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Paradise Hills Showdown

Yesterday I went down with the Get Your Tournament crew to San Diego to cover a pre-EVO tournament. Since media coverage was denied for a tournament at Fullerton, we decided we needed to cover at least one last tournament before EVO. San Diego is not exactly a local tournament, we had to drive for a good two hours before we reached the venue, which turned out to be someone’s house.

All in all, the tournament went off great. Atmosphere was great, people enjoyed the matches and felt better prepared afterwards. I took a number of photos of the tournament and I would honestly say that last night’s event was probably the best looking photos I have taken thus far. I’m still learning to shoot better shots at eSports events and adapting to any situation handed to me. EVO is around the corner and that’s going to be a big display stage for my photos around the world.

Photos from last night:

Welcome

Well, I dusted up the old website a bit and finally uploaded part of my portfolio onto the website. I’ll be expanding my current portfolio soon and I’m hoping that eSports will become a prominent section of it. Talking about eSports photography, I have decided to move my eSports photography to my SmugMug account and use flickr for more casual photos. I’m looking forward to using this blog not only to promote my own photography but to detail my activities as an eSports photographer and its ups and downs.

That being said, yesterday’s Ladies of Street Fighter tournament was really fun to photograph. Everyone had fun at the event and stayed to watch the matches from beginning to end. Additionally, I conducted a photo shoot with some of the participants of the tournament before it started. Not all of the ladies wanted to have their pictures taken, but those who did braved the sweltering heat of the day to pose and have some fun in front of the camera.

The next big event that is coming up on the schedule is EVO 2009 held in Las Vegas from July 19-21. EVO is most likely the biggest fighting game tournament in all of North America, so there will definitely be lots of photos from the 3-day event. Until then, I’m going to be taking pictures whenever I can to make sure I’m at the top of my game when I arrive at Vegas.

Photos from Ladies of Street Fighter:

Photo shoot before the tournament

Tournament photos