Fresno St. vs UCLA football at the Rose Bowl

[B.C.]

I just recently began shooting for The Collegian, the Fresno State newspaper. For my first ever football game I had the opportunity to travel down with a couple sports reporters from the paper this past weekend to photograph the game versus UCLA. Went down the night before and stayed in a nice hotel in Beverly Hills, which had free cucumber water in the loby. What a great experience to be at the famous Rose Bowl, and for the first time. The same place that housed the very first Super Bowl and Vince Lombardi. Being down on the field seemed so surreal, it was like a dream come true. Im just glad I didn't get run over by one of the players. The game was electric and fans were extremely loud. At one point the stadium was so loud I couldn't hear the sound of my shutter. I learned so much shooting the game...like wear a hat, I got very sunburnt. Shot with my 'ol reliable 20D, 300mm f/2.8L for most of the game, except for the first picture I had a 24-105mm f/4L.

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[canonnoob]

that second to last one is just surreal... nice photos!

[OBIUNO]

sick pictures.. great win for us bulldogs :cool:

[HuskyKMA]

Great shots, #2, 4, and 7 are my favs.

[Maureen Souza]

That was a great game. NICE job and nicer photos.

GO BULLDOGS!!!!

[B.C.]

I forgot to mention that I had never taken so many pictures before in my life. Total I shot 1,250 frames, which included warm-up, game time and post-game.

Note to everyone....that many frames takes a long time to edit. Good thing I have and editor at the newspaper to do most all of it for me.

[namasste]

I forgot to mention that I had never taken so many pictures before in my life. Total I shot 1,250 frames, which included warm-up, game time and post-game.

Note to everyone....that many frames takes a long time to edit. First, nice work out there, I get the sense you really enjoyed the experience. #2 and #4 are my favs of the bunch by far, nice captures there. Did you have the ability to move much? I only ask since there are a few pretty backlit ones in the group and while the timing is great (great on all!) backlighting can be really tough to deal with.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention...you suck for this!!! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Good thing I have and editor at the newspaper to do most all of it for me.

[ron4sc]

Great shots. I was at the game in 2005 when Fresno State came to USC. Amazing game and fans really travel well.

Go [insert name of team playing UCLA here]!

[jsbourque]

Bryan,

What impresses me the most is that your equipment list states that your longest focal length is 70mm? Is this true or did you use a longer lens for these shots?

[jsbourque]

Sorry guys,

I suppose I should read the post completely. The pictures are amazingly well focused! And the exposure is very good.

[B.C.]

First, nice work out there, I get the sense you really enjoyed the experience. #2 and #4 are my favs of the bunch by far, nice captures there. Did you have the ability to move much? I only ask since there are a few pretty backlit ones in the group and while the timing is great (great on all!) backlighting can be really tough to deal with.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention...you suck for this!!! :lol::lol::lol::lol:


I did have the ability to move around. I could be anywhere between the 20 yard line and the back of the end zone on either side of the field. And I was moving quite a bit, however the game started at 12:30, so I had to battle with the backlit being on one side of the field, the other side was perfect lighting.

[dmmiller]

Really great shots. Great timing too! :)

(My attention went straight to the HUGE lens in the 6th pic - WOW!)

[mike ca]

Nice series of shots! Well done for the hard lighting conditions! thanks for sharing

[B.C.]

Really great shots. Great timing too! :)

(My attention went straight to the HUGE lens in the 6th pic - WOW!)

Thanks, that 20D doesn't give many frames per second, 5 or 6 i think?, so it makes timing and anticipating action that more important.

[Maureen Souza]

Tell your dad, that Maureen said he can give you his 40D......... ;)

[Skip Souza]

Very well done, Bryan. I'll bet your dad is just busting his buttons with pride ;-)
You captured the action quite well, just like being there and it sounds like you had a wonderful time.

Got to love Coach Hill and his willingness to take the Bulldogs to play any time, any team, anywhere. GO DOGS

[B.C.]

Very well done, Bryan. I'll bet your dad is just busting his buttons with pride ;-)
You captured the action quite well, just like being there and it sounds like you had a wonderful time.

Got to love Coach Hill and his willingness to take the Bulldogs to play any time, any team, anywhere. GO DOGS


Thanks Skip, he was pretty jazzed and so was everyone at the paper, they all thought I had the best shots.


Tell your dad, that Maureen said he can give you his 40D......... ;)

You know, I've been telling him that for a while now, but he just won't budge. Maybe you could mention it to him for me.....

[B.C.]

The first picture is how the sports page looked. The second picture is the photo spread that ran in the middle of the paper.

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[T.D.]

Nice work!

These are all really well done. Good job!

[PhotosGuy]

Very nice work! Even more impressive as "my first ever football game"!

[dmmiller]

The first picture is how the sports page looked. The second picture is the photo spread that ran in the middle of the paper.



Looks great! :)

[DonE]

That 300mm 2.8 is one awesome lens. Well done on these Bryan. Great action shots for sure.

[Ballen Photo]

Very well done Bryan! :) Your set looks good on the front page of the sports section. ;)
-Bruce

[B.C.]

Very nice work! Even more impressive as "my first ever football game"!

Thanks. The first major run of the game was a wake-up call as I couldn't pan fast enough across the field and all the images were blurry, but I caught on quick.

[In2Photos]

Very nice set of images! And the paper spread looks great! Well done.

[B.C.]

Very nice set of images! And the paper spread looks great! Well done.

Thanks. As of now I don't have any input on the design of the paper, but I wouldn't mind putting in my 2 cents. My photojournalism teacher said the photo spread had too many photos. I don't know if I would agree 100% with that.

[Maureen Souza]

I'll work on him, Bryan..........

The page layouts are wonderful. You should be so proud!!!

[Skip Souza]

Thanks. As of now I don't have any input on the design of the paper, but I wouldn't mind putting in my 2 cents. My photojournalism teacher said the photo spread had too many photos. I don't know if I would agree 100% with that.

Looks like your teacher does not ascribe to "A picture is worth a thousand words." Must be a writer, not a photographer :lol:

[B.C.]

Looks like your teacher does not ascribe to "A picture is worth a thousand words." Must be a writer, not a photographer :lol:

He's old school, still doesn't fully believe that digital is the way to go.

[Belmondo]

Well, it certainly looks like the apple hasn't fallen very far from the tree.

Excellent work.

[Enfektious]

As a Bulldog Alum, I gotta say Great Job! ....Man, I can't help but think we should be 3-0 right now.

[B.C.]

As a Bulldog Alum, I gotta say Great Job! ....Man, I can't help but think we should be 3-0 right now.


I know, if it wasn't for that bum of a kicker. We would actually be 4-0 and probably ranked 15th-ish.

[Kevin]

Well, it certainly looks like the apple hasn't fallen very far from the tree.

Excellent work.
Yes and proud of it, but he gets it from his mother. Dang, I hate to lose another piece of equipment, but lookout you're not getting my 1D MkIII. Way to gooooo B.C. The Collegian should be honored to have sports magazine images for their paper.

[B.C.]

Yes and proud of it, but he gets it from his mother. Dang, I hate to lose another piece of equipment, but lookout you're not getting my 1D MkIII. Way to gooooo B.C. The Collegian should be honored to have sports magazine images for their paper.

Does that mean I can have the 40D?, i mean ill trade in my 20D for what its worth, kind of like a used car.