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Spring, Sports and Samy’s Camera News
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Spring is a great time of the year! Baseball has started. The NBA and NHL are headed to the playoffs. Football is never out of sight with the NFL draft coming up ... And this spring is a great time fo ... |
| Posted Date: Apr 19, 2012
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Writer:
Louis Feldman
| Issue number:
146 |
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News, Notes and Sports Shooter Specials from Roberts
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Greeting from Indianapolis!
Some big news to report...Roberts will be rolling out our new expanded used department. As the year rolls on you will see our used inventory grow by leaps and bounds. C ... |
| Posted Date: Apr 19, 2012
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Writer:
Jody Grober
| Issue number:
146 |
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Sports Shooter Venue Guide
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High school basketball. Are there any true sports shooters out there who don't love shooting it?
Over the years I've been privileged to spend many Friday nights in dark high school gyms photograph ... |
| Posted Date: Apr 19, 2012
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Writer:
Trent Nelson, The Salt Lake Tribune
| Issue number:
146 |
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IN THE BAG
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If anybody ever attempts to tell you that the worst part of covering a state's political primary is the travel, or even the fast food, then just walk away, because you're talking to a crazy person. Ev ... |
| Posted Date: Apr 19, 2012
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Writer:
Brian Blanco
| Issue number:
146 |
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FLASH IDEAS
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Photography is an endless road of discovery. However much you learn and practice and use your new skills to improve, there’s always more to learn.
My five part “Flash Basics” series is a primer to ... |
| Posted Date: Apr 19, 2012
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Writer:
James Madelin
| Issue number:
146 |
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Resurrected: The Workshop & Luau Junior to be held April 25
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Call in sick, play hooky from school --- the Workshop & Luau is back!
Held in conjunction with the Sports Shooter Academy, the Workshop & Luau Junior is a day of photography and fun to be held on ... |
| Posted Date: Apr 19, 2012
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Writer:
Robert Hanashiro, Sports Shooter
| Issue number:
146 |
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60 FPS with the Nikon D3
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As a young sports photographer in the 70’s, I read and re-read a book from Alskog press entitled ‘Photographing Sports: Capturing the Excitement of People in Action’ featuring the work of legendary ph ... |
| Posted Date: Apr 19, 2012
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Writer:
Tom Dahlin
| Issue number:
146 |
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Coping With Covering Hard News
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In retrospect, I’m surprised the picture isn’t blurry given how much my hands were shaking. In fact, I almost put the camera down and considered deleting the picture. Instead I took a breath and kept ... |
| Posted Date: Apr 19, 2012
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Writer:
Nic Coury, The Monterey County Weekly
| Issue number:
146 |
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Documenting Long Beach State’s Road to the Tournament
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About seven years ago I started with sports photography at Redondo Union High School, including a few big basketball games at the Long Beach Pyramid and Honda Center for the yearbook. The experience w ... |
| Posted Date: Apr 19, 2012
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Writer:
Patrick T. Fallon
| Issue number:
146 |
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LEADING OFF
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After a little break …. We’re back!
It’s stories like the ones in this issue that that spurred me years ago to start this humble newsletter. Stories that enlighten, educate, inspire and make you s ... |
| Posted Date: Apr 19, 2012
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Writer:
Robert Hanashiro, Sports Shooter
| Issue number:
146 |
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What I Did Last Summer
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With the Super Bowl in the rear view mirror and the Boys of Summer working out in the Valley of the Sun and the Sunshine State I thought I would take a look back at a baseball project I was involved i ... |
| Posted Date: Feb 26, 2012
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Writer:
Chris Covatta
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n/a |
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Just Say Please
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One of the most important things I have learned in my travels has been the act of a simple gesture towards the people in the country you are visiting. At minimum, I make an effort to learn a few simpl ... |
| Posted Date: Jan 2, 2012
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Writer:
David Honl
| Issue number:
145 |
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Best Wishes For A Great 2012 From Samy's Camera
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The entire Samy's Camera family extends best wishes for a great 2012 to all of you Sports Shooter readers!
It was an exciting 2011 filled with ups and downs but one thing we can always count on is ... |
| Posted Date: Jan 1, 2012
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Writer:
Louis Feldman
| Issue number:
145 |
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New Year Greetings From Roberts Distributors
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I would like to take this opportunity to extend best wishes for a wonderful new year from everyone at Roberts to the entire Sports Shooter family.
With the difficulties we all faced in 2011 we find ... |
| Posted Date: Jan 1, 2012
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Writer:
Jody Grober
| Issue number:
145 |
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A Tale of Two Covers
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Blake Griffin NBA Preview-December 5, 2011 Issue
When I heard that the NBA lockout had been settled I was happy for all my friends who shoot and assist at NBA games, but I didn't think it would have ... |
| Posted Date: Jan 1, 2012
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Writer:
Peter Read Miller, Sports Illustrated
| Issue number:
145 |
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SPORTS SHOOTER DESTINATIONS
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The call came in on a Tuesday morning in mid May. It was Kevin Connelly, a programs manager at Rustic Pathways, offering me a dream summer job as a documentary photographer and program leader on the c ... |
| Posted Date: Jan 1, 2012
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Writer:
Octavian Cantilli
| Issue number:
145 |
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SPORTS SHOOTER COOL GIG
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A few years ago, I found my favorite sport in the fast-paced, loud world of motorcycle racing.
It was my first year on the job, staffing at the Monterey County Weekly in my hometown and I was shoot ... |
| Posted Date: Jan 1, 2012
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Writer:
Nic Coury, Monterey County Weekly
| Issue number:
145 |
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LIGHTING THE WAY
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Using flash effectively and learning about lighting is often the "final frontier" in a photographer's journey to mastering photography.
This is the last in a five part series on using your detachab ... |
| Posted Date: Jan 1, 2012
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Writer:
James Madelin
| Issue number:
145 |
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Think Tank, liveBooks Sponsor Top Prizes for Sports Shooter Academy IX
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Sports Shooter Academy IX, THE coolest sports photography event of the year, got even cool with the help of several of the leading companies in the photography industry.
The top photographers at SS ... |
| Posted Date: Jan 1, 2012
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Writer:
Robert Hanashiro, Sports Shooter Academy
| Issue number:
145 |
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Turn your Super 8 into Blue Ray Hi Def DVDs!
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Last year I had Scancafe scan my 40-year-old 35mm b/w film and the results were spectacular. It's done on a Nikon 9000ED and they use the wet scan process to lessen grain and just about eliminate scr ... |
| Posted Date: Jan 1, 2012
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Writer:
Brad Shirakawa
| Issue number:
145 |
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