NCAA Gymnastics: Alabama & Minnesota at Penn State
30 January 2010: Action photos taken during the Alabama Crimson Tide and Minnesota Gophers at Penn State Nittany Lions women’s gymanstics meet held at the Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania. No. 1 Alabama took first with a 196.600, the 19th ranked Nittany Lions placed second with a season-high 196.025 and No. 23 Minnesota took third with a 192.850.
Photos by Alex Cena / Southcreek Global
Gymnastics is very difficult to photograph in many venues because you cannot use strobes to both freeze the action and get clear photos as well as the added benefit of darkening the background to make it look less cluttered. These were all shot at ISO 6400 with a Canon Mark IV set to a shutter speed of 1/1000th of a second with an aperture of f/4. Though some were taken with a Canon Mark III at ISO 3200 1/800th of a second f/3.2 Also, it was difficult to get a clean background because there were three events going on simultaneously and there was something busy at every angle. It would’ve been perfect if the hall was not so evenly lit. If the floor was lit evenly and the seats lit less (i.e. a stop preferably two), then I could’ve photographed the gymnasts and have the background go dark to black. The entire image gallery can be viewed by going to Southcreek Global.
NCAA Women’s Basketball: Illinois at Penn State
NCAA: Cornell, Yale and Iowa at Penn State Gymnastics
23 January 2010: Action images taken during the Cornell, Yale and Iowa at Penn State Women’s Gymnastics competition held at the Rec Hall in State College, Pennsylvania.
NCAA Women’s Basketball: Indiana at Penn State
January 11, 2009: Game action in the Penn State Women’s Basketball game held at Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions defeated the Hoosiers 77-71 in overtime.
Photo by Alex Cena / Southcreek Global
NCAA FOOTBALL: SEPT 26 Iowa at Penn State
State College, PA: I had the opportunity to photograph the University of Iowa at Penn State football game at Beaver Stadium in State College, PA over the weekend for Southcreek Global Media. The Nittany Lions fell to the undefeated Hawkeyes 21-10. It was one of the best games I’ve been to this year despite the unrelenting downpour the entire evening.
