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What's Up at The Downs 2003

Brad Mangin, Photographer

Pleasanton | CA | USA | Posted: 2:49 AM on 04.25.03

->> The 2003 Collegiate Sports Journalism Seminar at Churchill Downs is under way in Louisville and many SportsShooter.com members are taking part. They will all be getting up at 4 am Friday mornming to begin their first full day of shooting.

Some of the students who are SportsShooter.com members and are participating include: David Snyder, Max Morse, Joshua Brown, Willie Allen Jr., Steve Boyle, Travis Mathews, Denis Rochefort & Brendan Smialowski.

Other SportsShooter.com members who are participating as assistants or intructors include: Rick Rickman, Skip Dickstein, Mike Corrado, Jeff Snyder, Bill Frakes, Dave Black & Justin Fowler.

Max Morse wrote a fun story about the road trip he took with Dave Black to get to Louisville:

http://www.sportsshooter.com/news_story.html?id=926

To read more about this once-a-year workshop check out this link:

http://www.sportsshooter.com/education/workshop_profile.html?id=18

Grover Sanschagrin, Photographer, Assistant

	Albany \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 2:57 AM on 04.25.03
	->> That picture on the front of the site is cool! Thanks to Jeff Snyder for sending it to us. There's a larger version here: http://www.sportsshooter.com/special_feature/fun_times/2003_downs.jpg Can you count the SportsShooter hats?

Brad Mangin, Photographer

	Pleasanton \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 3:01 AM on 04.25.03
	->> Member Justin Fowler posted an entire gallery of pictures from the festivities at the workshop on Thursday. Check out his member gallery to see his pictures: http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=389

Kevin M. Cox, Photographer

	San Marcos \| TX \| US \| Posted: 4:01 AM on 04.25.03
	->> Keep the photos coming guys! Do I count 11 Sports Shooter baseball caps in that photo? Did they all get them when they got there, or did they come prepared? Just imagine if they all also had SS polo shirts! [OK OK, I know, wrong thread. ;) ] I wish I had heard about this seminar when I was still a student!

Penn Camera, Photographer

	Beltsville \| MD \| USA \| Posted: 6:42 AM on 04.25.03
	->> There are at least a dozen Sports Shooter hats out here that I brought.....It's pouring here in Louisville at 6am with the thunder crackin, and lightning illuminating the skys....Or, it's Joe McNally lighting the track....More to follow as the day drys out... Jeff

Penn Camera, Photographer

	Beltsville \| MD \| USA \| Posted: 7:41 AM on 04.25.03
	->> and....Brad forgot to mention, Lucas Gilman and Joe McNally who are also here as instructors....

Nathan Pier, Student/Intern, Photographer

	Madison \| WI \| USA \| Posted: 11:18 AM on 04.25.03
	->> I am really bummed that I missed the deadline for this year's Derby Seminar. I am planing on attending next year (even if I have to sneak in disquised as a 6 foot tall 230 pound jockey. I hope that the mebers in attendance will keeps us posted on how the clinic is going so I can live vicariously through them for this year at least.

Brad Mangin, Photographer

	Pleasanton \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 11:54 AM on 04.25.03
	->> Jeff, Very cool that Lucas is there as well! I didn't catch the press release so I didn't know he was there :-) I now count 16 SportsShooter.com member participating in this cool event.

Thomas E. Witte, Photographer

	Cincinnati \| OH \| USA \| Posted: 12:00 PM on 04.25.03
	->> Jason Kaye and I are here too Brad. Nobody cares about assistants. :( I'm trying to update photos as they happen, but it's hard to see straight on 4 hours of sleep. More to come, Skip is forcing us to go eat.

Brad Mangin, Photographer

	Pleasanton \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 12:08 PM on 04.25.03
	->> Thomas- that's very cool...once again I had no idea that there were more members at Churchill Downs :-) Yes...we care about assistants!!! I have changed the headline on our front page to reflect you all...it now reads: 18 SportsShooter.com members participate in the Collegiate Journalism Seminar at Churchill Downs. Very, very cool.

Justin Fowler, Student/Intern, Photographer

	Bowling Green \| KY \| USA \| Posted: 2:58 PM on 04.25.03
	->> More pictures!!!! Today's theme....Did you bring your rain coat? I hate Kentucky weather! ; ) http://www.sportsshooter.com/acquiesce/churchill/

Justin Fowler, Student/Intern, Photographer

	Bowling Green \| KY \| USA \| Posted: 3:25 PM on 04.25.03
	->> Anybody know how to update a hidden gallery? Trying to add some pics to the hidden gallery, but I can't figure out how to do it. Maybe thats a good thing though ; )

Grover Sanschagrin, Photographer, Assistant

	Albany \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 4:16 PM on 04.25.03
	->> You can't update a hidden gallery... you need to re-do it. The reason: It creates a .ZIP file on the server so you can download it to your local computer to use as a portfolio presentation tool, and this .ZIP file must be regenerated each time. So, start over! Let's see some pictures! (Either that or create a new one and leave the old one alone.)

