On Assignment
Head First
Last week, I was assigned to shoot a portrait of a new swimming coach at a local high school. The day before, I had just lit another portrait with three lights, but this time I tried to see what I could do with a single (direct, since I don’t have an off-camera cord) strobe.
Natrona County assistant swim coach Isaac Kalinowski poses for a portrait Jan. 12, 2012 at Natrona County High School. Kalinowski is also a former standout football player for Narona County, as well as the school’s current tennis coach and art teacher.
Medicine Bow, sunset
While out on an assignment last week, I drove through Medicine Bow (pop. 244) right around sundown. Here’s a pictorial-ish one I liked.
Sled Doggin’
I meant to post this awhile back. Got caught up with stuff, but here’s a few selects from a feature hunt I found one Saturday. Next time, I was told, I have to run dogs on a sled myself.
The Jailhouse
Yesterday I got to go through the old Natrona County Jail and Juvenile Detention Center in downtown Casper. The center, which has since closed because a new one was built, further fueled my obsession with old, abandoned decrepit things and reminded me that I’d never like to spend a night in jail.
Snow Birds
Just one that I liked while feature hunting one morning last week when it snowed. The pigeons were keeping warm on the chimney.
The Animal Cops
A few weeks ago, a reporter here asked if I’d be interested in working on a story about Metro Animal Control here in Casper. He said they’d let me ride along with them as they caught dogs and cats, so I figured why not.
Fair warning: You will see dead animals below.
Here’s a few from half-a-day with them.
Jeral, the animal control officer I hung out with for a bit.
Some dogs won’t walk along with you, he said.
After an animal is brought in, they have to be checked and vaccinated.
Not as ferocious as he looks. I think he just needed a chew toy.
Cleaning the pens.
The not-so-glamorous part of the job.
The animal pit. Yeah, where they put roadkill and the like.
Rachel and her mustache
Drunk people are funny. And yes, that’s a tattoo.
The Albany, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Denzel Douglas
This afternoon I got a quick assignment to photograph Denzel Douglas, a point guard here at Casper College who signed with Idaho and I thought it’d be another good chance to practice my on-location lighting. We only have two Dynalites here, so I had to use an on-camera 550EX to trigger the optical slaves on the Dynalites set up on either side of Denzel. Not ideal, but it worked out OK.
In case you care:
1/200 sec. @ f/13, ISO 100. Two Dynalites set on each side at 1/8 power. Front fill is a direct 550EX at 1/4 power @ 50mm.
