Kha Vo

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Proposal

For this photography summative, I choose to do sport photography, girl soccer specifically. Since I am the WCI Girls Soccer manager, I attend to a lot of practices, game days and tournaments around Ontario with the team. To take these photos, I use my Nikon D3100 with the telephoto Nikkor 55-200mm VR and the prime lens Nikkor 35mm f1.8 with a Dynex monopod. The telephoto lens is great for sports photography because it can zoom close to the player, well focus and light to carry around. The prime lens I would use when the team when there are no action and in the dark places. I can do well captured portraits images with this prime lens and give a picture with stunning bokeh in the background. I also add the monopod into my kit because for my experiences, sometimes I am watching the action going on the field and it happens to fast I could not take that image right away since my eyes are not in the view finder. I set the camera on a monopod as high as my view sight. I move the camera with my finger on the button to focus the dynamic area around on the still monopod and when action happens, I capture it. It would give me quality images even though I am watching the games.

Artist Statement

Futbol

I have chances to capture the moments of the players. I love soccer and playing sports so I have a huge interest in sports photography. It helps me to move around, choose the right spot to take photos and get myself relax after school. Not only I capture the action shots of the players on the field, I also capture their moments off the field such as on the bench, half time break, warm up, napping, and practices … Also, there are few pictures that I added some quotes to make the picture more different and more interesting to the audience.

All of these pictures I took as RAW files and edited wth Adobe Photoshop CS6, Camera Raw CS6 and Photoscape to put multiple pictures in one picture.

There were a few chanlleges in shooting these photos; for example, when there was heavy raing and the team played under the rain, I could not take some pictures under the rain because I would not want damage my cameras. Or sometimes, I misfocused the fast movement pictures, ended up it gave me the blur results but the compostion and lighting are perfect. To shoot sports photography, we need to be quick, active and always get ready for any weather conditions: snowing, raining, thunderstroms... And yes for professional photographer, it is really hard for them when their team scores an important goal, they are extremely happy but they need to hold the emotions inside them and keep shooting the players' moments" scoring, celebrating... This is a challenging photography career and it caught my attention.

Refererence

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Summative Reference

PLANNING PAGE Narrative or Thematic: Theme:

Photograph #1 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: Mcmaster Unversity, Hamilton.
Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.
Editing: Camera Raw CS6
Caption: This picture I took during the McMaster Tournament at Hamilton. Aysun is the WCI FC striker, who is dribbling the ball to the box while trying get through the other team’s defender.

Photograph #2 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: Mcmaster Unversity, Hamilton.
Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.
Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6, Photoscape

This picture is taken when Kayla Wallace, the Waterloo CI’s keeper made a big save for the team on the Penalty kicks (PK). These 4 pictures are taken consecutively, 4 frames per second. This shows how the goal keeper reacts on the PK shot and how she makes a dive to save the ball.

Photograph #3 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: Mcmaster Unversity, Hamilton.

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.
Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

Vikings are celebrating after the big save from the goal keeper on the PK. Sport photography are not only about the action but also the moments of the players, coaches.

Photograph #4 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, eiting, caption

Location: St Davids Catholic School

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

This is the picture I took during the St. Davids Tournament. Sally and Alisia are about to be substituted in the game, they hug each other, look at my camera and do the pose for shooting.

Photograph #5 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Photograph #6 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: RIM Park

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

This shot is taken when Kendra, a midfielder of WCI Girls Soccer Team made a corner kick. The kick is just frozen at the right time when she makes a contact to the ball and everyone in the box starts moving to look for spaces.

Photograph #7 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: Woodside park

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

This is Kaylee Anagnostopoulos, a central midfielder. She is controlling the ball and trying to get through the defenders from KCI. We can see that how aggressive she is on the field when she is fighting for the team’s possession.

Photograph #8 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: Woodside park

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

WCI Girls Soccer Team are huddling together before the WCSSAA game starts. The captains Ali Salvador and Aysun Osmansoy are inspiring the team to play their best at that day’s game. This huddle always happens before the every game starts.

Photograph #9 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: WCI

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

WCI Girls Soccer is warming up before the game against GRCI starts at home. Though it will be a tough game, but the girls always put their smiles on their faces. The girls always have fun wherever they play at and whoever they play with.

Photograph #10 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: WCI

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

Ali Salvador and Li Schmidt are denying the goal from GRCI’s striker after the corner kick, helping the goal with clean sheet.

Photograph #11 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location:

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6, Photoscape

Kaitlyn Wood, an outside midfielder who is doing the nutmeg (get the ball through the opponent’s legs) at Laurier Tournament. This shot is taken consecutively, 3 frames a second at burst mode.

Photograph #12 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: WCI

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

Ali Salvador, a sweeper who is known as the most aggressive defender on the field of WCI Soccer. She is small but strong, she does a lot of tackles in the game, though her opponents are big, strong or extremely tough. She always get her job done as a defender

Photograph #13 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: Laurier

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6,

This moment is captured around 7:30am before the Laurier Soccer Tournament. Aysun and Sierra were warming up on the field and I decided to take 2 different photos and put them together, side by side, when they were concentrating with the drills and when they were making silly faces in front of my camera.

Photograph #15 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: WCI

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

This shot was captured when Kendra Saxton was doing the free kick. The free kick was about 15 meters away from the net. The action of Kendra extend her legs to kick the ball, the movements of the players from both teams to the position of the ball coming, and the face expression of the goalkeeper were well described visually in this picture.

Photograph #16 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: WCI

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

This shot was taken when Kaylee and Sierra doing the one of the warm up drills before the game starts. I really like this picture because the hair was being frozen while Kaylee was doing her header and also her face expression

Photograph #17 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: St. Davids

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

This shot was captured on the Celtic Cup at St. Davids. Julia Pavlik is an outside midfielder. She was walking on the field and watching her teammates tackling the soccer ball. I took this pic vertically and I went home, I thought that there was so much space in the picture. I decided to add one quote in the picture to make the picture look more interesting to the audience. I also added my autograph “Khavography” in just to make it look more “professional

Photograph #18 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: RIM Park

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

This shot was taken behind the goalkeeper’s net. I think this shot is interesting because we can see the goalkeeper from the view behind the net and she was looking at her teammates defending the balls

Photograph #19 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: RIM Park

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

WCI’s goalie was kicking the ball to the outside midfield as the part of the coaches’ tactics. We can see the goalie’s action from kicking the ball the the players from both team move around to get the ball for their team’s possession.

Photograph #20 – Idea, location, props, sitter(s), lighting, camera techniques, editing, caption

Location: McMaster University

Props: Nikon D3100, Nikkor 55-200mm VR, Extreme SD card 16GB.

Editing: Adobe Camera Raw CS6

This shot was taken when Sally Marshall was doing the free kick from the middle of the field. I took this shot at the shutter speed of 1/1250 to get the action frozen. This picture is the perfect for the kind of tumblr picture where I can put some quotes in to make the picture more interesting.