Maria Sharapova and her Canon Powershot Diamond Collection

Maria Sharapova and her Canon Powershot Diamond Collection

Image by ChrisGampat
Original Story here: www.gearlog.com/2008/08/maria_sharapova_unveils_her_ca.php

My story: As my last story for my internship at PC Magazine, I went to South St Seaport to shoot Maria Sharapova's official unveiling of her Canon Powershot Diamond lineup that people could win through a contest on Canon's website. The other photographers next to me were from NY Daily News, Newsday, AP, Getty, NY Post and I believe the NYTimes. And they were all using Canons so it felt odd for me to be the only guy there using Olympus on the front lines right in front of her.

What made me really happy though was the fact that the Post photographer (who reeked of alcohol) kept saying that I wasn't allowed to stand next to him because he didn't have enough room to take his shot. The Canon reps fixed that and let me stay there because I had previous reservations.

I took my flash off because my mentor (Pulitzer Winner John Williams at Newsday) taught me to shoot that way. But I synched my timing to shoot with the other photographers.

To make a long story short--the only photos of the event that ended up being published were mine and AP's. The Post and Daily News used AP's. But mine...were all over the net.

It made me quite happy and made me realize that Olympus can hold it's own against the bigger guys in terms of getting the right shot. That being said though, I still plan to move back to Canon (I used to use them) because they do better in low light and give me the features I need.

Also seen here on my article, "8 Great Tips to Get More Out of Your Camera Batteries"

www.photographybay.com/2009/07/07/8-great-tips-to-get-mor...

And here:

freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/pretty-players-...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maria_Sharapova_and_her_Canon_...

www.deepglamour.net/deep_glamour/2009/11/virtuosity-and-b...

thephoblographer.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/hey-there-im-ch...

thephoblographer.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/my-favorites-im...

www.moneycompare.com.au/blog/the-wealthiest-kids-in-the-w...

MIB - Men in Bronze Read Eddies

Image by USFWS Mountain Prairie
Eddies magazine is published by the USFWS Fisheries Program in Washington DC. This bronze statue memorializes the work of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (1903 - 39), a predecessor agency of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. See www.fws.gov/eddies.

Credit: Craig Springer / USFWS

Photo Contest Entry #151

A Little Casual Reading

Image by Peter E. Lee
Disney bears Duffy and his girlfriend Shellie May read about all the latest Disney news in the France Pavilion at Epcot in Orlando, Florida.

Duffy was such a huge hit when he was introduced in Japan that Disney has recently introduced him in the US. Shellie May, his girlfriend, is still exclusively available in Japan. Samantha fell in love with her when we visited there this summer. Sam was very excited to see Duffy all over WDW and promptly bought one to keep Shellie May company.

Duffy was originally introduced in the US several years ago simply as "The Disney Bear," but never really caught on. It was only when he was introduced in Japan with a name, a back story, and a large line of limited edition outfits that he really caught on. It also helped that he was originally available only from one shop in one park (Tokyo DisneySea), which made him much harder to get.

This shot was very tough to get as the bears kept flopping over. My wife Michelle is out of the frame holding the magazine and stabilizing the models.

[Winner of the "Eye Spy the Letter R" (for "Reading") contest in the Disney Photo Challenge Group.]

@camerabag won a iPhone photo contest with this image using magazine filter.

Image by brianmedia
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