Following the action

June 8, 2015

Living the dream is one thing, trying to improve and distinguish my style from others is another thing. I am a beloved rugby league fan, and a Dragon's man at heart.

Today I scored some free tickets to go to watch the Bulldogs v Dragons at ANZ stadium at Homebush. It was a day game so it was going to be fun and not push the Canon 1Dx ISO to 6400 and try and get some clean shots at ISO 800.

The task today was to try and track play as best I could. Follow through and not just shoot a pass and stop the continuous burst. Normally I stop after capturing 3 frames of action. Today I wanted to really follow through, anticipate the action but follow through the scene (or play).

After a few shots I realised that even moving around to near the fence the 70-200mm f/2.8 IS (Mark 1) did not provide me enough reach. Back at the suburban ground of Kogarah Jubilee, the fence was much closer to the pitch.

CANTERBURY 29 (T Browne S Kasiano T Lafai J Morris C Rona tries T Hodkinson 2 M Mbye 2 goals M Mbye field goal) bt ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 16 (G Widdop 2 P Mata’utia tries G Widdop 2 goals) at ANZ Stadium. Referee: Gerard Sutton, Chris James. Crowd: 27,291.

I wish to be here one day... ONE DAY ... NRL or any newspaper are you there reading ??

or does former team mate B Mozzle get away?

Big Sam Kasiano .. big is a HUGE understatement

Widdop hits the hole... kids you just need to find the hole and get the ball passed to you

Widdop running for his life not only for the try line but also to avoid big Sam squashing him

B Mozz stay away man... is it try time ?

Back to settling down and to tame the big Dogs pack

Is Brett Morris having second thoughts ? always welcome back to the Dragons

Living the dream again ...

April 18, 2015

Well trying to live the dream. With a ticket ordered a few weeks in advance and a chance to catch up with some mates, I decided to live the dream again. Front row southern side of the beloved Kogarah Jubilee Oval. Sitting behind the goals is great for footy ONLY if you are taking pics. The bad part is, you only get to see half of the game as that's about as far as the eyeballs (I'm talking about mine) can identify red and white vs maroon and gold. Thankfully there are HUGE screens to catch the action when the ball travels beyond the half way point.

This game is for the Dragons to go 5 in a row. All has turned around for my beloved Dragons after the first 2 rounds of the NRL 2015 competition. With the threat of rain imminent it's time to deliver some shots... Enjoy ... oh here are the stats first

St George Illawarra Dragons 12 (Eto Nabuli, Mike Cooper Tries; Gareth Widdop 2 Goals) defeated Brisbane Broncos 10 (Daniel Vidot, Sam Thaiday Tries; Anthony Milford Goal). Crowd: 13,029. Half-time: Dragons 6-4. On report: Dylan Farrell (Dragons).

Pete Mata'utia .. soooo close to scoring the first one of the night

Eto Nebuli scores the first try for the game, early in the 1st half

The old captain and the new... what's going on ?

Captain Creagh on the charge. Do I pick on the on the small half or the hard hitting second rower

The Dragons back slap after creating a knock on.

The new Brisbane prodigy. Anthony Milford

Cooper, our own Englishman on the charge .. who needs James Graham

Ben Hunt head to head against Benji tonight. Dragons hold a slim 6-4 lead over the Bronco's at half time

Dale Copley makes a charge down the field

de Belin and Ah Mau gang tackling Sam Thaiday

Thaiday premature celebration, that's 10-6 Bronco's charging home with 25 to go.

Cooper made strong chargers all game and deserved the winning try for the game

Daniel Vidot and Eto Nabuli at it all night. Great try saver !!

Out of my comfort zone

February 28, 2015

Finally managed to find a couple who were willing participants to allow me to take some pre-wedding shots for my ever so slow growing portfolio.

Hit up a time for Abby and Stephen's shoot, once time and date were arranged we gambled on the weather and headed down south. The weather forecast was not the best so we took advantage of the short burst of sun light ... and all i can say is the people made the shots and the back ground came second. No wonder this couple found each other and will live happily ever after !

Without further or do here is Abby and Stephen

Called it a day and luckily enough the weather held off for the shoot.

The happy couple decided to take up an indoor shoot the following day, and packed my portable strobes (kung pow strobes aka Yong Nuo), to do a clean white seamless shoot. Abby and Stephen are mad footy fans and they decided to show their true colours !!!

That's a wrap. Congrats guys !!!