Friday, December 31, 2010

Connecticut at Stanford, 30 December 2010

Steve Mitchel

With a sell-out crowd, Steve had to shoot "from the nosebleed seats" but still got some good action and sideline shots for his flicker gallery, including one of four alumnae,

And one of Jeanette Pohlen ripping things up:

Michael Li

Michael was there and shot an instant earlier with a wider lens:

He posted that and several good pics of the packed stands to his flickr set.

Baranduin Briggs

Like Steve, Baranduin says she "had to sit in my season ticket seat instead of moving to where I have an more unobstructed view, so I had to shoot through the excited fans in front of me." Just the same she got some excellent views up to set to continuous, including this one (look closely)

Nneka has just put the ball in the hoop despite Maya Moore's best efforts. Look in the background for reactions from Ros, JJ, Candice and Jayne.

Elsewhere among her 47 posted shots, Baranduin has this showing one of Kayla's reverse flip-ups.

Kelley L. Cox

Kelley L. Cox is a professional sports photographer who posts a selection of her work on her eponymous blog. Check it out for highly-polished pictures like this one of Nneka celebrating the win.

Dave Cortesi

Dave put a few keepable shots of pregame and sideline actions in his smugmug gallery, including this one Marian took of a rapt fan:

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Xavier at Stanford, 28 December 2010

Steve Mitchel

Steve posted 16 pics to his flickr gallery including this one of the tip-off:


And a variety of other nice shots of play action as well as bench interactions. Check the gallery; we'll just tease with these:

Baranduin Briggs

Baranduin posted 31 shots to her blog, set on continuous, including this one of tip-off:


And a variety of other good action and venue pics, but we'll just go with the teasers (teased hair, in fact):

Dave Cortesi

Dave took mostly shots before the game and after, at the Tent, posting 16 shots to his smugmug gallery. However, just before tip-off, Marian said, "Do you think Nneka can out-jump Phillips?" so their camera's click joined what must have been a perfect storm of shutter noises at that same instant:


Yes, she could. By about 4-5 inches, it looks like. Check the gallery for other pics including head shots of:


Thursday, December 23, 2010

Stanford at USF, 22 December 2010

Baranduin Briggs

Baranduin was a little slow getting her pics up ("I think my computer wants a holiday break" she writes) but posted a big selection to her blog set to continuous, including one of her signature monochrome action shots of Nneka:

...and one of Toni's unique free-throw setup (is it from a volleyball service style?)

Steve Mitchel

Steve posted some nice pics to his flickr gallery including two shots of contrasting coaching styles:

and one of his daughter and others with a home-made 800 sign:

Dave Cortesi

Dave got a few decent shots and posted them in his smugmug gallery including one of Katy Steding watching Jen Azzi congratulate Tara:

(That's local newsman Vern Glenn just behind them with the camera.) And one of Sara James on defense:

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Fresno State at Stanford, 12 Dec 2010

Baranduin Briggs

Baranduin posted 24 shots to her blog including a shot of Nneka at the starting tip-off. Did you notice that the opposing player didn't even try to jump? In this shot you can see why.

Baranduin also shows us Kayla celebrating Jeannette's drive to the basket.

Dave Cortesi

Dave Cortesi wandered around with a new camera and got a few shots worth posting to his smugmug gallery including one of Deb Gumbley and Candice Wiggins:

and one of a french horn player in the band. (If you know her name, add a comment.)

Monday, November 29, 2010

Texas at Stanford, 28 November 2010

Steve Mitchel

Steve posted pictures his flicker gallery including this one of Sara Boothe working in the paint,

And a shot of a bemused child in the midst of the band:


Baranduin Briggs

Baranduin posted to her blog including one of her monochrome specials of Pohlen and C. Ogwumike defending the dangerous Kat Nash:


And this—talk about the critical moment!— of Lindy chasing a loose ball (it was ruled out of bounds; on the replay she clearly controlled it in-bounds, but that's refereeing for you):

Saturday, November 27, 2010

South Carolina at Stanford, 26 November 2010

Baranduin Biggs

Baranduin posted 30-odd game pictures to her blog including this lovely shot of Sara James:

...and, along with nice shots of Sarah, Chiney, and Toni, this pretty pic of Lindy Laroque:

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Rutgers at Stanford, 14 November 2010

Steve Mitchel

Steve was shooting from behind the Cardinal bench. Among the pictures in his Picasa Gallery we particularly like this shot of Tara schooling Toni Kokenis,


...and this one of Nneka puttin' some D on Erica Wheeler:


Baranduin Briggs

Baranduin shot from the south end and posted great action shots to her blog, Set to Continuous, including this one of Kayla chasing a loose ball,


And this absolute stunner of Chiney going for a rebound. Check Nneka's expression behind.


How to Be a Fast Break Photographer

Quite a few fans of Stanford Women's Basketball bring their cameras to the game, and some of the pictures they take are awesome, gripping, stunning! The purpose of this blog is twofold: one, to give the fan photographers an easy way to share their shots with other fans, and two, to give all fans of the Cardinal Women another place to go to find great pictures of their favorite team!

How to Take Part

As a fan photographer, here's what you do.

  1. Take your camera to a game and shoot, shoot, shoot!
  2. Sort through your pictures and choose the ones you think are worth sharing with other fans.
  3. Upload those to any online photo hosting site—flickr, phanfare, picasa, smugmug, or your own blog—anywhere that we can link to.
  4. Send an email with a link to the particular gallery, and your credit line, to photos (at-sign) Stanfordfbc.org.

That's it. The hardworking mice in the FBC woodwork create one blog post for each game. In that post they put samples of, and links to, each contributor's work.

What About Copyrights and Licenses and Such?

See the very bottom of this page: you retain copyright to your photos, but you allow us to display them under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license. That means that we and any other individuals can copy them and use them, but for commercial use you still have control.

Pictures of What Subjects?

Anything your fellow fans would be interested in. Action shots, of course. But also players warming up ... coaches doing their thing ... nice portrait-style head shots of players ... pictures of the LSJUMB and their outrageous hats ... pictures of any of the staff. Anybody who is at the game in an official capacity is a valid subject.

We should be more circumspect when taking pictures of fellow fans. If they go out on the floor, or dress in a flamboyant costume, or carry a sign, fine: they expect to be be seen. But a person just sitting in the stands has a certain expectation of privacy, and you should ask permission to shoot them. (Be especially respectful of team parents. Players are public figures, but their families aren't.)

Do These Have to Be Great Shots?

They ought to be interesting shots. Do yourself the favor of not uploading the ones that didn't come out, the fuzzy ones and the motion-blurred ones and the ones where you juuuuust missed the action.
It's nice if you want to do a little straightening, maybe a little cropping to make the center of interest stand out—but this is ephemeral work, don't spend hours in photoshop getting it perfect, because really, nobody will notice.


How Soon Do We Need Them?

As soon as you can comfortably manage. We'll put up the blog post as soon after a game as we get any pictures. Then we'll keep editing the post to add more links as other contributors email to us.