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I've moved!

2010-03-04T19:32:00.003-06:00

I've been building a new website that includes a blog so I'm packing up things here and moving over there (sorry blogger).Check out my new website www.cavanahphoto.com and my blog www.cavanahphoto.com/blogBoth are still getting some work done though, so be gentle...

30 for 30

2010-02-25T13:35:00.000-06:00

Well, I've been meaning to do this since it seems like all my colleagues are (most of them for class), but expect a 30 for 30 series to start up on here sometime soon. POYi is eating up a lot of my energy right now, and work will pick up with the magazine production cycle starting soon, so I'm not sure when, maybe the start of March. Just FYI.

Dylan Paul Graham

2010-02-21T09:16:00.002-06:00

Yoga

2010-02-08T14:12:00.001-06:00

Half an hour, one light, a ladder, and 60 women (and 4 guys)

2010-01-31T20:05:00.004-06:00

I shot a group photo of all the Tiger X instructors at the Rec Center (well the ones that showed up anyway, there are more than 70). I had some advance notice on this, but still had a bit of a last minute rush to come up with things. I didn't find out until the day before the shoot that there would be 70+ people in the photo, which threw my plans for the shoot out the window. Plus one of the

Copyright: To blog or not to blog

2010-01-28T23:02:00.003-06:00

I found out not one hour before I started writing this post that one of my photos, the photo of Ricky Kreklow hanging out playing video games with his friends before a gamewas taken, from this site, reprinted in mass, and used as a way to taunt Ricky during a game tonight against his high school's long time rival. Now, I spent enough time with Ricky to know that the action of these kids didn't

"Rec"less Randomness

2010-01-25T14:05:00.004-06:00

After a stint as an Assistant Director of Photography at the Missourian for four weeks I'm back at the Rec until I land myself a more permanent job elsewhere. I got asked to go out and shoot some bike racks for a proposal the facility manager was putting together and I found this lil' guy. He just wants to ride!

No Looking Back: Ricky Kreklow

2009-12-14T12:12:00.004-06:00

While on the road to Troy Buchanan High School in Troy, Mo., Rock Bridge senior Ricky Kreklow settles in for the hour and a half long bus ride by finding a song on his iPhone. “Nobody around Columbia wants to play a school our size.” Rock Bridge’s schedule involves numerous road games against Kansas City and St. Louis opponents. Being on the road has become something of a metaphor for Kreklow in

Thanksgiving Shenanigans

2009-11-26T09:43:00.004-06:00

Can I have a CPOY award now?

Tony Hawk and Co. in Columbia, MO

2009-10-17T17:43:00.003-05:00

Picture Story/Photo Essay: Personality Profile

2009-10-14T15:06:00.000-05:00

Picture Story/Photographic Essay: Video Example

2009-10-11T17:50:00.003-05:00

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/10/06/sports/baseball/1247464960472/the-thinking-mans-games.htmlThis is somewhat of a job profile on a job that is ultimately pretty boring to watch in action, that of the baseball manager. But the way the NYTimes managed this is to find something interesting about the manager in question, the fact that he has played chess from a very early age, and ask him how

Gettin' Dirty

2009-10-05T15:00:00.005-05:00

I shot a lot of stuff this last weekend and my favorite has to be the stuff I did on Sunday. I shot the Mizzou Cycling club, who were hosting a midwest collegiate regional meet. I used my first remote camera set-up and was pretty stoked with what came back. Here's a few shots. All images ©Matthew Cavanah, 2009

One Day Story: Stone Hill Winery Grape Harvest

2009-09-25T11:38:00.005-05:00

Joel is....different

2009-09-19T11:50:00.002-05:00

Missouri vs. Bowling Green

2009-09-13T02:19:00.003-05:00

Uhh...Justin. I think they want you to throw it back...

The Great Escape

2009-09-10T01:16:00.005-05:00

The Problem: The black part inside the "box" contains six CDs. I'm not exactly sure what CDs are in there, but I know that the box will no longer accept any commands from the controller or the reset buttons meaning those CDs are trapped inside. Good thing I liked taking things apart as a kid.Step 1: The actual unit was suspended on shock absorbers within the main shell to prevent skipping while

ADFPF National Championships

2009-07-13T13:53:00.009-05:00

The American Drug Free Powerlifting Federation held their national championships, dubbed "Mayhem in the Midwest", at the Rec Complex this last weekend.

A Saturday Evening in Holiday Island, Arkansas

2009-05-23T21:11:00.004-05:00

They told Dad to keep an eye on Brayden, so he did just that...

