TENNIS FAVORITES

So I've been really busy shooting a lot. I covered the Calabasas Challenger again for the second year in a row. And this year was better then last year. Reason being I had amazing gear thanks to Nikon. And I have learned a ton from the previous year. For example, the things I've learned in the last year 1) back grounds- I am always scouting for the cleanest back grounds I can find. The cleaner the back ground the better the photo. 2) light pockets- light pockets are awesome, they completely change the feel of a photo. It makes it more dramatic, a million times more interesting. 3) expressions- expressions in your subjects face is extremely important and can only add to the photo. the best part is everyone has different opinions on what expressions mean. IT'S AWESOME!! Well below are a couple of my favorite photos of the week. Enjoy!! and comments are welcome.

This photo represents the example of expressions and back grounds. 

This photo shows an example of light pockets

This photo shows examples of expressions and back rounds as well.

If you would like to compare the photos from this year and last year click here. (scroll down)

California's Burnin'

Today, California had 3 or 4 fires happing. Matt and I decided to shoot one that was fairly nearby. We drove around to a couple spots before we finally found a spot where we could park and still be close to the flames. It was a pretty fun time.

Awesome lighting Techniques

Ok, So the other day I was supposed to have a Photo shoot with 10x heavy weight boxer of the world, James "lights out" Toney. But he could not make it. So I shot 2 other boxers instead. Ivan and Javier. Both great fighters. Well Dustin Snipes and Matt Rosenthal helped me out on the shoot. I had a little technical difficulty in the beginning Because I lost the key too my car. So, I obviously couldn't drive to the shoot. But thanks to a good friend of mine, she took me. Anyway, the setup was fairly simple. Spray water on your subject, and make sure your background is clean. This setup was just one strobe. we had a beauty dish on the strobe.  and kept the strobe overhead of the subject and voila. If you would like to see more photos from the shoot please check out my website Jakedegolish.com

New Website

Hey everyone, Just wanted to announce my grand opening of my new website, jakedegolish.com
check it out, I still have some edits to do to it, but for the most part it's pretty good. Also, comments and emails are greatly appreciated. Thank you!!