Category: Photography

Hillside High School Football

Tonight I went to Hillside High School football vs. Person in Durham, NC. I was there to take some students from the UNC School of Media and Journalism and help them learn sports photography. I spent most of my time helping them but I did have some time to get some photos myself.

One thing that struck me most was the amazing access we had to the team. We were able to get behind the benches and take photos, something at ACC schools that is impossible to do. Honestly I’ll take a Hillside game over an ACC football game any day – way more fun to cover. View full gallery.

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Duke lacrosse for US Lacrosse

Head coach John Danowski of the Duke Blue Devils.
Kyra Harney #10 of the Duke Blue Devils.
Head coach Kerstin Kimel of the Duke Blue Devils.
Justin Guterding #14 of the Duke Blue Devils.
Justin Guterding #14 of the Duke Blue Devils.
Justin Guterding #14 of the Duke Blue Devils.
Ethan Powley #44 of the Duke Blue Devils.
Justin Guterding #14 of the Duke Blue Devils with Peyton Williams of US Lacrosse.

A few behind-the-scenes photos of my photo shoot with coach John Danowski, coach Kerstin Kimel, Kyra Harney #10, Justin Guterding #14, and Ethan Powley #44.  Photos by Karla Jimenez.

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Coach John Danowski.

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Image size and resolution – 72dpi or 300dpi

This has been a communication challenge with my clients. Clients will at times send me an email along the lines of, “Can you send all those photos to us again, but at 300 dpi?” even though I have sent the photos at max resolution to them. Defining both absolute dimensions in pixels, and also requesting a set dpi, is akin to saying “I live 20 miles at 65 mph outside New York.” the author says. My client often think they are getting a “lower resolution” file if it is at 72 dpi instead of 300 dpi, even if the file is the same 5184×3456 resolution.

It’s a tricky topic to understand and understandable that a client may think a 72 dpi photo has less quality than a 300 dpi one. This is because dpi gets conflated with ppi for printed media. Indeed, an image printed at 300 ppi will look better than one printed at 72 ppi.

Read more: Image size & resolution – 72dpi or 300dpi

Tucker Hume put in a beauty to put the Heels up 3-2 to beat VCU today at Fetzer Field.

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