July 7, 2010

Don't Use A Wide Angle Lens When Photographing A Semi With Jet Engines

Edmonton - June 26, 2010 - Kent Shockley competes in the Nitro Jam finals at the Rocky Mountain Nationals at Castrol Speedway. PHOTO BY JIMMY JEONG

I was way too close. I'm still shaking my head and wondering why I didn't duck like the other photographers.

May 5, 2010

Photo Gallery: Edmonton Eskimos Jesse Lumsden, We Barely Got to Know You

After an illustrious 14 minutes and 27 seconds playing time as an Edmonton Eskimo, in the Canadian Football League, son of former Eskimo great Neil Lumsden, has left the building. That's really too bad, for me. I was looking forward to photographing his career which I'm sure would of included some major milestones had he stayed healthy. It's rare that as a sports photographer in this city you get a chance to historically document such an explosive top tier player. I was really hoping to add some killer sports photos to my portfolio.

Well, best of luck Jesse. You are way too talented and too young to fall to such unfortunate circumstances.

Jimmy

April 13, 2010

Photographying Sheldon Souray as an Oiler

I first met Sheldon Souray during a photo shoot for the cover of Hockey News, in August of 2007. You could tell that he was excited to be part of the Oiler's dynasty. Sheldon was extremely accommodating and had none of that nasty super-star attitude. And every time I saw him after that shoot, he would always take the time to say hi and shake my hand. A quality rarely seen.

It would be a big loss to the Oilers if Souray leaves. He had a great slap-shot, wasn't afraid to dive in front of the puck and was quite the bruiser when it came to fighting.