Frame the Day 10.28.10
Thursday night and the yard was impressive. The Giants clobbered the Rangers 9-0, and the sky was incredible. It was a photographic two-fer. -Kent Porter
World Series twilight
There's a window of light near the end of the day that's perfect. Overcast or clear, it's a fleeting moment when both foreground and background don't consume one another. Along with fellow PD photogs Christopher Chung and John Burgess we were assigned to shoot game one of the World Series [...]
Media, media, media
We used to be called press. TV stations were called television. Now, it's just The Media. I hate being lumped in to that name. The Press Democrat credentials for the World Series have Media emblazoned all over it. Ugh. During the Giants - Rangers workout Tuesday at AT&T Park in [...]
Frame the Day 10.27.10
Cold this morning. But not too cold. Dewpoints were low, so not a lot of fog formed. In the Russian River Valley, just enough moisture to created a little ground fog about a mile long. That works. -Kent Porter
Frame the Day 10.26.10
The Giants and the Rangers worked out Tuesday prior to their game 1 face-off in the World Series. The mood was light on both sides. Make no mistake though, these two teams came to play. -Kent Porter
Frame the Day 10.25.10
Albeit, it's a little daunting to make good pictures every day. In the wonderful world of photojournalism, it's my job to do exactly that. Sometimes they're good, other times not so. But I try. So with little fanfare, I start Frame the Day. Once in a while, like today, it [...]
Soft box in the sky
National Geographic photographer Sam Abell told me years ago about natural soft boxes- Thunderstorms, light colored rock formations etc. Abell mentioned that light reflected from a thunderstorm cloud is the most natural soft box there is. He was right. Portrait and landscape images with reflected cloud light make dynamic photos. [...]
Behind the scenes
Covered the debate between Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown the other night at Dominican University in San Rafael. Yea, somebody had to do it. How do you photograph an event without really covering the meat of the action? Carefully and with strings attached. My experience with these types of large [...]
Americana?
Co-worker Martin Espinoza called it capturing Americana. On Saturday I covered the 140 year anniversary of Dunham Elementary School, located out on Roblar just northwest of Petaluma. One of the great things about Sonoma County is the rural nature of our communities. Just five minutes from any town, our farming [...]
Red Flag fire conditions
The National Weather Service in Monterey has canceled the fire weather watch and upgraded to a Red Flag warning at 9:47 this morning above 1,000 feet. The warning includes Napa County and portions of the Mendocino National Forest in northeast Lake County as well as the east bay hills. Here [...]
