Portland, OR Photographer - Dave Scott Photographic » Sports Action

A Trip To The Tacoma Dome

Dave — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:05:09 +0000

Tonight was an awesome night! I covered the Skyview Storm football team on their first trip to the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, WA. The Storm are reigning Greater Saint Helens League (GSHL) 4A football champions for the 4th year in a row and 5 of the last 6 years. Ranked 9th in the state, tonight they played the #8 Lake Stevens Vikings and won handily by a score of 38-14 earning them a return trip to the Dome next week to compete for the state title. Last week they knocked off #1 Bellarmine Prep 42-17. Here are a couple images that we posted live from the game. Amazing work by my son (and photo assistant) Jordan. He did the photo editing and uploading! Thanks Jordan!! For the record, both of my sons are Skyview Storm alumni.

For more images from the game, please visit here.

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Kody Watts

Dave — Mon, 16 May 2011 05:14:20 +0000

Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to shoot Kody many times. I’ve covered him on the basketball court, the football field, on the baseball diamond, shot the sports portrait below and also shot his senior portraits. Here are a few baseball images of Kody. He’s a great guy both on and off the field. He was drafted by the Pittsburg Pirates but he chose to attend the University of Portland and get his education. I am sure we will see him in the pros after college.

Profile Portrait

Senior Year Team/Individual Photo

Scouts with radar guns on Kody during his last high school game. He reached 98 MPH!

Scout with video and radar.

Scouts with radar guns on Kody during his last high school game.

Watts, after hitting a home run.

Watts playing 3rd base.

Kody at 3rd base.

Pick off attempt.

My First Published Photograph

Dave — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:31:24 +0000

A few weeks ago I was invited to speak to the student staff of Clark College’s newspaper The Independent. I prepared a presentation on my iPad using the Keynote app and displayed the presentation on their projector. As part of the presentation I thought it would be cool to show them my first published photo. It was published in a newspaper and I made a whopping $15 (over 25 years ago!). The photo below shows the yellowing newspaper clipping.

Sports photography in Portland OR, Vancouver WA and Seattle WA.

Unusual Venue

Dave — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:12:43 +0000

I followed the Skyview Storm basketball team to the Rose Garden to photograph their game against the Prairie Falcons. This was quite a venue to play a regular season high school game at. Many thanks to the Portland Trailblazers for giving the players a taste of what it is like to play in the Rose Garden. I’m sure they will always remember it!

Matt Spears

Dave — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:23:36 +0000

I’ve known Matt for a couple years and followed him through 2 football and 2 baseball seasons. In fact, over the years our family and his family have become very good friends. Below are a few of the images that I’ve shot of Matt over the years. Good luck to Matt as he moves on to his college studies and college baseball.

Strobing Indoor Sports

Dave — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:45:41 +0000

Anyone that has tried to shoot sports at indoor venues knows how hard it is to make good images. The lighting is normally very limited. To overcome the lack of light, photographers use camera bodies with high ISO capabilities and fast lenses. An alternative would be to use a flash. The problem with on-camera flash is that images look very flat and 2 dimensional.

This week I decided to strobe some wrestling and basketball. In the old days, we set up 4 studio strobes at indoor venues. The set-up was a bit time consuming. Jordan and I were short on time so we used two lights (Nikon SB800). Set-up was very quick and we were able to use an ISO of 800 rather than 3200.

Here are 2 example images.

My Personal Project – Skyview Sports

Dave — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:31:02 +0000

Every photographer needs a personal project and I am no different. During the first ten years of my photographic career more than 50% of my assignments were sports action coverage. My clients included daily newspapers on both coasts, national sports magazines, major universities, and the governing bodies of many pro and amateur leagues. I moved on to other types of assignments and my days of sports action seemed well behind me… Then, in 2007, my wife suggested that I shoot some of the games of my son’s high school football team. Skyview High School sports became my personal project. It’s refreshing to be able to shoot without any commercial expectations attached and to give a little bit back to our local community. Below are a few images I’ve shot over the years. If you would like to see more, check out www.storm.davescottphoto.com.