Summer Projects

2009-05-18T14:30:00.004-05:00

Today marked day one of the Stankowski Field resurfacing project at the Rec Complex. We're getting rid of the old, brutal, unforgiving astro turf for field turf that's actually supposed to be better than what's currently on Faurot Field. Check out MizzouRec.com for web galleries every Wednesday and a live webcam.

Detour to Destiny

2009-04-25T12:26:00.012-05:00

For former University of Missouri football players Xzavie Jackson, Cornelius "Pig" Brown, and Darnell Terrell, things didn't go quite as they planed. All three were positive their futures led them to the NFL. All three were signed by various NFL teams. And all three were cut. Now, they still pursue their dreams playing in the Indoor Football League for the River City Rage in St. Charles, Mo. For

SSAVI: Day Three

2009-04-12T03:34:00.003-05:00

Santa Anita Park

SSAVI: Day Two-Hidden Gems

2009-04-11T01:19:00.004-05:00

After talking to the Sports Shooter Academy faculty during critiques, I pulled these three hidden gems out of my take.

SSAVI: Day Two

2009-04-10T22:43:00.004-05:00

My new friend Megan Sullivan going through her days take Jason was a little beat after a day of shooting track

SSAVI: Day One

2009-04-09T23:21:00.002-05:00

La Habra Boxing Club

SSAVI: Before it all goes down

2009-04-07T21:40:00.007-05:00

Jason and I landed in California about 2:15 local time (that's like 4 for you midwesterners) We haven't done a whole lot other than get settled in. But we did some obligatory things right off.Jason at SNA/Orange County airport while we're waiting on our ride.Ahh, doesn't this just make you feel warm?Because Lyndsey said I had to eat at In and Out while I was here. To be honest, I wasn't blown

No pics yet, just rants

2009-03-31T09:22:00.004-05:00

So I hate my schedule right now. I'm set up for what will probably be the most exhausting two weeks of my life. On tap this week: Around 10-15 shoots for the Rec Complex before the end of the day on Friday, and I still need to schedule more. One of which will involve me being up at the butt crack of dawn to get pictures of crew practice on the water (crossing fingers because the president of the

Wet Shoots at the Rec

2009-03-23T13:38:00.009-05:00

We're changing things up at the Rec and instead of having plain ol' headshots on a white backdrop for all the pro staff members, we're doing more location shoots and stuff that actually pertains to them or their job. course there's always room for a little fun...He's so zen."He looks like he has a blowhole!"-My boss.So we actually wanted the tie to float, just nobody expected it to do as good of

Softball outtake

2009-03-14T12:27:00.003-05:00

I goofed this morning and thought I was going to shoot a Club Softball game when really it was practice. Since we're wanting the photos of the club teams to look formal I couldn't really do a whole lot with the practice, but I do need to get some generic sports photos for some frames they want to put up at work so I started toying with silhouettes.To get this I shot I just super underexposed with

I love finding lighting like this

2009-03-11T18:52:00.003-05:00

Things that keep me running pt 2

2009-03-05T08:12:00.002-06:00

When you've been sick as long as I have, it gets rough, both mentally and physically. I know that seems kind of dramatic because I don't have cancer or anything. I'm not gonna up and die.But having a bacterial infection for over a month and adding a serious cold on top of that really takes its toll. So I try to find reasons to get healthy and feel better, other than to just be better.Brayden is

Things that keep me running

2009-03-02T14:09:00.002-06:00

For the last month I've been fighting off a strep infection. So far I've done 10-day courses of Keflex and Amoxicillin, plus an injection of Penicillin, and I still didn't get rid of the damn bug. My doctor chalked it up to my tonsils being so scarred up from past infections that they aren't getting proper blood supply, thus not getting the antibiotics and basically becoming a breeding ground for

My Weeks Work entries on SportsShooter....eventually

2009-02-16T08:10:00.002-06:00

Hokay, so. It's 8 am and I had another night of 5 hours or less of sleep. Last week was a gauntlet of photo mess. Here's a break down of how it went.GunsThree car accidentTwitterHigh School basketballHigh School basketballPolar Bear PlungeCollege Basketball(NAIA)Missouri Grand Prix Swim MeetSo yeah, bit of a busy week last week, and I get to do it all over again this week. Eventually I'll sit

Pinnacles

2009-02-06T21:31:00.004-06:00

Went out to Pinnacles today to enterprise for the Columbia Missourian. Here's a nice little batch of photos.

Photo Bubble Fun

2009-02-06T12:37:00.001-06:00

Jakob and I got a little goofy yesterday during some down time at the Missourian.

