p.1 #1 · NHL - Buffalo Sabres vs. Los Angeles - Dec. 19th, 2008
I shot my first NHL game recently. A special thanks to the Sabres photographers for the warm hospitality.
This was the first time, I was able to shoot through a photo hole, and what a huge difference it makes. Also, it's the really first time, I was able to shoot my D300 at 8 fps. I usually never shoot in burst because of my strobes. It was fun.
Buffalo won the game 5-0.
it was a rough drive because of the snow storm, but all-in-all a lot of fun. The weather made for a very stressful and long day. But I made it to Buffalo and home safe.
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#35 Jason LaBarbera, with maybe the coolest goalie helmet ever. James Hetfield of Metallica on the side, along with what looks like Gene Simmons of Kiss. http://surettephotography.com/FM/BS-12-20-08-046.jpg
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#21 Denis Gauthier of the Los Angeles Kings gives a solid punch to #36 Patrick Paetsch to drop him to the ice. Paetsch curls up into the fetal position to avoid more of a betting. Gauthier sat their for a second for Paetsch to retaliate, but never did. Gauthier shook his head in disbelieve as he was carted off to the penalty box for a 4 minute roughing penalty. http://surettephotography.com/FM/BS-12-20-08-152.jpg
p.1 #3 · NHL - Buffalo Sabres vs. Los Angeles - Dec. 19th, 2008
agreed, great stuff here, nice eyes, everything is nice and bright, some good action, white balance looks great. kopitar's face in no. 6 is priceless. the dude needs to step it up for my fantasy team though
p.1 #4 · NHL - Buffalo Sabres vs. Los Angeles - Dec. 19th, 2008
Thanks for the comments.
I was a little worried with my D300, as it was rendering the LA Kings "purple" blue on my screen. So, here I was thinking, I traveled all this way in a snow storm, to have my camera render the wrong colours. Turns out it was just on my LCD. I tried everything possible for the colour management, (way too many options on the Nikon's) but couldn't fix the purple on the screen.
I was thinking that I would have to adjust all the pictures on the computer to get the purple, turns out the files are fine, just the colours on the LCD...
Pampered by strobes? Yes, but shooting ambient was fun, as long as it's through a hole...
For what it's worth, if you nail your white balance, getting the colour you want is the easy part...
p.1 #5 · NHL - Buffalo Sabres vs. Los Angeles - Dec. 19th, 2008
Great shots man. It is a treat eh. It's hard to go back to the CHL as much as I love shooting Juniors the photo hole and great lighting is a treat. Buffalo looks like it has great lighting.
