Gone, but Hardly Muted

On January 9, 2010April 18, 2024 By Glenn NelsonIn Hoops, Remembrances, Sports2 Comments

I went to as many games as a guy with a Seattle Times paper route could afford, but I knew them all because of Bob. Tommy Kron and Tom Meschery. Dick “the Duck” Synder and “Downtown” Freddy Brown. Spencer Haywood and Slick Watts. They all came to life via a voice that cannot be described as mellifluous as much as it was unwavering.

Cover Girl

On June 10, 2009April 10, 2013 By Glenn NelsonIn Hoops, Photography, SportsLeave a comment

I believe I do a decent job at action and environmental portraits and want to get better at doing more-formal sitdown shots. That requires mastering the lighting and other variables that help bring out the subject's personality. This is going to be a tale of how I bumbled into what I feel is a pretty good shot.

Great Balls Afire

On May 8, 2009April 10, 2013 By Glenn NelsonIn Hoops, Multimedia, Photography, SportsLeave a comment

First things first: Ever since I contemplated doing video, Ganon Baker has been at the forefront of the subjects I wanted to take on. I've been going to the Nike Skills Academy for Girls in Beaverton, Ore., for several years now and Baker has been captivating that whole time. He crackles with energy, says funny things and is capable of mythologized physical feats.

H1N1 and the Digital Pack Rat

On May 6, 2009April 10, 2013 By Glenn NelsonIn Hoops, Photography, SportsLeave a comment

What do I keep? Anything resembling a picture. The blurry stuff I usually delete in camera. I also don't keep the referee-butt images (which I call "doing the butt") that feed my photographic fish stories (I had this award-winning shot, but a referee ran into the frame as I squeezed the shutter).