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Register-Guard: Historic Civic Stadium
Chris Pietsch, Photographer
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Eugene | OR | USA | Posted: 12:44 PM on 09.19.09 |
->> I was inspired to put up my own link by Bruce Ely's post about the column he and Jamie Francis have begun. Specifically their slideshow about Unity's 8 man football team. Very nice piece.
http://tiny.cc/44wNk
Earlier this month I put together a video on Civic Stadium, a historic sports venue here in Eugene, that faces an uncertain future after the minor league Emeralds Baseball team decided to move out.
http://bit.ly/D62gc
I have been learning and doing video for awhile now, mostly sports and mostly Oregon football features, but this was the first project that I took some time to polish before publishing.
Thanks for letting me plug my work. |
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Brad Mangin, Photographer
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Pleasanton | CA | USA | Posted: 12:55 PM on 09.19.09 |
->> Chris- REALLY nice piece! I just finished watching it and your video makes me wish I could go see an Emeralds game up there.
Well done! |
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David Eulitt, Photographer
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Kansas City | MO | USA | Posted: 3:15 PM on 09.19.09 |
| ->> Beautifully filmed, well done! |
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Craig Mitchelldyer, Photographer, Assistant
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Portland & Orange County | OR and CA | USA | Posted: 3:36 PM on 09.19.09 |
| ->> nice job my friend! |
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Sean D. Elliot, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Norwich | CT | USA | Posted: 8:52 PM on 09.19.09 |
| ->> Chris, that really takes me back. Between Ems games and HS baseball (and soccer in the outfield) I spent a lot of time at ol' civic stadium. Would be a shame to see it go. I really liked the mix of stills and video and the use of time-lapse. |
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Rob Kerr, Photographer
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Bend | OR | US | Posted: 2:15 AM on 09.21.09 |
->> nice close chris! done so well, i could smell the place.
i had a great summer selling beer there in 1989. what great memories of a community ball field. Git Yer Warm, Flat, Beer Here! The staff had a good time. Among other things, another set of jobs lost...sad, but elegantly recorded by you. |
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John Lariviere, Photographer
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Tigard | OR | USA | Posted: 1:57 PM on 09.21.09 |
| ->> Fantastic work Chris!!! |
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Ethan Magoc, Student/Intern
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Erie | PA | United States | Posted: 5:13 PM on 09.21.09 |
->> Great work, Chris. Reminds me of Ainsworth Field (supposedly a site where Babe Ruth homered during his career) in my hometown.
What camera(s) did you use to shoot this? Some of those detail shots were absolutely beautiful. |
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Chris Pietsch, Photographer
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Eugene | OR | USA | Posted: 2:02 AM on 09.22.09 |
->> Thanks everybody, I really appreciate the feedback. It was a fun project to work on. As you saw in the clip, there is a movement afoot to save the venue. We will see if they can come up with the necessary $$$. The local school district owns the property, but is not in a position to do much work on it. One upside to the bad economy is that no developers have stepped forward with a wrecking ball.
To Ethan: I used a Canon HV20 for everything but the crowd time elapse images. I shot those with at 1D Mark II, a 15mm and a MultiMax set to intervalometer.
Foremost I wanted the piece to be a homage to baseball, but my other idea was to approach the filming in the same way that I would my still photography, that is, composing a scene as a still image, while letting the sequence play out within that composition. Of course I did not invent the idea, but I am having fun putting these and other ideas to work.
One of the aspects of video, or sound slideshows for that matter, that I have come to appreciate is the ability to put together a much richer sense of place than has been possible with essays published in the limited space afforded in recent years by newsprint. |
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