Siemens Medical Sailing Regatta

Every day is different! That’s one of the best parts about my job!!!  🙂

Yesterday I got to photograph a fun sailing regatta for Siemens Medical. Being out on the Committee Boat with Captain Mike and Captain Dave, the Professional Race Official, was a real treat. The weather in Charleston Harbor was perfect with a steady wind, a balmy 75 degrees, and blue skies!

Many thanks to Lee at www.experienceholycity.com for bringing me on board (pun intended)! And CONGRATULATIONS to Angela and all the winners from Siemens Medical!!!

* Nikon Z9 (x2), Nikkor Z 24-120 f4, Nikkor Z 70-200 f2.8 + Z TC 1.4X (98mm-280mm equivalent), DJI Mini 3 Pro

Orangegrove Basketball

My friend Erin called me the other day and invited me to cover a high-school basketball game for her. It was so much fun!

Shooting with the Nikon Z9 and Nikkor Z 70-200 f2.8 in 3D tracking mode with eye-detect turned on was a dream. I also frequently switched into DX mode, providing an effective focal length of 105-300 f2.8. Settings were ISO 8000, 1/1000sec, f2.8, Auto WB, 10fps, and JPG fine.

The girls of Orangegrove played hard and eked out a thrilling victory in overtime over CE Williams. CONGRATULATIONS to Coach Alex and the girls. And MANY THANKS to Erin for the invitation.

FX Dance Performance at Queen Street Playhouse

It was both a pleasure and a challenge photographing the FX Dance Performance at the Queen Street Playhouse!

Capturing explosive movement in extremely low light conditions is probably the most difficult scanario for any camera to handle. But even with pushing the Z9 to 8,000 and 16,000 ISO, I was very impressed.

Many thanks to Allie for inviting us. She did an amazing job leading and choreographing this talented group of dancers!

Credit One Charleston Open – Champion’s Photos

After an AMAZING week of ferocious tennis, Belinda Bencic was crowned champion of the 2022 Credit One Charleston Open!!! After she had a chance to rest and recuperate from her 3-set triumph over Ons Jabeur, I met up with her in downtown Charleston for a few fun portraits of her with her new trophy!

Credit One Charleston Open – Day 8

Day 8 at the Credit One Charleston Open was semi-final Saturday! We are now down to two doubles teams and two singles players vying for the trophy.  But we also had some very special guests at the stadium today.  It was an honor to photograph 6 former champions, who returned to help the tournament celebrate its 50th Anniversary!!!  Can you name all of them?

Credit One Charleston Open – Day 5

Day 5 at the Credit One Charleston Open may have been stunted by rain and lightning…but it was still an awesome day filled with excitement and action!!!

Credit One Charleston Open – Day 4

Under threat of violent weather and tornado warnings, today’s action was cut short. But Day 4 of the Credit One Charleston Open still yielded some amazing action and awesome images!  🙂

Credit One Charleston Open – Iconic Photo Shoot

At the end of Day 2, I had the pleasure of capturing the Iconic Photo Shoot for the Credit One Charleston Open! The two top seeds of the, Paula Badosa and Aryna Sabalenka, met us at the Belmond Charleston Place Hotel. We had a lot of laughs, photographing them in “the pool” of purple tennis balls. Then we walked across the street to The Riviera Theater for a few shots under the official marquis.  Both these amazing athletes were an absolute pleasure to work with!