Here's a shot of Matt Sullivan, who helped NYIT to win the National Lacrosse Championship this year. I loved the opportunity to use some small, portable Nikon Speedlights to create some cross-lighting with this shot, under-exposing the ambient light a little so that our focus remains on Matt. It's a cool, edgy look, I think - and when reviewing the shots with Matt, we agreed that they were "bad ass" enough to run with for the magazine editor...just excellent. The composition works well in this shot, too - the eye is given just enough to start with Matt's face, then wander through the shot to see the scoreboard and leading line of the goal net. It flows a bit. Good fun!

Working our way into the gymnasium at the NYIT Old Wesbury campus, we then met up with Lauren Caggiano of NYIT basketball. Lauren was a great sport, of course, and waited patiently as we positioned a ladder so that we could shoot down on her and get the NYIT logo in the shot.

I again chose the portable Nikon Speedlights for this shot, but softened the look by using a diffusing soft box with the main light. Then, we gelled a few others to get the gold and blue school colors in the image, too.