Steve McLaughlin Photography

Ivy League Track and Field - 8367

2011-05-09T23:41:00.001-04:00

DSC_8367, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

Interesting to me that sports images are never included in Flickr's Explore - the Best of Flickr. Guess this image isn't any good.

Home Run!

2011-05-06T13:02:00.001-04:00

D7A_8615, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

CCSU Amanda Dillworth is greeted at homeplate after hitting a solo HR against Seton Hall.

20110424_softball_collision

2011-04-24T23:00:00.001-04:00

20110424_softball_collision, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

Scary play in the top of the third today at Hartford. BU had a runner on first and attempted a sac bunt but the bunt attempt was missed and the runner was clearly going to be out at 2nd. But no one told her that. I was on an 8 foot step ladder in left center with a 400mm + 1.4 TC and I had a remote firing from the third base dugout. Here's what I got . It was the third out of the inning and both players continued in the game after receiving attention by their respective trainers.

20110312_UHART_Champs_4917

2011-03-18T22:04:00.001-04:00

20110312_UHART_Champs_4917, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

One more basketball game for me this season. Sunday my Hartford Hawks take on the Huskies of UCONN in the first round of the NCAA tournament at Gampel Pavilion.

Just a Junco

2011-01-12T23:01:00.001-05:00

20110111_junco_detail9862, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

But she's pretty cute anyway. 400mm f/2.8 - 1.4TC so about 560mm f/4 - these were at about f/5.6 a varying shutter speeds and an exposure adjustment of about +.7 to adjust for the bright background. I sat in the snow for about 20 minutes before they would come back to the feeder and then I only stayed there for a few minutes because I was keeping them from dinner!

Life imitates Art

2011-01-08T22:25:00.001-05:00

20110108_CCSU_BB1517, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

CCSU basketball player's body art.

Yale upsets Florida State University - WBB

2010-12-19T00:41:00.001-05:00

20101218_FSU_YALE_wbb4776, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

Florida State (7-3) may have been looking past Yale (3-7) to there meeting with #1 UCONN Tuesday night at the XL Center. Yale shot 42% from beyond the arch and took a 55-42 lead to the locker room at half time. But the Seminoles came back in the second half to take a 65-64 lead with 10:44. The Bulldogs battled back in the closing minutes to secure the victory.

20101022_S_CCSUfootball5789

2010-10-28T23:18:00.001-04:00

20101022_S_CCSUfootball5789, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

CCSU football traveled up the Mass Pike to take on Albany in an important NEC Friday night match up. CCSU started flat and fell behind until the 4th quarter. A TD and a 2 point conversion tied the game and sent it to OT. Albany had the ball first but fumbled. That left CCSU with an opportunity to only have to kick a FG for the win.

Senior Joe Izzo kicked his third field goal of the game from 32-yards out to give the Central Connecticut football team a 30-27 overtime win over Albany on Friday night.

drops

2010-07-06T17:37:00.001-04:00

drops, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

ok - so i love the water drops !!!

flycatcher_20100623_D3A_4073

2010-06-25T21:54:00.001-04:00

flycatcher_20100623_D3A_4073, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

While waiting for a group of golfers to reach my spot this little guy flew back and forth between a few different bushes. He's a Least Flycatcher.

Team Figueroa

2010-04-28T08:56:00.001-04:00

Team Figueroa, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

I love my job - amazing stories all day at mile 25 of the Boston Marathon this year. Dana Farber raised money to fight cancer and has a strong presence at mile 25 of the race just before Kenmore Square. These three sisters ran together, as I imagine they have done for 40 years. They are 42, 44, and 40 years old from left to right.

New Hair Cut

2010-04-15T19:55:00.001-04:00

New Hair Cut, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

in the woods with the pooch

2010-04-04T21:06:00.000-04:00

finn diving for rocks

flora

nightly walk with mr. owl and my crazy dog

2010-03-27T22:23:00.000-04:00

mr. owl is easier to see when you know where to look

this is what you get when your dog decides to run straight at something regardless
of prickers in his path

walking the dog - grateful for the light

2010-03-25T13:10:00.000-04:00

finn races to me after wandering too far away

i just like the light

ncaa women's selection show

2010-03-16T22:50:00.000-04:00

coach rizzotti addresses the gathering after hartford is announced as a 10 seed in the ncaa women's basketball tounament

injured hawk senior erica beverly rests her leg on her "replacement" freshman ruthanne doherty

america east men's basketball upset - boston university over stony brook

2010-03-10T11:46:00.000-05:00

seawolves of stony brook university

boston huddle - coach chambers diagrams plays

america east women's basketball

2010-03-04T21:55:00.001-05:00

maine basketball

Softball Season is Here!

2010-03-04T09:33:00.001-05:00

Softball Season is Here!, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

Time to get outside and shoot some softball, baseball, lacrosse, tennis, and golf!

hawks fall to blue hens!

