MORE fish, an apartment fire and playing with studio lights

Monday I covered the soft opening of a new pier constructed between Orange Beach and Gulf Shores on Beach Blvd. After having covered the fishing rodeo Friday and Saturday you could say I'd had a full plate of fish for the past few days.













Tuesday (today) I covered a three story apartment fire that we heard over the scanners. I rushed over there but it was already out, it wasn't very large apparently.











Then John David, Glen and I went to eat. Somehow we ended up at an arcade in the mall. Then Ice Cream happened and finally we made our way back to the Press-Register.



Once back at the office we played with my new 2000 watt second Dynalite pack. We hooked up one of JD's lights that can handle 2000 watt seconds and used it to light the entire room. Its super bright as you can see. We were having a good time.

Here is my pack compared to the Press-Registers. Mine is way bigger and better!

Playin' with the Bears, Wranglin' Fishes and Drivin' Cars

As the title suggests, I've been very busy. This blog entry is going to have a LOT of pictures so settle in for the visuals.

Thursday, July 16.

Messed with strobes in the office with Glenn Andrews. Made this picture:


I shot the Bay Bears with John David. As usual my noggin was bursting with information by the end of the night. I did manage to make one decent picture from a new spot. I should've moved after I made this picture though.



JD took this one of me. I was obviously perplexed at the time.


Then I spent Friday and Saturday covering the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. It was everything you could expect from an event with a title like that. The following pictures are all from Friday:



















And the following are from Saturday:



































Sunday I went to Holt Florida for the Sport Compact Nationals. Turnout wasn't that great but there were some quick cars there.













If you made it all the way through this post, thanks for caring!

A studio portrait, Zumba, Fort Walton Beach and a day off

Tuesday, July 14 I shot a portrait in the studio. I tried shooting it a few different ways but in the end I went with a simple one light setup shot from above.




After that I shot a Zumba class. It is a form of exercise that has a Latin flavor.







After work I went to Pensacola to meet with Monika, then we went on to Fort Walton Beach which is 6 miles from Destin for a car meet.





The next day, Wednesday (yesterday) I had the day off and Monika came to Foley and then we went to Gulf Shores and had an amazing time.

A southern storm and a musical

There has been a few thunderstorms coming through the area recently. John David and I went south yesterday to try to make some pictures of the lightning. It didn't turn out quite like I wanted, the lighting wasn't that pronounced and it was still really light outside but I was able to make this picture:


After that I had to rush to an assignment at a theatre. It is the same theatre (Playhouse at the Park) that I shot a feature of kids playing with puppets a few weeks back. It was a dress rehearsal for the production "High School Musical."