High School Football Preview

Madison County senior Aldreakis Allen on Monday, July 28, 2008.

Over the past month, I've had to go out and shoot a few HS preview portraits. Since these have finally hit the street, time to share.

Three of the four were shot with my new D700 and everything was shot "small ball" i.e. and those three were shot with small camera flashes rather than pulling out the "big boy lights." The big boy lights were saved for the water shot, which lead the newspapers Saturday Sports front before the preview went out Sunday, where it ran smaller and in B&W.

A few notes: The water was poured by the "voice activated water delivery system" otherwise known as a sports reporter. I generally went with a warming filter (indoors) or CTO filter (outdoors) on one flash and a 1/2 blue on the other one. Naturally the two outdoor shots were shot in tungsten, to give that nice blue feeling to the sky. (Its a simple trick and i might be milking it too much of late.)

So here's everything in their color and glory.



Athens Academy running back James Colquitt on Wednesday, July 30, 2008.



Clarke Central Gladiators quarterback John Wilson on Friday, August 1, 2008.



Jackson County Panthers linebacker John Holton Thursday, July 31, 2008.