2010-02-27T23:16:00.000-05:00

hartford lacrosse

lacrosse is back!

day at the beach

2010-02-25T20:53:00.000-05:00

supper

wing beats

on patrol

shy

cold swimmer

pink zone

2010-02-23T15:33:00.000-05:00

america east t&f 2010 championships

2010-02-20T22:03:00.000-05:00

america east banner

teammates

boston basketball

2010-02-19T00:34:00.000-05:00

men vs binghamton

women vs stonybrook

did anyone see my tennis ball?

2010-02-17T09:11:00.000-05:00

single minded focus - on the tennis ball

winter scene

2010-02-15T23:35:00.000-05:00

jv girls basketball at rham high school

senior night for the dance team

2010-02-14T00:48:00.000-05:00

my pup finnegan

2010-02-13T00:36:00.000-05:00

flying through the air with the greatest of ease!

pretty in pink

beanpot tournament, boston, ma

2010-02-10T17:07:00.000-05:00

the bc eagles and the bu terriers face off in the 58th annual beanpot tournament.

the bc eagles line up

2010-02-04T16:41:00.000-05:00

charles smith - university of hartford guard

charles smith drives the lane against stony brook university tuesday night at the chase family arena. u of h lost the game 54-44.

2010-01-27T22:06:00.000-05:00

great blue heron - ft. drum, florida

Wesleyan Mens Basketball

2010-01-26T21:44:00.000-05:00

Shasha Brown - Point Guard

Jeremy Kaminer hits a 3-pointer

Jamal Coombs-McDaniel

2009-12-29T19:21:00.001-05:00

Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

Basketball season is in full swing. I've been busy covering UCONN opponents over the past month or so. I've covered Iona College, St. Rose, Vanguard, Boston University, Hartford and Vermont. It means I'm sitting at the UCONN defensive end of the floor on most nights. The other photogs like to have a little fun with that but I don't mind as long as I'm working.

High school basketball fills in the night when I'm not shooting UCONN, UHART or CCSU. Add some Trank and Field and Ice Hockey and the schedule is pretty full.

This is a shot of a freshman guard for UCONN as he was guarding the inbounds pass.

Brynn

2009-06-12T12:17:00.001-04:00

Brynn, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

Long time no blog. I finally did a shoot with a Model Mayhem model. We picked a cloudy rainy day at Hammonassette Beach State Park in Madison. We met at the park and did the best we could to get some interesting shots. I used three different lens; 70-200mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.4 and a 85mm f/1.4 with the D3 for the images. The image you see here was made with two SB800 speedlights. The key light was camera right through a shoot-through umbrella and the second light was low camera left and almost behind the model for some hair/rim light.

University of Hartford Softball

2009-03-26T08:47:00.001-04:00

SAM_3402, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

The University of Hartford took on Holy Cross Wednesday in West Hartford. The Hawks defeated the team from HC twice by identical 2-1 scores. Pitching was the highlight of the day on both squads.

It was nice to be back outdoors shooting at ISO 200 (meaning there was lots of light) instead of ISO 2500 (meaning there’s very little light). I used a remote camera fixed on second base and fired via pocketwizard. Of the 200 or so shots from that camera I kept exactly one. But that one shot is pretty interesting. It’s a somewhat wider shot of a play at second where the second baseman has made the tag and is showing the umpire that she still has the ball. But the umpire is in the background and has already called the runner safe.

It’s back indoors tomorrow for NCAA hockey in Bridgeport and then on to Trenton for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional’s on Sunday and Tuesday.

ouch

2009-01-01T01:37:00.001-05:00

ouch, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

I heard an interview after the game where Geno said the injury didn't interest him after he saw that it wasn't a knee or an ankle. The face me made tell me otherwise. I wants us to think he's a tough Philly guy (which he is!) but he cares about the kids. It was nice to see the hug that he shared with Jen after the game.

Running in the rain

2008-10-06T11:09:00.001-04:00

Running in the rain, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

I've never received a response from a photo like I did for this one. I posted it last week and it has 681 views with 63 people calling it a favorite and it made explore.

I was shooting a Wesleyan cross country race and had just moved to a new position down a hill and into the woods. It was raining, dark and gloomy so I need to fire a few shot to set the ISO high enough to maintain my 1/800th of a second shutter speed.

This image was one of the test shots before I started shooting the Wesleyan runners.

Donald Brown

2008-09-16T08:12:00.001-04:00

Donald Brown, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

I had the good fortune to cover the UCONN vs. Virginia football Saturday night at the Rent (Rentschler Field, East Hartford). UCONN won the game easily 45-10. Donald Brown (pictured here) ran for 206 yards on 20 carries and was named the Big East Player of the Week.

#20 Dori Arad

2008-09-08T23:04:00.001-04:00

#20 Dori Arad, originally uploaded by S M P H O T O.

UCONN battled BU last night to a 0-0 tie. There were several yellow cards and a red card on UCONN. Even though there were no goals there was a lot of action and the students were great. They are called the Goal Patrol and if you've been watching my Flick account you've seen them in all of their glory.

Great soccer, great crowd and great environment!

Skull

2008-08-22T21:22:00.001-04:00

Skull, originally uploaded by .smphoto.

Last night was the end of the summer race down at the Riverfront Park. It's a great opportunity to get some different shots. There are lots of different colors and textures. I try and get down low and up high then I decide later which shot works better.

