49ers Clips

I had the awesome opportunity this past football season to become an expert in all visual things 49ers. By the end of the season I could describe to you almost every photo taken of Colin Kaepernick and find in an instant, a photo from 6 games ago of coach Harbaugh.

The sports desk would come to me and say we have a vertical hole on the right side of the page and we need Frank Gore. Without even running through the wire, I could visualize the perfect image I saw of him throughout the season and then hit the wire to find it. Not necessarily saying I'm proud of this, just saying that this is what my life was for 22 weeks.

That all being said, I've come along way in my 49ers knowledge given I had to have a friend fill me in on who the top starters were the week before I began the job.

Here are a few photo editing clips from Special Sections that I worked on near the end of the season. It's such an incredible feeling to be able to recap a season and dig into the archives to draw parallels.

I think one of my favorite pairings is in set 2 on the third page. I had the privilege of working with Peter Hartlaub on a then and now gallery. He found the Then's, and I spent some time in this year's take to package the Now's. More can be seen online here. Such a fun way to see Candlestick.

Eddie Adams Workshop

It's that time of year again. If you are a student or a young professional looking to grow your skills and talents, make sure to apply for the Eddie Adams Workshop. Applications are open until May 31.

If you're interested in my story and how I got to be apart of the EAW family, you can read it here on Scott Kelby's blog. good luck everyone!

Meet Eugene. He's who I got to hang out with and photograph at the workshop! To see more click here.

49ers Insider Digital iPad Magazine

I want to start this off by saying I Love Football.

I was hired at The Chronicle on the basis that I had to have a strong understanding of sports photography as I would be live editing the 49ers home games and in charge of culling over 130 plus Niners images an issue for the iPad magazine. For this sports loving girl, it was a dream job description.

San Francisco has had a great run at sports this year.  It wasn’t long before I was saying coach Jim Harbaugh’s name more times a week then mine.  Once I got my bearings with the new iPad platform and how design and photo integrated, It was time to have some fun. I challenged our team to cover everything from behind the scenes features at the stadium to multimedia pieces that encompass what football truly is.  If you're interested in checking out the App, you can find it by clicking here.

Team photo at our last home game at Candlestick this season.

I had the privilege to collaboration with our photo team in Atlanta to cover the 49ers NFC Championship game and then ultimately onto New Orleans for the Super Bowl. In Atlanta we had a team of five covering the game and the surroundings. We set up remotes in the catwalks and we all had our beige colored vest, we were ready to go.

In New Orleans we set up triple the number of remote cameras in the catwalks, had five photographers, a card runner and me editing it all.  I was sitting in the photo workroom putting together our multimedia piece hours before the game when I got a call from a photo editor friend and he reminded me to enjoy the moment. I hung up the phone, left my spot in the workroom and went to check out the field. He was right. That moment was pretty great.  I was at my first super bowl. I took a deep breath, snapped a photo and went back to work.

Flash forward 4 hours. The workroom is filing up and the first sets of pregame photos are coming through. Things are running smoothly and it’s go time. I give final high fives to our photo team and say have fun. The guys head out to the field and our rhythm begins. I know that I can trust them to see what they see, and they know they can trust me to make sense of their voice tags and send through the images that tell the story of the game the best.

That being said, I can’t neglect to mention the power of strong selection back on the photo desk in San Francisco. It was the constant communication between them and me that kept us all on the same page (even through the black out!). 

It wasn’t until after the game, when we were on the field making confetti angels and taking the coolest team photo ever, that that last six months hit me. It's been an amazing adventure.

The 49ers might have fallen short of the trophy, but our staff really came together to make a super strong paper for the next day. I can’t say enough about how proud I am of the photographers and how hard they worked that week in New Orleans. 

Oh yeah, Beyoncé performed at half time too. This is what it looked like from the catwalks. Enjoy! 

POYi

So honored to be recognized (with my partner in video crime Mike Kepka) by POYi in the category of sports multimeida. It was such a rewarding moment to watch judging and see them bring our piece in then out then in again. 

One of my favorite things about journalism is the conversation that strong visuals bring to the table. It was inspiring to listen as the judges shared thoughts about the winning pieces. 

To see our video that placed, click here.

POYi

Welcome 2013

With a new year comes a new blog.

2012 was crazy exciting. So many new people, places and experiences. My new years resolution last January was to be more present. Live in the moment, not in the wish of being somewhere else. Might have been the best resolution I've ever made and probably the only one I've ever kept!

Here's a look at the top 12 highlights of 2012.

1. January 29, 2012 I built a kitchen table. First thing I've ever built in my life.  (Shout out to the wonderful Melissa Lyttle. I couldn't have done it without her challenge and help!) "Tell me I can't."

2. April 16, 2012 The W.H.Y. Project was born.

3. May 11, 2012 My students placed first at the EMA's for their documentary video "Fighting Chance."

4. July 9, 2012 First day of The W.H.Y. Project camp #WHYTB. 15 students in 12 days created 5 multimedia stories form idea to final videos. So proud. (Photos by Trentin Shreeve, Will Vragovic, Ben Corda and Carolina Hidalgo)

5. August 10, 2012 College girls week in L.A. I truly have the best friends possible. (And of course the lovely Zach showed his face a time or too!)

6. August 20, 2012 Accepted a job as a photo editor with the San Francisco Chronicle and decided to make the bucket list trip of driving cross country. Just me and my VW heading into the unknown. #StPeteToSanFran

7. September 1, 2012 Arrived in my new home of  San Fransisco. An awesome city with amazing friends.

8. September 16, 2012 First of many 49ers games at Candlestick for The Chronicle.

9. October 24, 2012 Covered my first world series. Go Giants.

10. November 22, 2012 Hosted Thanksgiving dinner in SF.

11. December 8, 2012 Participated in my 5th Help Portrait event. 5 years, 3 states. This dream is much bigger than any one of the photographers involved, proud to say I've been a part since the beginning.

12. December 20, 2012 Flew to Connecticut to cover the Sandy Hook Elementary School Tragedy. Such a honor to be asked to help photo edit the Hearst CT papers.