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Notes between shoots.

Guides for planning your shoot, and stories from the days themselves. Written from the Southern Tier of New York and North Central Pennsylvania.

SHOOT STORY · SENIORSMackenzie C.'s senior portraits and sportraits, The Whole ThingI split Mackenzie's Whole Thing across two days: track sportraits and a lifting set at Waverly High School, then senior portraits at Ives Run in Tioga, PA, where we found a creek and kept shooting.COLE · A.C MEDIA · 4 MIN READ

1. 01SHOOT STORY · SENIORS · 3 MIN READJack N.'s senior portraits in Corning, New YorkI kept Jack moving through downtown Corning for his senior portraits, then finished on the court at Hodgman Park for the basketball side of his senior year.
2. 02SHOOT STORY · SPORTRAITS · 3 MIN READMcKenna and Lilley's dance sportraits in Corning, New YorkI brought two dance concept shoots together with McKenna and Lilley: dance sportraits in Corning, NY, then water and more dramatic lighting at P.H.D, a dance studio in Sayre, PA.
3. 03SHOOT STORY · SENIORS · 3 MIN READDom W.'s senior and baseball portraits in Corning, New YorkI went into Dom's senior and baseball portraits in Corning, New York, chasing my signature wow photos, built the session around his game, and got a sunset during the baseball set.
4. 04SHOOT STORY · MEDIA DAYS · 2 MIN READBinghamton University women's soccer media day in Binghamton, New YorkI photographed my first Division I varsity team at the Binghamton University women's soccer media day in Binghamton, New York. The weather held, the smoke stayed thick, and the team came through the set.
5. 05SHOOT STORY · SENIORS · 1 MIN READEvan W.'s senior portraits in Binghamton, New YorkEvan W.'s senior portraits started on the old green walking bridge over the Susquehanna in Binghamton. Centennial Park gave us more of the best photos, and the moon came out before we finished.
6. 06SHOOT STORY · MEDIA DAYS · 1 MIN READTowanda girls basketball media day in Towanda, PennsylvaniaAbout six hours with the Towanda girls basketball program: I wanted the orange look, so the gels went orange, nobody counted poses, and we even got to do real flame.
7. 07SHOOT STORY · SPORTRAITS · 1 MIN READTalon D.'s golf sportraits in Mansfield, PennsylvaniaI went to a Mansfield, PA golf course with Talon D. chasing one image: a golf ball exploding off the club. Three attempts, and the first one was the keeper.
8. 08SHOOT STORY · MEDIA DAYS · 1 MIN READWellsboro girls soccer media day in Wellsboro, PennsylvaniaAround thirty athletes and about four hours in Wellsboro. The valley sat behind them while the light was still out, and then the stadium lights came on.
9. 09SHOOT STORY · MEDIA DAYS · 1 MIN READVestal girls volleyball media day in Vestal, New YorkJV and varsity in one day, around twenty Vestal athletes. The gym did something right with the smoke, and I still do not know exactly what.
10. 10SHOOT STORY · MEDIA DAYS · 1 MIN READSouthern Tier Athletic Conference basketball media day in Binghamton, New York607 Runs brought the conference into one gym at Binghamton High School. I ran the smoke station, and that is the one the local news picked out.