Bloomington Jefferson vs Eagan Boys Hockey

Cooper vs Hopkins Boys BB

So this was a pretty big game for high school basketball. The #1 ranked Hopkins Royals were visiting the #3 ranked Cooper Hawks. Plus the two top ranked players in the state were on opposing teams. And the kicker is that both of those two players are two of Tubby Smith's big recruits and going to the University of MN next year.

So needless to say I was excited to have the opportunity to shoot this game for Vype. And it was packed, over 3,000 seats sold.

The score didn't reflect how good the game was, the Royals pulled away at the end, but overall a very good game.

These shot are right out the camera, so I'll have to go back and do some color correcting and some exposure fixes, but not bad for a guy shooting his 5th basketball game ever.

Orange Apple Photo

If you haven't figured it out yet, I have an alter ego by the name of Orange Apple Photo.



It really started out as a name for my Graphic Design portfolio to help me get a real job. That site is still active as well, and I am actually getting some freelance design gigs out of it vs getting that "real" job. Anyway, it started out Orange Apple Photo and Design. But since, I've split them up to have two specific sites, one for the action sports photography and senior portraits and the other is for design.

Orange Apple Photo is starting to pay off as well. It enabled me to get some gigs shooting for the Sun newspapers and Vype Magazine (HS sports mag). It's been a lot of fun and when I get done with a shoot I upload the images to my hosting site and I've gotten some sales. Not enough to stop looking for that "real" job, but it's getting better.

Well that's the story. Take a look at my websites (links to the right) and let me know if you are in need of some action photography for a game or if your business needs some graphic work done.

Thanks and have a great day.

Maggie and Derrick

Here's an engagement session of Maggie and Derrick whom I hope to book for a Sept wedding next fall. They wanted to shoot indoors (go figure with the MN weather) and Maggie found the Woodbury Central Park facility. They had to rent it out for a nominal fee, but we had exclusive access, meaning they shut it down for the shoot. It was nice not having to deal with other people in the way, but I don't think it would have been an issue either way. We did sneak outside for a few shots because the weather gave us a beautiful 30 degree day.

*UPDATE -Maggie and Derrick did indeed book us for their wedding in September. Be sure to check back to view images from their wedding day!