A few weeks ago, I had the chance to photograph Emmitt Smith, Bob Lilly, and Daryl Johnston for the Prestonwood Pregnancy Center. It was great hanging out with these guys and hearing all their stories! Not to mention, it was for a great cause!

“Mr. Cowboy” Bob Lilly is actually a VERY good photographer and so we spoke for a good 15 minutes on nothing but photo stuff!(It is something that I’ll never forget!) Btw, him and his wife are the cutest couple!

If you haven’t heard about the Prestonwood Pregnancy Center, please check them out as they perform such a great service for our community!

As you guys may know, Baylor University basketball is having quite the year! Both the men’s and women’s teams are currently undefeated and very highly ranked in the country! I had the chance to photograph a few of their elite athletes for US Presswire the other day and thought that I would share a few.

The athletes I photographed were Perry Jones III, Quincy Miller, Brittney Griner, and Odyssey Sims. Not only are these guys some of the top athletes in the country, but they were also very fun to photograph! I did have my IPAD with me and shot directly to it so that everyone could see the shots as we took them and make any necessary adjustments on the fly. As the norm with athletes, I usually get about 10 to 15 minutes tops with each one, so I have to get what I want really fast! Those of you that know me know that I can’t just do “normal” portraits as I want to always create something very cool and different.

I used 3 Profoto D1 Air units fired by the Air remote system and as usual, it worked flawlessly! The recycle times are super fast and the color and consistency of the light is truly amazing! If you have not used the D1 Air system yet, I’d highly recommend you try it out for yourself!

Here are a few highlights from the shoot…

Here is a cool shot of Perry that I like!

I got a really cool shot of Quincy throwing a behind the back pass here!

A few closeups of Perry and Quincy. LOVE the catchlight in the eyes!

Simply put, Brittney Griner is probably the best women’s college basketball player in the country.

And a really high intensity black and white shot…

Some portraits of Odyssey and Brittney.

And some of the guys…

Since I have already been getting lots of setup questions for the action shots, here is what my setup looked like…

If anyone has any other questions, feel free to comment or ask here.

Thx!

Kevin

It's funny as I have had my work published in just about every major newspaper and magazine around the country, but I have never had anything appear in Sports Illustrated until this week!  It has always been one of my lifelong dreams to get a big image published in the magazine!(I pretty much got into photography after seeing all the great photos in Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News.)

 When I found out that my image of David Beckham passing the ball in the middle of a torrential downpour made the magazine, I was so excited!! I was blessed to get some images of my feature shoot with Cowboys All-Pro Demarcus Ware published in The Sporting News earlier this year, so I am definitely on cloud nine these days!  You can see the behind the scenes of that shoot here.

Anyway, I thought I would share the good news with everyone!  Here is the layout on page 50 of this week's issue…