I am posting everything I shot without editing them because it would take too long to edit over 1,000 pictures. Facebook, Instagram, and smart phones shrink images and essentially remove many of the original pixels. In addition, each time a photographer employs a photo-editing program; he or she is essentially altering or corrupting the original pixels so it is always better to receive original, u
ntampered copies of the original photographs straight from the camera ... especially if you want to look at the pictures again in 30 or 40 years. Coach Keith Jordan will receive copies of all of the images. If you would like copies of the pictures in the original size (3456 x 2304), please contact Coach Jordan. As an option, if you or your family can provide me with a 16 GB flash drive or memory card ($8-$15), I will be happy to transfer all of the pictures to the flash drive or memory card for free, and return the flash drive or memory card to you. As you know, professional football and baseball stadiums as well as other televised events frequently use stadium lights. Professional football, baseball, and soccer stadiums employ between 250 and 300 foot-candles for television cameras, even during the day. For NCAA regional and national broadcast baseball, softball and football games, the NCAA wants at least 100 foot-candles in the infield and 70 foot-candles in the outfield or end zone (National Championship: 125 foot-candles infield / 100 foot-candles outfield). Accordingly, TV camera crews and photographers at professional games can pretty much stand anywhere and at any time and take good pictures. This is not true when shooting high school or community college sports. Without stadium lights, good pictures depend on the time of day and which way the players are facing and where the Sunlight is at in relation to the players. In other words, I generally have to stand at a specific spot and shoot within specific times for the best results. Without stadium lights, taking pictures of athletes at around noon time (11:00am - 1:00pm) is not usually a good time to take pictures because the Sun is directly above athletes' heads which casts a shadow directly over much of their face and body, particularly when the players are wearing baseball caps or helmets. A telephoto lens needs a lot more light than a standard lens because the light has to pass through a longer tube and more optical glass. Because light has to travel through more impediments than a standard lens, the original images may be off-color. You can SIGNIFICANTLY improve the colors, skin tone, brightness and/or contrast with a photo-editing program.