RecSports Outtakes

2009-02-04T20:05:00.003-06:00

I shot two games of RecSports basketball tonight and grabbed a few shots on the side. Nothing spectacular but its been a while since I posted some photos so I thought I'd go ahead and put em up.

Where Should Photojournalists Draw the Line?

2009-02-02T13:09:00.004-06:00

After having the basics of audio gathering pounded through my skull via someone reading off of a handout for the third time in as many semesters I started to get a little upset at first, but then more inquisitive of how my peers perceived this.And what I'm referring to is the multi-tasking nature of the photojournalist. As the media evolves, so does the photographer. I don't question that thought

Little something nice from the holidays

2009-01-06T23:05:00.002-06:00

Random Photo Adventures with Kat

2008-12-12T18:24:00.001-06:00

My friend Kat and I went out on a random photo adventure after lunch today, just because we felt like it. Kat knew of this cool old barn somewhere out on Old Plank Road (waaay out on Old Plank Road) and this guy had the coolest junk just sitting this barn. This is my first slideshow with Soundslides, so enjoy!

WARNING: DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH RITZ CAMERA

2008-12-11T12:25:00.002-06:00

I felt I needed to let all my fellow shooters about this. On Thanksgiving I found out about an online pre-Black Friday deal on ritzcamera.com. The deal was sweat. Buy three Sandisk 4GB Extreme III CF cards for $60, send in the mail-in rebate, and get $60 back. Three free 4GB CF cards? Sign me up!I received the order confirmation shortly after, and then about a week later I received another email

Adv. Techniques: Final Project Sneak Peak

2008-12-10T18:58:00.002-06:00

Will, Val, and I are putting the final touches on our final project Soundslides. Here's just a sneak peak at one of my shots included in the project.

Adv. Techniques: Multiple Flash

2008-12-04T01:19:00.003-06:00

Michelle Froese, Public Relations Manager of the Univeristy of Missouri's Student and Auxiliary Services reads excerpts aloud from "Tales of Beedle the Bard" to students in Brady Commons during the book's midnight release party on Wednesday. The book serves as a companion piece to J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Adv. Techniques: Slideshow examples

2008-12-02T11:58:00.002-06:00

http://acraftphoto.blogspot.com/2008/03/humvee-tv-with-soundtrack.htmlHumvee TV-not bad but very timely. Audio is kind of harsh though, but understandable since he probably recorded it from a loudspeakerhttp://www.picturemultimedia.com/photography/as/dcprotest/dcprotest.htmlBad audio, pictures stay up for about 10 seconds, I'm not a fan.

Turkey Break Pt. 4

2008-11-29T17:51:00.001-06:00

Turkey Break Pt. 3: Sassy

2008-11-26T23:23:00.003-06:00

I had planned on taking a ton of photos of my one year old nephew, Brayden. But sadly, my sister and Brayden were too sick to make the seven hour trip. So I've been taking a ton of photos of my parents' dog, Sassy.This sequence is called, "What happens when the ball goes in the shoe". She probably would have still be digging for it now if I hadn't given her mercy and pulled the ball out for her.

Turkey Break Pt. 2

2008-11-25T18:09:00.003-06:00

ITS NOT EVEN THANKSGIVING YET!

Turkey Break Pt. 1

2008-11-23T00:42:00.008-06:00

I'm gonna take a lot of time over break to focus on my photography, mainly with nailing exposures. I picked up a freelance gig from the athletic department to start things off.

CPOY Craziness

2008-11-19T10:41:00.003-06:00

Rita and her eyeball candy...and crazy eye glassesIf Jimmy was this crazy on Wednesday, it's scary to imagine what he was like on Saturday.Rita, Rick, and Jimmy sort out a slight storage problemRita and Travis have a discussionJimmy tries to get some sleepBeth tired...You think we like to drink coffee? Really, bad coffee?

Remember that day I was really annoying with my camera?

2008-11-19T10:27:00.003-06:00

Adv. Techniques: Fill Flash

2008-11-18T14:07:00.004-06:00

University of Missouri groundskeeper Alicia Ciolli tills the soil in a plant bed near Lowry Mall on MU's campus. Ciolli is part of the Herbaecious Plant Department, which is tasked with taking care of the many plant and flower beds across campus. "It's different than the lawn mower jockey type people." Ciolli said.

Another Busy Weekend

2008-11-03T17:12:00.007-06:00

Saturday was a pretty busy day for shooting. I was at it from 8-4. Here's some selects.I had a hard time stopping the divers for some reason, crappy lighting, whatever. So I just went with some blur for flair.So no going Trick-Or-Treating at her house...

