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Bernard Hopkins vs Enrique Ornelas Press Conference

October 14, 2009 – 9:00 am

October 14, 2009 : Philadelphia, PA – I was lucky enough to shoot for Golden Boy Promotions today which is run by Oscar de la Hoya. I covered the “Broad Street Brawl” press conference for their scheduled fight in December 2nd on Temple University’s campus.  Philadelphia has a long boxing heritage of boxing and is most famous for Joe Frazier, Rocky Balboa, and of course Bernard Hopkins.
Although these photos are nothing much, I just wanted to update my blog and get the word out on the fight as I genuinely feel that Bernard is doing this more for Philadelphia than himself.  I know he has something to prove, but he could have taken a lot more money to fight in Atlantic City.  Hopefully, brings a spark to North Philly and is a good start to bringing boxing back to the city.

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MLB: New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles

May 11, 2009 – 11:20 am

I spent mothers day in my car wishing I had taken the  train.  It was Sunday and the 99 mile drive took me over 2 hours down I-95 south.  The sad thing is that I would have taken the quick train ride from  Philadelphia to Baltimore BUT Amtrak charges $212 for a round trip ticket! It really makes no sense since I often take the $90 round trip fare to downtown Manhattan.

When I picked up my credentials, dropped off my roller bag in the media room, and walked onto the field there were all these pink bats strung around the batting cage and most of the players were wearing pink arm bands.  So, I tried to be creative on a couple shots as I knew these photos weren’t going to be used except in Monday’s newspaper.  Well, maybe Marie Claire will pick up one of the photos…

I would like to say the Camden Yards has some really friendly staff and a pretty damn good popcorn machine for the press. I’m not too happy with my shots.  The shot of Jeter’s back is pretty neat, but I had a much nicer one of him facing me.  There were just heavy shadows from his hat over his face since I was about two feet from him.  I knew I needed some fill flash, but I really don’t want to risk pissing off an All-Star just before he bats.

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The Penn Relays at Franklin Field

April 27, 2009 – 10:03 pm

April 25, 2009:  Philadelphia, PA – Once a year Philadelphia becomes the centerpiece of one of the largest track & field meets in the United States with 3 days of relay events from middle school to Olympians to 90 year old runners!  On Saturday there were over 35.00 fans from across the nation and with a huge following from Jamaica, the stands were often seas of green and black to support their dominating sprinters.  I really love the Penn Relays and the amazing atmosphere where an ordinary high school runner can hear cheers from thousands and of course loving the beef patties and Ting. I have run here three times and was lucky enough to win the suburban 4×100 race about thirty-pounds ago.  I hope runners now-a-days appreciate the digital age and the ease of having their moments captured.

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USF1 Press Conference at Speed TV in Charlotte, NC

February 24, 2009 – 10:23 pm

I just moved from Charlotte and what do you know. I get an assignment for F1.com and  I find myself on an airplane back to Charlotte to photograph the United States Formula 1(USF1) press conference.  The announcement was  held at thew newly opened Speed TV headquarters on W.T. Harris Blvd in the University Area of Charlotte.  For more information about the newly formed racing team, visit F1.com’s article here.

The team will shortly be making an announcement where their headquarters will be, but for the record it will be somewhere in the vicinity of Charlotte.  They have also changed their name to United States Grand Prix Engineering(USGPE) until they qualify for all the proper licensening.  Their website isn’t online yet, but its at USGPE.com

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2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl – West Virginia vs North Carolina

December 27, 2008 – 8:12 pm

December 27, 2008: Charlotte, NC -  *sidebar*  I still can’t believe there isn’t a single college football team in Charlotte!  I came into the game pretty indifferent on who I wanted to win.  I just wanted the game to be close and lots of scoring!  Boy, did the first half make us photographers happy with the big money touchdown shots and Hakeem Nicks of UNC was dominate in the first half.  West Virginia did end up pulling out the 1 point win and being down on the field after the game listening to all the Mountaineer fans singing “Country Roads” is something I’ll remember for a long time.

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