Portfolio One : Baseball : Game Day

April is soon to be upon us and the American and National Leagues will begin their 2008 Opening Day ceremonies coast to coast, Canada and Japan. I am looking forward to taking in some games, there is nothing like a sunny day at the ballpark.



I have been fortunate, to have captured Cy Young Winners, Batting Champions, Perfect Game Winners and Coaches over the years working such icons as Mark McGwire, Tony Gwynn, Roger Clemens, Dusty Baker, and dozens of others.


I will be adding more baseball images to my new website, check back soon and remember to swing for the fence.

Tony Gwynn : Sports Illustrated Cover

I came back from a shoot in central California photographing wineries, to find a package from Sports Illustrated. I was fired up to see my photograph of Tony Gwynn on the cover for their special S.I. Presents, Hall of Fame issue. This image of Tony is from Spring Training in Arizona in 1997 and was shot with a 4x5 view camera. There is also one of my images of Tony with his silver bats on the inside. We did the “bats” photo in my studio for No Fear years ago. At the time, Tony had 6 batting titles.


Tony Gwynn could only hold 3 bats in his hands and had to add the rest in Photoshop. We added them each time he won a new title.The reflection of the baseball in the tops of the silver bats was created in camera. I photographed a baseball in the studio and made a large, 3x3 foot, backlit print. This print was placed over a large light source in the studio and reflected into the bats. The ends of the bats are cropped out in this issue of S.I., but here is the uncropped version which appears in the Sports Illustrated Baseball Book.

By the way if you like Vino, check out Peachy Canyon, Linne Calodo, Firestone, Sterling and Via Creek. I had the chance to photograph these wine makers in Paso Robles and they are making some tasty stuff.