Rowland Photography http://jrowlandphoto.com/blog Fine Art Print Photography by Joseph Paul Rowland Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:18:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Remembering Frankie… The Second Annual KPC vs NY Islanders Alumni Game http://jrowlandphoto.com/blog/2012/04/18/remembering-frankie-the-second-annual-kpc-vs-ny-islanders-alumni-game/ http://jrowlandphoto.com/blog/2012/04/18/remembering-frankie-the-second-annual-kpc-vs-ny-islanders-alumni-game/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:18:23 +0000 Joseph http://jrowlandphoto.com/blog/?p=3334 Sunday turned out another great event to honor the memory of Frankie Rizzo and to raise some money for his Scholarship fund. Once again, the Kings Park-Commack alumni battled the NY Islander alumni on the Ice at Superior Ice Rink in Kings Park (my old stomping ground when I played!). A Couple hundred fans were on hand to witness the action and see Frankie’s jersey, number-68, retired…

Below are a few shots from the day… more to come.

The Rizzo’s beneath Frankie’s retired number 68. It’ll forever hang from the ceiling of Superior…

Clark Gillies one of my Islander heros growing up, introduced to the crowd…

Some game Some acton, Vukota and Esiason press deep into KPC territory…

One of the NY Islander “Girls” puts on a show during second period intermission

End of game lineup by the teams

All Player Photo-Op

You are greatly missed, by many, many, people…

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It’s soccer season again, and my youngest is turning out to be quite the goalie. Fearless, is how I would describe him- and gutsy… good goalies always fascinate me- to sacrifice their bodies like they do… I think their nuts :)

Love this shot of Aidan making this save… peak action indeed. Eyes closed, faced grimacing… an expression of intent and purpose. Love him.

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Isn’t she just a pretty gurl :)

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Enjoy!

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Family, friends and classmates at Commack High School turned a paddleball court at his elementary school into an emotional testament to his life, filling it with remembrances, pictures and sorrow-filled words. I hope these images capture the spirit of the place, and the memory of a very-loved person… who left us all, way to soon.

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My experimentation victim of course ends up being one of my poor sons. This time it was Aidan’s turn, and I find it mildly amusing that he was pretty into playing model for me (and he did an awesome job).  Just walked around the flash – D3, Orbis Flash Ring connected via an SC-29 synch cable. The getup is definitely a bit unwieldy and will take some getting used to. You can’t focus while youa re holding the contraption in your hand. You have to focus first, then hold camera in one hand, and the ring flash in the other. You absolutely look like a goofball when doing this (a word to the wise…), although being a photographer, you sorta get used to being a goofball (ever walk around a party with a Gary Fong flash modifier :)

So here are the first shots with the Orbis Ring Flash. Lots to play with and learn… Looking forward to experimenting with this and seeing where it can take my images…

Enjoy!

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But managed a few “good” snaps to capture the spirit of the game.

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You can imagine what happened next… :)

It’s snowing here on Long Island today. Thought I’d give this “multiple exposure” thing a shot and see how it works. In the camera menu I set the machine to “multiple exposures”- set the number of exposures to 10 and let it fly. Once you set this the camera will merge all ten frames within its brain, and present a final image on the viewfinder. Lots of opportunity to be creative here.

Heading outside to the backyard, just wandered about looking for some objects which might peak my interest to attempt this multiple exposuring “thing”… The trees with snow, a still green bush snow covered top, water drops on the edge of some white pines… As usual, once you let your mind wander a bit, the creative button gets pressed. And since you don’t really know what’s going to happen, you just gotta try.

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Finished this a bit heavy (more “HDR-like”), wanted to capture some of that magic feeling of the Holiday. Hope yours was as good as Baby “B’s”… filled with M&M’s :)

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