For this image a narrow depth of field and a low skewed angle worked the best. It's the kind of image that people take a second look at that's what I'm after.

Randy Edsall

2008-08-08T08:44:00.001-04:00

Randy Edsall, originally uploaded by .smphoto.

UCONN football practice was open to the media last Tuesday. I covered the event for the Manchester JI.

Travelers Championship

2008-06-24T11:14:00.001-04:00

Tommy Armour III tees off on the par 4 number 15 Sunday at the Travelers Championship. I worked the tournament for the Willimantic Chronicle on Saturday and Sunday. Despite a rain delay on Sunday the tournament was a sucuss. Stewart Cink won the tournament for the second time. His first win came back in 1997.

The 100m hurdle finals

2008-06-12T18:14:00.001-04:00

The 100m hurdle finals, originally uploaded by by SM Photo.

Hi all

SMP_7237_filtered (Large)

2007-10-18T19:33:00.001-04:00

SMP_7237_filtered (Large), originally uploaded by by SM Photo.

I been shooting lot and lots of sports for Wesleyan University as well as RHAM high school and other local high schools. It's not quite what I had in mind but it's a lot of fun and it keeps me vrey busy.

all of these from one JV football game!!!

2007-09-27T22:27:00.001-04:00

all of these from one JV football game!!!, originally uploaded by by SM Photo.

Nice light and a friendly crowd led to the biggest one day of sales so far. Thank you parents of the Rockey Hill High School JV football team!

Another Website revision

2007-09-10T23:43:00.001-04:00

Another Website revision, originally uploaded by by SM Photo.

Interesting thought - do I need to credit Big Huge Labs for the use of the image on my website? I'll have to look into that.

Tackle

2007-09-10T23:38:00.001-04:00

Tackle, originally uploaded by by SM Photo.

Come here little guy! That's what the Coventry defense seemed to say to RHAM all day last Saturday. In all fairness, RHAM was without several of their starters. Just nagging injuries, they'll be ready to play on Saturday!

Finn in the water

2007-07-20T23:21:00.001-04:00

Love this image - he's so happy when he's in the water. He pulls me all the way to the open spot in the grass where he can get to the river. He wants me to throw the ball but he won't give it to me! What goes through that dog's mind - I have no idea. So there I am throwing the ball with one hand and holding a 300mm lens and DSLR with a six foot monopod in the other. Quite a site I'm sure.

Morning Dove

2007-07-17T16:05:00.001-04:00

Morning Dove, originally uploaded by by SM Photo.

Get ready for lots of bird and sports shots - the new Nikon 300mm f/4 lens arrived today!

Get that Shot!

2007-07-16T14:28:00.001-04:00

Every photographers wants to add "glass" to their tool chest. Let's face it, we are professional photographers because we get "the" picture. Other people want to get the great shot, we go and do whats' necessary to get the shot. They go to a child's sporting event with the intend of capturing images of the their child making the great play. But they lack the tools and the time and the energy to get in position at the right time with the right light and the right tools and the knowledge to use all of these things to get the "shot".

So, back to the glass. Soon a brand new Nikon 300mm f/4 lens will be attached to my D200 and I'll be looking for anyone doing anything athletic to hone my action shooting skills. Football season is fast approaching and I'll be ready to capture my son's Junior year of high school football action. In the process I'll be capturing the rest of his team and the opposing team and my card brochure combination will be making the rounds of high school football fields across Connecticut.

Do you want the shot? Then get the right tools and the right attitude - you will get that shot!

Happy shooting!

New "Services and Prices" page Published

2007-07-11T14:09:00.000-04:00

http://www.stevemclaughlinphotography.com/services.html

Take a look and let me know what you think!

My Website

2007-07-10T21:19:00.001-04:00

My Website, originally uploaded by by SM Photo.

I've been working on the site now for a few days. The only thing left to do is complete the services page. I added a screen shot (seen here) to Flickr to see if anyone had any comments about the simple site design.

Hope all is well were you are -

Steve

JAF - Just Another Flutterby

2007-07-09T21:43:00.001-04:00

JAF - Just Another Flutterby, originally uploaded by by SM Photo.

A shot from yesterday in Meriden, CT. The crop might get changed here but I like all the green in this original.

2007-07-09T13:51:00.001-04:00

After spending several hours photographing dragon flies and butterflies yesterday afternoon I met some folks finishing up their walk. They were the proud owners of a Golden Retriever. Zeke was rescued from the local pound and he looked like he was enjoying himself immensely.

This image was taken with the color tempature or white balance set at 2700k. That's the reason for the cool blue tone. This could have been corrected using the raw file but I liked the contract between Zeke's coat and the dark blues and greens of the surrounding woods.

2007-07-09T11:50:00.000-04:00

Hi and welcome to the new and improved Steve McLaughlin Photography blog.

Last weekend we visited the "new addition" to the McLaughlin family and took a few shots for the owner. The pug will be shown, big things are expected from her. Since last weekend another new addition has been added to the heard. Time to get back over for another shoot!