filter mount (I just recently purchased it and hadn’t yet bought any drop in filters for it). It was pricey – $91 with tax – but I really wanted a polarizer (I lost my last one… I have no idea what happened to it) and the cool thing is I’ll be able to use it on both my video camera and my still cameras with the cool P series deal.
So the shoot was flawless – the bride and groom were good people (not to mention well dressed). It had been a while since I shot photography for a wedding and it made me realize I should probably start taking on some non video gigs from time to time. This was the 7th wedding that I shot this summer (6 video, 1st photog).
