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University of Texas baseball

Over the last two years, February has become one of my favorite months of the year.  On the 19th, the Longhorns will kick off their 2010 season with a game against New Mexico…and so begins one of my favorite sports to shoot…baseball.

With that in mind, I went through my hard drive and pulled a few of my favorite images from last season where the Horns almost brought the national championship back to Austin.  Here is to the #1 ranked college baseball team for the 2010 season…

Michael Torres

Austin Wood

Connor Rowe

University of Texas Longhorns

Michael Torres

Chance Ruffin

Preston Clark

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(taken around 12 a.m. during the longest NCAA baesball game in history)
(taken around 12 a.m. during the longest NCAA baesball game in history)

Longhorn baseball celebration

Kiss @ the Frank Erwin Center

Kiss performs at the Frank Erwin Center in front of a packed audience on Friday in Austin.

I hardly shoot live music, but when I do, it is usually a blast…  Seeing Kiss live was pretty cool, but I couldn’t imagine paying $500 for a seat directly behind the photo pit.  I thought it was hilarious to see these guys come out with full makeup and the whole suits, but then again [...]

Colt McCoy – Winningest NCAA Quarterback

See more images of Colt McCoy from the Longhorns 51-20 win over Kansas here:  www.sportsshooter.com/meredith
So many irons in the fire, not enough time in the day to properly update.  I need to get my hockey (!), tennis, volleyball, football and the rest of my softball images online.  These past few weeks have been crazy and [...]

Busy Busy

The Brenham volleyball team storms the court after sweeping Richardson Pearce in the 4A State Semifinals in San Marcos on Thursday.

Things have been crazy being a photographer in Austin, Texas lately.  University of Texas sports are in full swing, the tragedy in Fort Hood, major high school sports are in the final stages and things just don’t look like they are going to slow down.  I get to take a few days off next week [...]

Veterans Day in Austin

Charley Randall, who has served in the military from 1962 through 2002, stands outside of the Texas State Capitol Building during a playing of the taps following a Veterns Day parade in downtown Austin.

I spent a few minutes in downtown Austin photographing the Veterans Day parade this morning.  I met a lot of interesting people and heard some even more interesting stories.  Don’t forget to thank a veteran…not only today, but any day.

The challenge…

Regent volleyball players attempt to block a kill during practice on Wednesday.

The challenge in shooting high school sports is to harness and exploit what little light there is inside a gym or on the field and to get a nice clean background in your photo.  Sometimes you win with plenty of light and clean images, but sometimes you lose with poor light and clutter everywhere.  I [...]

Feature Hunting…

Jacqueiline Gilles, a student at the University of Texas, flies a kite in downtown Austin.

David LaBelle’s fantastic book, The Great Picture Hunt: The Art and Ethics of Feature Hunting has been regular reading for me since I bought the book several years ago.  If you haven’t read it and are interested in photojournalism, it is a great read.  I captured the image above while on a photography trip through [...]

Some new-ish pictographs

Jeff Sadler

I have been swamped shooting sports, portraits and personal work these past few weeks.  I’ve shot cars, food, bikes, celebrities, soccer, softball, swimming, fencing, football and concerts…to name a few.  I haven’t had a chance to get this site going 100%, but here is a quick peek at what I have been photographing in Austin, [...]

University of Texas basketball

A view of the Frank Erwin Center before the start of basketball practice on Friday.

Instead of my usual Thursday-Friday night football games, I spent the last two evenings shooting fencing and University of Texas womens basketball. 
It was pretty fun shooting in the Erwin Center, as I haven’t shot a game in there since moving to Austin several years ago.  I’ve seen tons of photos of it, but I didn’t [...]

Welcome to PatrickMeredith.com!!!

After a long, long time on the back burner, I’ve finally linked together my portfolio and blog in one simple, easy to use site. Thanks to Tyler Nutter for slapping me around and motivating me to get it going, I hope to continue on like I did with my last blog. And for [...]