Multimedia: Mackey Arena Time Lapse

Here's the time-lapse from last Wednesday's Purdue basketball game against Penn State, for those who haven't seen it:



This project was a collaborative effort between me and Andy Hancock. The time lapse's various segments were photographed throughout the day and into the evening by myself and Andy, beginning several hours before the game and continuing until an hour or so afterwards.  Several of the shots in the video come from remote cameras (one of Andy's specialties), and the rest were photographed by myself and Andy throughout the game. Then came post-production, which like any other video or multimedia project, was the the most time consuming component of the the process. It took roughly 15 hours to build and edit the various time lapses in Final Cut Pro, and in adherence to Murphy's Law, trying to acquire licensed music that fits the final video didn't end up being a particularly easy process for us. Regardless, I think the final product came out very well, especially considering a lot of this was experimentation and very little editing time was available.  I hope you all enjoy it!

Multimedia: Oh, The Weather Outside...

We had a rather nasty snowstorm blow through Purdue last week, right as final exams began. The snowfall wasn't especially heavy, but the 40+mph wind gusts made the conditions rather extreme. I grabbed my camera and wandered around campus and shot some footage and stills, and then cut together this short video. Hopefully you enjoy it. Happy Holidays!

If you want to watch it full screen or in HD, click the link below - it has better quality than the embedded video.

http://www.vimeo.com/18129863

For non-full screen & standard def viewing:

Winter Wonderland from Kevin Daly on Vimeo.

NCAA BBall: Purdue vs. Alcorn State

Here are some of my favorite images from shooting Purdue's game against Alcorn State on November 17th.  It was a great game to shoot - Purdue ran a very aggressive offense and won with a huge margin 103-48.

And two more from my backboard remote:

Flashback: Purdue vs. Minnesota

Finally caught up on some editing! Here are some of my favorite images from Purdue's homecoming football game against Minnesota in October. It was a gorgeous afternoon, and the Boilermakers won 28-17.

Basketball Season Has Arrived!

The Purdue basketball season kicked off Tuesday night with the first pre-season game against the University of Indianapolis. Purdue has some very talented additions to the team, and it's going to be an interesting season as the team works to overcome their recently acquired underdog status. Some of my images from the game:

NCAA Football: Purdue vs. Illinois

Here are some of my images from Purdue's game against Illinois on Saturday. The second image pretty much sums everything up. 

Tech Notes:
I learned an important lesson - I need to pay more attention to specific color channel highlights, especially when shooting JPEGs. When the game started, I had my picture controls set to +1 saturation. Big mistake. The increased saturation coupled with bright orange Illinois jerseys being lit by direct sunlight when I shot from the south end zone resulted in completely blown oranges. The Illinois players' jerseys were rendered as textureless orange blobs. I didn't realize the severity of the issue until halftime when I saw the images on a laptop, so for the rest of the game, I dialed down the saturation in-camera, which made the issue easier to fix in post with highlight recovery and a further reduction in red channel saturation.