Walter Calahan, Photographer

Silver Spring | MD | USA | Posted: 4:51 PM on 04.25.03

->> Shoe Shot is cool: I'm glad everyone who wants to can take a moment for their evening prayers. Judging from the windowless rooms for photo editing of the days work, does anyone know which direction is Mecca?

No slight meant to our photo-journalist Muslem friends, but the shoe photo on the hidden gallery reminded me of all the times I've visited a mosque. What amazed me about entering a mosque is everyone can find their shoes after prayers!

Hope we don't have any shoe-less photo-j students wandering around Chruchhill Downs. HA ;-)

Jason Kaye, Photographer

	Peru \| IN \| \| Posted: 5:11 PM on 04.25.03
	->> More Images from Churchill

Thomas E. Witte, Photographer

	Cincinnati \| OH \| USA \| Posted: 5:34 PM on 04.25.03
	->> I was reeeeeeeally tempted to tie all the shoelaces together when I ran out on an errand earlier.

Jan Langsner, Photographer

	Lloyd \| AB \| Canada \| Posted: 6:01 PM on 04.25.03
	->> Travis Mathews's image #6 "Whoa" is outstanding. I love it!

Jim Owens, Photographer

	Cincinnati \| OH \| usa \| Posted: 6:21 PM on 04.25.03
	->> Thomas, see if you can get free to see the "bed races' held down there at the Exposistion Center. Lots of laughs, good fun. [high babe alert area too, I might add.]

Jeff Snyder, Photographer

Metro DC Region | MD | USA | Posted: 9:59 PM on 04.25.03

->> Finally back in the hotel, and it's 9:45pm....and we arrived at the track at 5:30am for the early am workouts....It's been a LONG wet rainy day, BUT, some of the images that the students are producing are just outstanding.....They've been inspired by and have seen presentations over the past two days by Skip Dickstein, Rick Rickman, Dave Black, Lucas Gilman, Joe McNally and Bill Frakes....Two more days of workshops & Churchill Downs opens its season tommorrow, so stay tuned for "Opening Day" wire to wire images.......
js

Jeff Snyder, Photographer

	Metro DC Region \| MD \| USA \| Posted: 8:47 AM on 04.26.03
	->> LIVE From the Downs.....We have set up a webcam in the Executive Boardroom of Churchill Downs, where the "Workflow" staging area is set up. You can access through YAHOO Messenger, send an Instant Message to the screenname: "DownsSeminar", and we'll invite you in to watch the workflow in progress.

Yuli Wu, Photographer

	Ann Arbor \| MI \| \| Posted: 12:51 PM on 04.26.03
	->> SO GUYS HAS THE FAMOUS BEN STORY BEEN TOLD YET!!!!! Hello Ricky, Miky, Dave, Bill, Skip and Lucas with his busy hands and Carol from Nikon

Yuli Wu, Photographer

	Ann Arbor \| MI \| \| Posted: 1:51 PM on 04.26.03
	->> Hey everyone I just created a hidden gallery from last year's 2002 Churchill Downs with our own sports shooter members check it out. AND I GOT THE FAMOUS BEN ELEVATOR PICTURE

Yuli Wu, Photographer

	Ann Arbor \| MI \| \| Posted: 1:54 PM on 04.26.03
	->> And here is the web page to it http://www.sportsshooter.com/photowu/2002churchilldowns/

JP Beato III, Student/Intern, Photographer

	College Station \| TX \| USA \| Posted: 3:58 PM on 04.26.03
	->> wow...the web cam is cool... a little blurry, but cool to watch the "workflow in progress" i'm actually more suprised i got it to work on my computer... when are you guys setting up the "james nachtwey camera cam" so we can REALLY see what going on at churchhill downs...?

David Snyder, Student/Intern, Photographer

	Potomac \| MD \| USA \| Posted: 5:28 PM on 04.26.03
	->> jsut updated with images from today, check it out - opening day @ Churchill

Thomas E. Witte, Photographer

	Cincinnati \| OH \| USA \| Posted: 9:45 PM on 04.26.03
	->> Everyone at the seminar has pretty much uploaded the crap out of their pages today. There were some pretty killer pictures taken today that shouldn't be missed, and they'll likely be updated out tomorrow.

Thomas E. Witte, Photographer

Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 1:20 AM on 04.28.03

->> Fellas, I didn't get to see a lot of you off, but you all did a fantastic job; shooters and faculty. Why I'm still awake, I'm not sure. I've been on my 6th wind for about 8 hours now and my sleep cycle is shot to pieces.

I only hit two tickets, out of 8 bets, all weekend, but thankfully they were both $5 16:1 and 17:1 win, place, show bets where they came in first. Tommy's buying a new teleconverter. :)

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