Focalization 365/366 Photo a Day

State Basket

Jason Bradwell — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST

Pretty sure the majority of kids decide to play the trumpet, simply because they can get away with flipping people the bird all day long. This benefit continues well into adulthood.

I play the trombone so I can dump spit on your head from several feet away.

Barnzy

Jason Bradwell — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST

Harrison Barnes of Ames certainly has what it takes to make it big! He's lead Ames to two undefeated seasons, and is well on the way to their second straight State Championship.

Some say he's the best player in the history of Iowa High School Basketball. Barnes was just named National Player of the Year yesterday morning.

Down with the Upside

Jason Bradwell — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST

Figured you all might appreciate a non-basketball shot today ;)

Glee Incomin

Jason Bradwell — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST

No offense to the girls, but after shooting their games for 5 days last week, I'd completely forgotten how fast-paced & high-flying a game of basketball can be ;)

Oh, My...

Jason Bradwell — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST

This past week, I obviously shot at the Girls State Basketball Tournament... a lot.

Shot 5 out of the 6 days, covering 15 out of the 28 games. I always shot with at least one remote camera, sometimes two, so three cameras going at the same time.

What massive quantity of images does such an undertaking produce? I came home with 19,710 total photos, eating up 369GB of precious hard drive.

Up tonight: boys state LOL...

Waukon Gets Walked On

Jason Bradwell — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST

Wow, you'd think they just won the 3A basketball state championship, or something!

Bishop Heelan walked all over Waukon for a 73-54 victory last night at The Well. The girls were just a tad excited.

Snow Cap

Jason Bradwell — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST

Our setup in the stairwell for this year's Fight for Air CLIMB was so elaborate (4 cameras, 6 strobes, 1 laser trip-wire), that even though we got access to start setting up the day before, we had no time that morning to catch any cool sunrise photos from the top of 801 Grand like we did last year.

Only managed to snag a handful of shots after the event, such as this, in crappy high-noon sun. Oh well...

Down the Tuba

Jason Bradwell — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST

BHS had three of these sweet & pricey marching tubas in their pep-band. Nice to see that some school music departments still have some funding!

OA-BCIG55

Jason Bradwell — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST

The Mother In-Law used to play for these guys in Odebolt, ~~way back before the ball was even round~~ practically just yesterday.

Werld Champeen!

Jason Bradwell — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST

Here's my victory celebration after climbing 10.4 nautical miles of stairs, from the bottom of the sea to the top of Mt. Everest! Camera in hand, of course.

State of Balln'

Jason Bradwell — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST

Spent all day yesterday (9am - 9pm) at the Well shooting the first round of the girls state basketball tournament.

Heading back out tonight, Thursday, Friday & Saturday... whew!

Fighting for Air

Jason Bradwell — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CST

Yesterday was the annual " Fight for Air CLIMB" (formerly the 801 Grand Powerclimb) fundraiser for the American Lung Association held at 801 Grand, the tallest building in Iowa.

Colin helped out in the stairwell, where we had 4 cameras running, (two on an automatic laser trigger he created) with over 6000 photos shot of the 1000+ climbers. Tom & Dawn helped out at the top & bottom.

Below is a video of over 1040 photos, in 42 seconds.

Ab Straction

Jason Bradwell — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 CST

It's always fun finding art in ordinary...

Ultrasonic

Jason Bradwell — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 CST

Universal rule: if you wish to make something more interesting, simply get it wet.

Hock it Up

Jason Bradwell — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 CST

It's not the photo, it's the acid.

Oh, also forgot to mention I had an interview in our local Juice weekly publication that came out this Wednesday. Talking about Point & Shoot cameras, of all things... Think some of the important things I talked about were left out, but such is journalism.

The studio is also running a photography contest in collaboration with Juice. Winner gets a new camera!