Sports Puke

This post was long overdue. It's been quite the busy month with a ton of shooting and school. This blog is appropriately named "Sports Puke" because it is sports photos from the last month, all over the place, that just needed to get out.

Very little explanation and editing. Just some of my recent favorites.

Some of my non sports work is being published next week so I'll blog that as soon as it's released.

Caleb Truax smiles while getting stitches after winning WBF International Middle Weight title;

My last time shooting football for a while;

More Boxing;

Highschool Soccer tourney with Hermantown boys and Cloquet girls;

Football Finale;

BBall season is here and I've been quite excited to shoot it;

Then V-Ball

Feeling better now...

*JA*

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All Over The Place

There has been quite the hiatus with posts on this blog. I hope this next series of things doesn't disappoint. The next few sets of photos are from all around Minnesota (and Ohio) and illustrate many different things going on around the state (and then football shots of course).

This series is from Jensen Air Field which is a small grass airstrip in Rosemount, MN. The tight community of pilots has been there since the 80's.

There are only a few shots from Minnesota Roller Girls practice. However much more from around the state after the "read more..."

Roller girls heading around the corner. They are a lot more intense in a game setting;

Stella the puppy at the airfield;

Airfield hanger;

Arnie Jensen, left, founded the airfield with the father of Clay Adam, right;

The next week I traveled to the Iron range with reporter Jesse VanBerkel to learn more about a study by the U on miners and repertory cancer. I found out the hard way by homeland security you're not allowed to take pictures of active mines.

This is a panoramic of Leonidas (an inactive mine);

Retired miners Roger Holmstrom, right, and Dave Trach as they leave the Steelworkers Union in Eveleth, MN;

They worked for several mines across the Iron Range;

Eveleth had some awesome/random locations, Jesse made a good last minuet model;

Eveleth just looks old;

Excited about the worlds largest hockey stick;

Random pile of appliances;

Then it was off to Columbus Ohio this weekend for the Ohio State vs. Minnesota Game for the Daily. It was a crazy game atmosphere that just narrowly tops the TCF Stadium opening.

100,000+ intense fans;

Eric Deker and team take the field. Deker was injured in the first quarter;

Freshman quarterback MarQueis Gray had his first ever pass completion;

Brandon Saine of Ohio State being tackled by Simoni Lawrence;

DeVier Posey (8) and Terrelle Pryor celebrate a 62-yard touchdown pass;

DeVeir Posey catches a 57-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter;

Brutus waving his flag;

Gophers Lee Campbell takels Jordan Hall;

Eric Decker looks up at the scoreboard after coming out on crutches in the second half;

It is now known that Decker's injury is season ending. This will be my last shot of him for a while I guess;

Hope you enjoyed. Apologies for taking so long.

*JA*

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Album & All-Access

Been quite busy with school and all the other fun stuff besides going out and doing my own photos. That's all changing this month. For this post...

More Football (now in B&W!) from the 31 to 28 lost to the Badgers;

Pictures from this summer finally used in BK-One and Benzilla's Radio Do Canibal;

More after the jump.

BK-One & Benzilla hit the streets;

Ben in Hideaway Studios;

Brendan in Hideaway Studios;

With my football gig I have all-access;

Pre-game is surprisingly quiet till Brew shows up;

Pacing in the biggest locker room;

Game Time;

No pass interference called;

DeLeon Eskridge rushed for 60 yards;

Troy Stoudemire flying over Badgers

Eskridge trying to break free;

John Clay rushed for 184 yards and 3 TD's;

Marcus Sherels on his 88 yard fumble recovery for a TD;

Deker had 140 yards receiving and 1 TD;

Second to last completion;

Last completed pass;

The game was exciting to the bitter fumbled end. Dissapointing to not see the Gophers win, but it was a great game to watch down to the last few seconds.

*JA*

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Fashion & 400mm

On a Sunday afternoon fashion hit the streets. It was a few models for a day, the Daily's fashionista, other A&E'er John Sand, and myself armed with a soft-box and 50mm. This was my first attempt at anything fashion related. Honestly, even my own wardrobe is t-shirt and jeans and even on this day I showed up with staff t-shirt and dirty khaki shorts with a massive hole in the butt. Either way we hit a back alley and set up our changing station. Even a homeless man quietly came by and looked through a Dumpster the clothes were hanging on. The results of this two hour madness below and after the jump;

Also on display in this post are a few more sports shots with my new favorite 400mm lens;

Enjoy more after the jump.

Having fun with fashion;

On the city streets;

On the city corner;

Reading the ABC's of Fashion;

Outside of Bandbox;

Ready for a night out;

Don't mess with a man holding a cane;

These are from this weekends Gopher game against #8 Cal. It ended up being a fairly close game till the 4th quarter with the final score of 35-21.

DeLeon Eskridge had only 21 yards rushing for 7 attempts;

The unstoppable Best who scored an incredible 5 Td's;

Brandon Green getting knocked over after a catch;

Weber threw for 2 Td's and 3 Int's;

Deker was knocked out following this TD catch. He later scored caught another and threw one as well;

Best rushed for 131 yards;

Troy Stoudermire had 3 receptions on for the Gophers;

Kevin Riley threw for 252 yards, but Best scored all the TD's on the ground;

A tough loss for the Gophers, but still good considering what a great day Best had. I'll be shooting them again in Northwestern this Saturday. More photos to come.

*JA*

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Oranges & Falcons

Recently I have shot a ton of football. Both for the Daily and now my new job shooting for the Gophers on game days. This blog is a mix of the two games. There's a ton of pictures after the jump so be prepared to wait for load times.

Syracuse was for the Daily. I was flown out there and crashed on couches for two nights. I only packed photo gear so I was really happy when I got home to change cloths and shower.

Then shooting for the Gophers at their first ever home game in the new stadium. It was completely sold out and a lot of fun.

There's a lot of pictures after the jump. I'm going to do very little writing to go along with them.

The last time I will ever shoot in a Dome. Enjoy;

First Game at TCF Bank Stadium against Air Force.

Victory Walk;

Pre Game;

Action Pictures;

Celebration Pictures;

Brewster Pictures;

More football to come.

*JA*

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