Right Cross!

Jerusha "Honeybee" Hassell lands a right cross on Maria "The Problem" Loy during the 2nd annual White Collar Boxing event. Organized by the Bob Lynch Boxing Foundation with an aim towards raising funds for training Olympian & Golden Gloves boxers. The fighters were well paired resulting in some very entertaining clashes. The action was fast paced. The fighters were mainly all local folks so the crowd was full of friends and family that came to cheer them to victory. As for me, I had an AWESOME time covering this. I decided earlier to really focus on the actual boxing. I picked what I thought was the best vantage point and worked it. I used tandem cameras hung from a Black Rapid double strap. Keeping my lens trained on the action the whole time, using my thumb to control the focus, and trying to time busts of RAW data writing to the buffer was really fun! Now I have almost 7000 photos to sort through, most of which are going to be garbage. Taking photos is fun. Sorting them not so much...

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Life Modeling

For the past few years I've done a bit of art modeling for the UW art department. I try to do as dynamic posing as possible while tying to stay perfectly motionless. It's not easy. I begin with a series of 30 second quick poses in which I try to convey action. By the end I'm holding motionless for up to 30 minutes. This particular sketch was done while I was holding a 20 minute pose while standing. I take these frozen moments to really practice my meditation and mental focus. For instance during a 30 minute pose last night I began to play around with how I perceived the very space around me. While keeping my eyes locked on a specific spot I began to pay attention to all the dark areas in my peripheral vision. Once I have them defined I began to focus on all the lightest areas while holding onto the dark patterns. Then I began to reverse the light & dark. I'd then let it all go back to shadows being dark but now all the mid tones would be more evident. Everything within the direction I was facing then would snap into a hyper 3D awareness, including the subtle motions of the artists drawing me. I'd then return to "normal" vision. Once that returned I'd begin the process all over. Each time it became easier and easier to control my brain processing how I viewed my surroundings. It felt as if I was literally training my mind just the same as when I lift weights to train my physique. I became so engrossed at times that I'd forget about even having a body!

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Monstrous and abominable eyes they were...

"But still, she was there, who was there before Sauron, and before the first stone of Barad-dûr; and she served none but herself, drinking the blood of Elves and Men, bloated and grown fat with endless brooding on her feasts, weaving webs of shadow; for all living things were her food, and her vomit darkness."
—The Two Towers

This is an old photo I captured in 2009. Canon EOS 10D + Ef 100mm f/2.8 Macro (the OLD model)

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Ready for the Ring

A hobbyist fighter at Ford's Gym in Madison, Wisconsin runs drills on the heavy bag. he's training for the upcoming White Collar Boxing event at the Red Mouse. It's a charity event aimed at raising funds for the Bob Lynch Boxing Foundation in support of training Golden Gloves & Olympic contenders. There will be 9 fights in all. Everyone a match up between people who've chosen to train hard to learn the technical skills of a boxer. As amateurs they're turning up at the gym after leaving work. It's a time most folks are ready to eat a pizza and relax.They work hard too. I was very impressed watching them train. I'm really looking forward to covering this event this upcoming Saturday!

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Lamia [Left to herself]

Left to herself, the serpent now beganLamia
To change; her elfin blood in madness ran,
Her mouth foam’d, and the grass, therewith besprent,
Wither’d at dew so sweet and virulent;
Her eyes in torture fix’d, and anguish drear,
Hot, glaz’d, and wide, with lid-lashes all sear,
Flash’d phosphor and sharp sparks, without one cooling tear.
The colours all inflam’d throughout her train,
She writh’d about, convuls’d with scarlet pain:
A deep volcanian yellow took the place
Of all her milder-mooned body’s grace;
And, as the lava ravishes the mead,
Spoilt all her silver mail, and golden brede;
Made gloom of all her frecklings, streaks and bars,
Eclips’d her crescents, and lick’d up her stars:
So that, in moments few, she was undrest
Of all her sapphires, greens, and amethyst,
And rubious-argent: of all these bereft,
Nothing but pain and ugliness were left.

John Keats, 1795 - 1821

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A Passion for Punching

This is athletic trainer and former pro boxer Andrea Nelson working with a fighter at Ford's Gym in Madison, Wisconsin. She's been training amateur fighters who'll be in the upcoming White Collar Boxing event at the Red Mouse. It's a charity event aimed at raising funds for the Bob Lynch Boxing Foundation in support of training Golden Gloves & Olympic contenders. There will be 9 fights in all. Everyone a match up between people who've chosen to train hard to learn the technical skills of a boxer. As amateurs they're turning up at the gym after leaving work. It's a time most folks are ready to eat a pizza and relax.They work hard too. I was very impressed watching them train last night. A I photographed Andrea at work I could see a person totally in her element. The passion for what she's doing as well as the solid technical advice is very apparent. She's doing what she loves and isn't taking it for granted. Her students' skill progression and zeal for this sport are evidence to this fact.

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Connecting to the Land

Here's another photo from my session covering the equestrian trails in Donald County Park. This particular assignment came at a very critical time. On the day before I took this photo I had been at the gym when I I got the call to do the shoot. It was a beautifully sunny week. I really loved the vivid colors of fall that all around our town. I felt like I needed to be doing some sort of promotional shot for the for the local Chamber of Commerce. Not ten minutes later they called me to set up this local travel shot. And then the shoot turned out to be an amazing experience. I got to know a couple of interesting people who were very welcoming to me as well a finally "discover" just how amazing the trails in this park actually are. It has also brought home to me that I really never go into the park directly beside my house. A place I'd once spent so many hours. Hmmmm...

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