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Centre College’s spring carnival is always a fun and relaxing time for students. The student government brings in a singer each year and this years main attraction was Matt Nathanson who is best known for “Come on Get Higher.” The guy is pretty dang funny. He spent most of the night heckling the crowd and [...]
Centre College's Greek community celebrates with a week of competitions. Most of them are not terribly good for taking photos, but the Greek Olympics is a different story.
Spring has FINALLY arrived in central Kentucky. Winters are long and cold around here so the wonderful spring weather has really turned the already stunning Centre campus into a little piece of eden.
A bee sucks on the nectar off the flowers of a tree outside of the Centre College gymnasium.
The weather has been very nice this week and after a full day of shooting the Kentucky School for the Deaf’s tearing down of an academic building, I opted for some time on the courts shooting tennis. Some of these I had the 1.4TC on the 70-200, some I did not. Most of them were shot on the D300s DX (crop) body at shutter speeds above 1/4000 to stop the racquet and ball in their tracks.
Finally the weather broke in Kentucky. Just in time for the first tennis match of the season. I borrowed Clay Jackson’s 1.4 teleconverter and threw it on my 70-200 lens giving it a really nice reach on the D300s DX body and just a little bit better reach for the D700 FX body. There is lots more tennis to come this spring.
n sorting through the photos I took this past fall to be uploaded on Photoshelter, I came across this one and I forgot how much I liked it. Senior Alex Wegener quietly pumps his fist after scoring a goal against Austin College at one of the later home games in the fall. Sometimes it’s not about the big emotional celebration or the high fives and chest bumps from teammates, but just a satisfied feeling knowing you got it right. Time to get on with the game.
