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23rd October 2008

Gay Bowl VIII – Team Photos

written by dav.d

I will admit the team photos were a bit of a nightmare. We wanted to photograph each team before they got their uniforms dirty. However, I didn’t have a full list of teams and I had to hunt them down sometimes 5 minutes before their first game was scheduled.

The light was different in the early morning than it was in the mid morning so some photos were sunny some photos were shady. But with my portable light system we were able to get them to look pretty good.

But they look fun and we printed out 8×10 inch prints for each person on the team. Woo hoo!

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15th October 2008

Gay Bowl VIII – Sunday Games

written by dav.d

The Sunday football photos from Gay Bowl VIII are now online!  They include the photos for the championship game.

Sunday was memorable for the mere fact it snowed in the morning and then had the sun break through and we ended up with some warm(er) weather.   As a photographer I think the best photos are found in bad weather.  Call me weird – but I love it.

There are 2028 photos – that is a lot but I wanted to make sure there are photos of everyone who played in there. But here are some of my favorites – click any of them to see the gallery:

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15th October 2008

Gay Bowl VIII – Closing Activities

written by dav.d

Sunday night after a weekend of activity can seem like such a downer – you know the next day people will be heading to the airport with bags in hand. Endings can really suck. However, the party continued with great spirits Sunday night.

Dinner was hosted at Rice Eccles Stadium – home of the Utah Utes. I know I had to sanitize after I left – I felt so dirty on enemy territory. Go Cougars. But it was an wonderful venue with a gorgeous view of the valley as the sunset and on the other side was the stadium;

After dinner the after party picked up at Trolley Square. Dancing, music and drinking and the night went on for some time. All in all a great time.  At both the dinner and the after party I provided a slideshow of the photos from the games.  It was a kick to watch people enjoy their photos.  Slideshows are awesome and I can make them pretty quickly.

Here is a link to the photo gallery or click any of the following photos to see the gallery. There are 332 photos in the gallery.

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15th October 2008

Gay Bowl VIII – Babylon

written by dav.d

Pictures for Gay Bowl VIII’s visit to Club Babylon are online – there are 116 photos. Here is the link.

Or click any of the following images to see the gallery.

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14th October 2008

Gay Bowl VIII – Friday Games & Club Sound

written by dav.d

Hey hey! The photos for Friday’s games and visit to Club Sound are now on the interweb/internets. More specifically they are on my website. Here is a link to the Friday Games. Here is a link to Club Sound’s photos.

There are 1061 photos in the games gallery and there are 196 in the Club Sound gallery. You can also click any of the following 4 photos to go to either gallery.

Gay Bowl Friday

Gay Bowl Friday

Gay Bowl Friday

Gay Bowl Friday

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13th October 2008

Gay Bowl VIII – a Preview

written by dav.d

This weekend has been absolutely crazy – 6500 photos crazy. However, is was immensely fun as well. With 19 teams from around the country converging on Salt Lake City it was a great Gay Bowl 8 tournament. And at times you would wonder if it really was flag football – there were tackles, concussions, dislocated shoulders and more.

The weather was entertaining – sun, clouds, rain, and snow! I was enjoying it – I don’t know if the players enjoyed it. But from talking with people a good time was had by all. I will be working quickly to get some galleries of photos uploaded. I am hoping to have the first galleries uploaded by Tuesday. First I have to sort through all the photos. In the mean time here is a preview of some of the photos.

These photos have been processed through Photoshop – to imitate old classic NFL films. I won’t be able to do that to 6500 photos but some will get that extra punch.

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6th October 2008

Gay Bowl 8 – Pep Rally & Fashion Show

written by dav.d

Football and Fashion invaded Trolley Square over the weekend. This week 320 football players will decend on Salt Lake City in a vicious battle of blood, sweat and tears. Victory is their goal but few shall taste its sweetness.

What about the fashion I can hear you say… the fashion show featured models from Xpose Photography. Clothing was provided by Cockers, Cahoots, Spark and others. This event was the first of many for Gay Bowl 8. Visit their website to find out when games play and when the social events are in full swing. Woo hoo!

There are teams from Chicago, Washington DC, Denver, Atlanta, Boston, New York, California, and Minnesota. Salt Lake City has two teams playing in the tournament – the Avalance and the X-communicated.

Click here or any of the photos to go to the Pep Rally & Fashion Show photo gallery.

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9th September 2008

Gay Bowl 8 Advertising Photos – Studio Set

written by dav.d

This is the second half of the Gay Bowl 8 photo shoot.

We were fortunate to have a connection with iRock Fitness and we used their small gym as a location with my studio lights. I Shot with my Alien Bees softbox and honeycomb grid. The grids are brand new – I ordered them for this shoot specifically. I this shoot to rely on one source of light – with a second light as a multipurpose rim/background/fill light.

In processing these photos I wanted to go dark and contrasty – I used a photoshop action that helps simulate the movie 300. That gives many of these photos a burnt color and it looks awesome. And it helps when the models are patient and you can definitely see the dedication and hard work they put in at the gym – it always helps on camera.

I have a ton more photos – I am still working on the project and I may post more on my blog in the future. I will give a secret to a good photographer. Take a lot of photos and show only the best. These two shoots – about 940 photos and I weeded that down to 370 photos. Of that many I have 60 shots that I am focusing on.

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