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Story behind my Picture of the Year International photo

If you are friends with me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter, then you’ve likely seen that I recently won an “award of excellence” (honorable mention) in the sports feature category of the Picture of the Year International photo competition. I am absolutely thrilled to have received such an honor, which gives life to [...]

Posted 11 February 2011 † Beck Diefenbach § Awards § Sports ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Light painting basketball portraits

For this year’s high school basketball preview I decided to make a portrait series with light painting. It’s a gimmick I can only use once in a long time, but I figured I’d get it out of the way earlier. Light painting involves a long shutter (in this case around 10 seconds), and me running [...]

Posted 06 January 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § Sports § portrait ‡ Comments (15) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Welcome back to basketball

Tonight was my first basketball game of the season and boy did it miss me. Basketball missed me so much that in less than 5 minutes into the first quarter three players slammed into me all at once. I could see it coming, but at least I got off this frame first.

Posted 01 December 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § Sports ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Athletes of the year

Not many sports going on, so profiles of athletes are abound. Recently I shot the athletes of the year, which is different from the “seasonal players of the year” such as in Winter or Spring.
These kids may not be the best at their sport, but they demonstrated true athleticism and sportsmanship in multiple sports.
Tim Harrington [...]

Posted 27 June 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Openspaces in baseball

This past week I was in Shabbona, Ill., shooting baseball at Indian Creek High School. One thing I love about the baseball field at this high school is the amount of open space around it. Check out the vast openness beyond first base.

Posted 05 April 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,