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The sky is reflected in the shiny surface of the Experience Music Project building.
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>Cole's First Hit
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Today Cole and Greta had T-Ball games going on at the same time on different fields. I was only able to see Cole hit but it was his first. Notice the opposing coach talking to the pitcher in the background. Too bad for them!
We don't keep score in Kidsports, but I can tell you if we did, I would be able to say with confidence we kicked their scrawny asses!
>The Jupiter Hotel
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This is the courtyard of the Jupiter Hotel in Portland, Ore. I think it's cool.
>Brick Wall
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Sometimes we just run into a brick wall. Sometimes we are a brick wall.
Sometimes we just want to take a picture of a brick wall.
>Chris and Brian at the Pre
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I checked my exposure on Chris Pietsch, left, and Brian Davies before the Prefontaine Classic Meet at Hayward Field Saturday, June 3, 2005.
>The Impala
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That's me and my dad on the hood of his Chevy Impala. I wish I had that car now.
>Me at the State Championship Track and Field Meet
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Craig Mitchelldyer sent me this. He was attempting to shoot these girls celebrating when I jumped into the frame with a wide lens.
That's what happens when a bunch of photographers are covering the same thing. Some go with short wide lenses and others try to shoot it with long glass.
At sportsshooter.com there are a series of articles dealing with this conflict.
>I Hate "Funpix"
>SportsShooter.com - Member 'Fun Pix'
Sol posted a "Funpix" of me on Sportsshooter.com. I was on the ground shooting steeplechase when it started to rain.
>The Rain is Back
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After one scorching day Friday, the clouds moved in and thunder struck.
This caused a delay at the track meet I was covering and I ended up working a 12-hour day.
We'll see what happens today.
>The Doug Fir
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I finally got to eat at the Doug Fir in Portland. I've been seeing articles about it in all the travel magazines and have been curious about it. It features an interior with walls covered in Douglas fir logs.
They've taken the 70's-style breakfast theme restaurant and managed to make it ultra-hip. I had elk meat for dinner.
Of particular note was the stenciled mirrors in the bathroom. They were one-by-one foot with gold paint over the top. Most people wouldn't notice such detail but, they stuck out like a sore thumb to me because they were the same mirrors in the living room of my 1970's era double-wide mobile trailer we had in Hauser, Ore., in the 70's.
I found it ironic that the mirrors used as decor in double-wide are now used in the hippest bar in Portland.
>Los Angeles Nights
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I thought this image came pretty close to representing a typical scene in Los Angeles. Palm trees, flashy cars, nightlife, hired help, and good weather.
>Room With A View
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This is the view from my room at the Courtyard in Marina Del Rey in Los Angeles. Too bad I never got to enjoy the pool. No time. All work and no play. I need to work on that.
>Pac-10 Track and Field Championships
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I spent the weekend in Los Angeles covering the Pac-10 Championships. It was a lot of fun and a really nice meet. This was a really cool thing to see. Tommy Skipper had a no-hieght in the pole vault the day before. Galen Rupp came in fourth in the 5000 meters for crucial points to seal an Oregon win.
Caption: Tommy Skipper leads the Oregon men's victory lap with Galen Rupp on his shoulder after winning the Pac-10 Championship at Drake Stadium, May 15, 2005, in Los Angeles, Calif.
>Best of the West!
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I just found out today I won an award in the "Best of the West" competition. (bestofthe west.org)
It's kind of strange to me. Two of the five national awards I've won were sports. This is a sports award as well. That makes half of my major awards in the sports category.
Though, I like shooting sports, I don't consider myself a "sports photographer." I think I'm stronger at other types of photography.
I don't know what that means exactly, but it gives me pause.
Contests are funny because if I don't win something in a contest I enter, I get a little irritated and disappointed, maybe even seethe for a few minutes.
If I win, I have only a hint of emotional reaction compared to losing. Photography is a funny thing. If I actually get a photo I think is good, I know it was given to me by the subject. I know I didn't make the photograph great, I just photographed something that was great in a skillful way. I know that I can take a skillful photograph of something that isn't great and it won't win a contest.
Contests are won by the thing we point our camera at. This photo is a perfect example. Not only did Dominique Byrd make a great catch, the fog was a gift. I've shot a lot of touchdown receptions in bad light and they weren't worth even entering into a contest. It's true I chose the right lens, chose the right spot to stand, framed it correctly, and pressed the shutter at the right time, but I do that almost every game...so what? Byrd and the fog made the great photo.
I think too many shooters think they are great photographers because they made a skillful photograph of something spectacular.
On a side note: I talked to Dominique Byrd's mother. She emailed me after it ran in ESPN The Magazine and asked how to get a reprint. She was a very sweet woman and said the nicest thing to me when I called her. She said how much she liked the shot, and said, "We were blessed you were there to take that photo." I thought that was a really cool thing to say.
Here are the judges comments:
Sports photography
First Place: Thomas Boyd, The Register-Guard, Eugene
Second Place: Danny Chan La, The Salt Lake Tribune
Third Place: Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson
Boyd earns first-place honors with a shot of University of Southern California receiver Dominique Boyd reaching to make a one-handed grab of a touchdown pass in a fog-shrouded game against Oregon State.
“This one jumped out right away as a top candidate in the category, and came out as the clear winner,” the judges wrote. “The fog added a surreal look to a nice action photo.”
Second place goes to La for a shot of a high school softball player stretching in a vain effort to tag another player during a title game.
“At first look, the black-and-white threw us off, but when you look at the pure timing, emotion and composition of this photo, it really was worthy of the top three,” the judges wrote.
Presnell captures third place with a photo of Arizona’s Andre Iguodala trying to convince a referee that possession of the basketball belongs to his team.