Adv. Techniques: Color Correction

2008-10-30T11:45:00.003-05:00

....I still don't completely understand this.

8 Cameras, a ton of flashlights, a cabin, and a bunch of photojunkies

2008-10-28T21:24:00.006-05:00

For lab in advanced techniques we trotted out to Rock Bridge State Park, cooked out, messed around, had a bunch of laughs, and then had even more when we did the actual lab work. The assignment is called painting with light. Using long exposures, flashes, flashlights, and a lot of people manipulating those lights we pulled this off. Not too shabby for a bunch of kids out freezing their asses off

Adv. Technique: Single Flash pt. 2: Bounce

2008-10-23T15:29:00.008-05:00

Adv. Techniques: Single Flash pt. 1

2008-10-21T13:07:00.003-05:00

Anjali in the studio

2008-10-12T16:48:00.003-05:00

Poked my nose in on Esten and Anjali shooting their metal and glass, and started snapping off a few shots during prep. The girl knows her way around piping.

Adv. Techniques: Metal and Glass

2008-10-10T18:32:00.006-05:00

I shot the glass half of this assignment."Hot Shots""Fire and Ice"Little bit of trouble with getting the right amounts of rubber cement but still cool stuff.

Busy Weekend

2008-10-07T14:23:00.016-05:00

Hell of a weekend for taking photos. I probably shot somewhere around 1200 images starting on Thursday night and ending on Sunday. (Note: these are all quick and dirty processed photos so apologies for them being off color or grainy)The newest resident of #1 Bright Star, Stanley.Friday night I drove to Nebraska to see some friends and shoot the football game. I ended up in a corn field maze. A

Use the Family of Angles......OR ELSE!

2008-10-01T12:12:00.003-05:00

An outtake from Advanced Techniques lab. Rita is so fun!

Where the Missourian is "Head"ed

2008-09-30T13:45:00.002-05:00

Title courtesy of a friendly, unnamed Missourian employee.All jokes aside, this was probably set up for the Roots, Blues, and BBQ Festival this weekend, which I'm missing cause I'll be out of town....again.

Advanced Techniques: Classmate Portrait

2008-09-26T12:26:00.006-05:00

Single Light Source:Multiple Light Source:

I want

2008-09-23T14:08:00.000-05:00

http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2086Video produced by Canon 5D MkII.Yeah you read that right. This video was produced by a digital SLR camera.

SWAT Tactics

2008-09-18T15:21:00.008-05:00

Drove out to Booneville this morning and photographed various SWAT teams from across Missouri conducting tactical scenario training.

Mizzou Soccer

2008-09-14T13:51:00.006-05:00

Cycling on acid...

2008-09-10T16:20:00.003-05:00

Okay not really, but MizzouRec does have a cycling studio that makes you feel like you're on a trip. Here's a shot I got on Monday.

Game Time!

2008-09-07T16:49:00.007-05:00

It's football season!

Adv. Tech. Outtake

2008-09-05T16:08:00.003-05:00

Just an outtake from that last Advanced Techniques class that I like.

Hey there's a lot of new people over on the friends tab...

2008-09-02T21:17:00.003-05:00

Added a bunch of people from my Advanced Techniques class. This isn't all of them, just the people I had Fundamentals with last semester. Check em' out.

Adv Techniques: Copy Test

2008-09-02T12:12:00.006-05:00

My Copy Test Assignment from my Advanced Techniques in Photojournalism class.Mood Lighting-Photo Credit: Popular Photography August 2008Stump The Chump-Photo Credit: Popular Photography August 2008Exporation

Light the Sky

2008-08-28T20:42:00.003-05:00

Okay I know the framing sucks, and its not a spectacular 3 pronged fork, but I got this with very little effort and stayed decently dry as well.

Bye bye, Allie

2008-08-04T15:10:00.003-05:00

So Allie ran into some issues with the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG) and reporters or something. She's hasn't fully explained it to me yet. But the gist is that she had to take down her blog. Sad day. So her link is gone, but Lyndsey is still going strong. Err, well it's been a while since she's posted anything, but I suspect it's due to things getting busier over

More Mizzou and construction

2008-08-03T12:30:00.014-05:00

I know, I know! How can I possibly be putting up more lame pictures of Mizzou and construction? It fascinates me, what can I say?The twins, as I call them. Seriously though, what are these called? Just 'The Lions"? I mean I know we got them from China and all, but no one ever really calls them anything.Behold the monstrosity that is the giant hole in the middle of the Rollins/Hitt intersection.