“This was a fun photo,” the judges wrote. “The look on the face of the player and the two fingers pointing in opposite directions made this an easy choice for the top three also.”
“Overall, this was a tough category,” the judges added. “Most of these photos were probably clip winners throughout the year, and for good reason. It was even a chore to keep it to the Top 10. The newspapers from the West are always very competitive and this year was no exception. It’s probably the best region in the country for sports photography, and the entries showed that.”
Judged by David Petkiewicz, Mac systems administator and former photographer, and
Scott Shaw, staff photographer, for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland.
>A Picture of a Picture on a Fence
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That's what it is alright. Nothing more, nothing less.
It was on Alberta Street in Portland and a professional photographer was advertising his product.
>Mother's Day Portrait
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One of my gifts to Carrie for Mother's Day was a portrait of her and Greta and Cole. Here it is.
>I long for Summer
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It's been raining here in Eugene for days. I'm not even sure how many but there has been at least some amount of precipitation every day this month. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to break.
This photo was shot in Lebanon, Ore., at a drive-in theather that was torn down last year.
>Danny Martin's Memorial Service Procession
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This is a photo from Danny Martin's memorial service at North Bend High School, on May 7, 2005.
Danny's grandsons Bryson, right, and Zachary, sit in the cab of a North Bay Rural Fire Dept. Engine 1. Danny's turnouts were attached to the front bumper. All of Danny's grandchildren rode up front in the cab during the procession from the high school to the fire hall in Glasgow. (Click on the headline to view all the photos)
I attended the service with my camera as Rick and Scott asked me to. I was glad they did because it gave me comfort to know I could be helpful in a small way. Though, I've shot dozens of funerals and services in my career this was a little different. It took place in the high school my mother, father, sister, and I graduated. Where Danny would come to watch Rick wrestle and Scott play football.
My cousin Steve is now the fire chief at North Bay and spoke during the service. His father and my uncle Mike, died in a crash on his way to a structure fire as a firefighter for North Bay. Danny was the Chief at that time. I knew many people in the crowd and even more knew me because of my mom. I recognized people I hadn't seen in decades. I had a sense of belonging in that building that I rarely feel anywhere. It was a strange sensation.
Like everyone I was moved to tears by the stories that were told. Every story I heard reminded me of ten more. I wanted to speak, but I was incapable.
The stories I heard reinforced what I already knew. Danny was an incredible and very unique individual. I listened to testimony telling of how guys would do anything for Danny as Chief. How they sought his respect...how he always made them feel special.
I think that's true about him, and the older I get the more I realize how rare a quality that is in a person. I can think of only a couple names that I could say that about of all the people I've met in my life. Danny was certainly one of them.
My heart aches not only for Gayle, Rick and Scott, but also for Danny's grandchildren. He was even a better Papa than he was a Dad. I lost my grandfather at age 33 and it still hurts. I deeply miss him and I know they will deeply miss him for the rest of their lives.
>Pep Bonet's Response to Sportsshooter Discussion
>message for Thomas Boyd
Hi Thomas. Since I dont want to get
into this, maybe you can send this
to clear things. Thanks a lot and
best regards. Pep
Dear friends.
I think there is a misunderstanding here.
First: DOCUMENTARY in my web means a documentary film, not that I'm only documenting, Sergi Agusti was documenting my way of working, and he did it well. This film is showing honestly how I work. My interpretation of the reality I have experienced, and yes, how I take pictures and the relationship with my subjects. I decided to place the documentary (film) in the web to balance the ¨reality¨ of this essay, so people can have a clear idea of the place. People is judjing my body of work only with that picture of the eye, yes that picture was posed, and most of my portraits are always influenced by the light, specially in this essay of ¨Blind Faith¨, I was trying to show what have been taken away of this children , their sight, so, the light is the main ¨focus¨ in this essay.
This is a personal project, my most personal project, and have never intended to be documentary work. I did the essay and that was the work I submitted for the World Press Photo Masterclass, because I believe photojournalism needs a change in approach, that was to challenge people, and it did. I have been labelled as a photojournalist, I consider myself a photographer working with social issues. ¨FAITH IN CHAOS¨ is a experimental essay with photography and video and it is a work in progress. I do believe in photojournalism, but the old school is old, and old fashioned, whats new to discover? New approaches. That´s what I believe.
I do work with the media, but the biggest satisfaction is to help people directly, like with the amputees soccer team, I found financial support (28.000 Euro) for them to continue playing their soccer and go to International competitions.
That´s something magazines do not do, they publish and that´s it. I find interesting the borders between the personal views and the documenting. I dont only document, anybody with a camera can do that. Whats wrong with changing a persons face a little t the left or to the right? Does that change reality? In a portrait???? I think thats being close minded.
And, I did not present myself as a photojournalist in my website but as a phtographer.
ww.pepbonet.com
PHOTOGRAPHER.
By the way Im not going to react
anymore on all this, you can all continue to have fun togheter, but I have work to do.Best regards for all of you.
Pep.
I agree with this:
These photos of blind kids are more about metaphorical concepts of darkness and light and less about telling a story.
I FIND ALL THIS VERY, VERY, INTERESTING!!!
With all due respect to Jock and Pep, that image and the manner in which it was set up do not pass the "documentary"sniff test.
I'm not a forensic gastrologist either, but I know sh*t when I smell it.
Could you loose your job by hiring someone like Pep Bonet? I REALLY LIKE THIS ONE.
Josh, I understand where you're coming from but it's real simple. Don't do what Pep did. He interfered with the documentary process and manipulated the situation to make soething work for him. Totally unethical. Period.
>Another view of Winchester Bay
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Same dock different angle. I think I like it better than the other image.