HDR Madness

2008-08-01T16:09:00.013-05:00

I went a little crazy with HDR today while I was out on campus shooting landmarks for a work project. Things went much better as far as getting publishable results (i.e. not having shaky images because I couldn't sit still enough) thanks to some pointers from Ryan Gibbons. He'll probably still tell me I'm using it in the wrong situation in some of these photos, but I think I did a better job

Under Construction

2008-07-28T14:50:00.010-05:00

With only a month left before school starts, I'm really surprised at just how torn up campus is.The first half of the Brady expansion project. I was on the clock while shooting theses so I didn't have time to go around to the back side, but they started putting the stone exterior on the building in the back.There's now a hole about ten feet deep in the middle of Rollins. What exactly they're

HDRs and Other Stuff

2008-07-25T11:27:00.005-05:00

I've been practicing doing High Dynamic Range (HDR) shots lately. I think I still need a little more practice.A decent looking shot of the Columns with Jesse Hall. They've moved all the junk of the Quad by the way. Instead of a torn up piece of ground with mobile construction offices and equipment, it's now just a torn up piece of ground. Why didn't I take of photo of that?Umm, yeah....I thought

Summer at the Rec

2008-07-14T11:37:00.009-05:00

Just a quick post of what I've been working on over the summer.Columbia Swim Club 2008 Summer MeetThe 2008 Show-Me State games hosted a 3-On-3 soccer tournament on Stankowski Field. It was kind of fun to watch/shoot until my card got erased. Luckily it was a multi-day even so these two are from day two.Sometimes there is just some cool light to be found in the Rec if you're there at the right

We'll miss you Sarah....

2008-07-08T17:36:00.003-05:00

Photo by Bill CarterSarah E.M. Becking was a great friend to me and all of the photo students at the University of Missouri. On July 7th she lost her fight to cancer. It's not f$%#ing fair. We'll miss you Sarah.From her husband, Jason's, blog (http://becking.com/WordPress/)Sarah Elizabeth Messer Becking, 1972-2008 July 8th, 2008 Sarah died yesterday afternoon,

Another Beijiing Blogger

2008-07-04T09:57:00.004-05:00

Just a quickie today since I'm in Arkansas and the data card my parents use to get internet isn't the speediest thing ever.Another one of my friends, Lyndsey, is in China doing the same thing as Allie. She's got her blog rolling right along as well.http://lyndzerrific.blogspot.com/Check it out.Allie (bennettinbeijiing.blogspot.com) has been posting away so if you haven't checked hers out recently

Shameless Plugging

2008-07-01T17:38:00.002-05:00

I have to do some shameless plugging for a friends site. My best friend Allie will be spending the next two months in Beijing while she works for the Olympic Press Corps. And since we're all proud Missouri j-schoolers, she of course has a blog about her time there. http://bennettinbeijing.blogspot.com/She's already got an interesting post about how those restrictions about allowing passengers

Swimmin' with the kiddies!

2008-06-11T13:40:00.005-05:00

So today at my pretty sweet job, I got to take underwater pictures of little kids during their swimming lessons. It was pretty much the most fun I'd had since I started here last November.The best part was that they weren't all fussy and stuff like the kids I used to have to deal with when I worked at a portrait studio. They all loved the camera. Actually it probably had more to do with how they

Remember photojournalism?

2008-04-28T12:38:00.001-05:00

Hey guys, no photos this time, just kind of an update. I've been struggling to land a subject for my Fundamentals of Photojournalism class and I tried a few things out but nothing really clicked. Firefighting would have wrecked my gear, and gas cost too much for me to cover the women's tackle football team in Kansas City. Hopefully I'll eventually get photos up from both "research shoots", but

2008-04-19T11:06:00.001-05:00

Random stuff from art class

2008-03-19T22:22:00.002-05:00

Just some stuff that I'm working on for my art photo class.

More dejection (and lots more contrast)

2008-03-17T14:05:00.002-05:00

I needed something to work on during art photo since I forgot my film so I pulled some more dejection shots from the game on Saturday. I don't know why I decided to max out the contrast, I just went with it.

My Line Obsession Continues

2008-03-16T17:19:00.004-05:00

I've got this small obsession with taking pictures of interesting lines. I was shooting (very little of) the D2 Swimming and Diving Championships when I found this.

The Glorious Addition of Photos

2008-03-15T17:11:00.003-05:00

So I stopped being lazy and finally started putting my photos on this thing. I just finished shooting the Class 3 Girls State Finals for the Quincy Herald-Whig (www.whig.com). The last game was really fun to watch, real back and forth battle. This shot is of Alex Milner after the award ceremony...her expression pretty much says enough.