tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:15:00 +0000Chad Ryan is a professional photographer based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The views and opinions on this site are those of the author and do not represent those of any affiliated organization or corporation. All material on this site is strictly copyright protected and may not be used for any purpose without written permission.http://chadryan.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Chad)Blogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-8757148303583067769Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:03:00 +00002009-07-08T17:15:06.959-04:00Here are my portraits of The News-Sentinel Prep Sports Athletes and Coach of the Year for the 2008-2009 school year. July 2, 2009 - Fort Wayne, Ind. - North Side's Aris Allen was named the Prep Sports Boys Athlete of the Year. Allen played for the Redskins football team, was a state finalist wrestler, and won the state championship in the shot-put event at the track and field state championships.http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/07/athletes-of-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-6377308623869539423Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:31:00 +00002009-07-08T17:02:38.371-04:00I spent Tuesday shooting the ConocoPhillips U.S. National Championships and World Championship Trials at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis. It was a good time, but was reminded of just how hard it can be to stay focused when you're seriously sleep-deprived. I rolled into Indy Tuesday morning on a solid 2.5 hours of sleep and averaged about 4 hours per night http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/07/us-national-championship-swimming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-1610584609811991944Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:43:00 +00002009-06-26T13:14:20.617-04:00Homestead pitcher Jacqui Matheis led the Spartans to a 29-1 record, undefeated regular season, a Class 4A No. 1 ranking and national rankings this season. She was among the state's leaders in earned run average, strikeouts and victories and for her accomplishments Matheis has been named The News-Sentinel's 2008-2009 Prep Sports Softball Player of the Year. Photo by Chad Ryan.Though I was not http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/06/softball-poy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-3297625674303483640Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:51:00 +00002009-06-22T02:17:43.421-04:00June 20, 2009 - Indianapolis, Ind. - Spencer Anderson, lower left, reacts after safely sliding across home plate to score the game-winning run, as the Panthers and their fans erupt in celebration, to beat the Westfield Shamrocks 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning of the Class 4A state championship game on Saturday at Victory Field in Indianapolis. Photo by Chad Ryan.It's not over until it's http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-not-over-til.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-5676939697215264808Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:12:00 +00002009-06-06T19:27:42.229-04:00I had no idea there were this many fans of Honduras Soccer in this country. I had to get to Soldier Field three hours early to get a parking spot that was within a quarter mile of the stadium. When I parked, I was surrounded by a sea of blue and white. Honduran fans everywhere, singing, dancing, beating drums, cooking and drinking. It was absolute insanity. As I walked around there were spotty http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/06/craziness-in-chicago.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-6184513470752092991Mon, 25 May 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-05-25T01:05:35.802-04:00May 24, 2009 - Indianapolis, Ind. - Helio Castroneves, second from right, and members of his crew climb the fence to celebrate Castroneves Indy 500 victory on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Castroneves became the just ninth driver to win the famed race three times.Photo by Chad Ryan.May 24, 2009 - Indianapolis, Ind. - Helio Castroneves celebrates after becoming the ninth driver to win thehttp://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/05/helio-pulls-off-hat-trick.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-6546771649453657587Sat, 23 May 2009 14:55:00 +00002009-05-23T10:58:59.396-04:00May 20, 2009 - Fort Wayne, Ind. - Snider catcher Katherine Rogers, left, misses tagging Homestead's Melissa Harless at the plate in the fourth inning of Wednesday's game. The Spartans pushed their record to 25-0 with their 13-0 pasting of the Panthers at Homestead. Photo by Chad Ryan.May 20, 2009 - Fort Wayne, Ind. - Homestead pitcher Jacqui Matheis throws a strike during the Spartans http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/05/safe-at-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-1723430967842610805Tue, 19 May 2009 12:11:00 +00002009-05-19T08:16:32.310-04:00May 18, 2009 - Fort Wayne, Ind. - Churubusco's Andrew Grawcock slides into third base as Elmhurst's Nick Williams has to leap to try to catch the throw. Grawcock beat the tag then went in to score a run on the errant throw during Monday's game at Elmhurst's Derbyshire Field. Photo by Chad Ryan.http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/05/backlit-baseball.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-177265675373353432Sat, 09 May 2009 16:00:00 +00002009-05-09T12:10:05.321-04:00I wanted to get the fans in the mix, so I set up a portrait station in the lower level of Memorial Coliseum, and here are some of the characters that found their way into my trap.Here are the names of the fans clockwise from top left of the top six photos:Fort Wayne Komets fans dressed for the occasion on Friday and a sellout crowd turner out to watch the Komets claim the Turner Cup at Memorial http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-another-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-3847290621897431005Sat, 09 May 2009 15:26:00 +00002009-05-11T08:55:10.064-04:00Here are a few photos from last night at Memorial Coliseum. I teamed up with News-Sentinel photographer Ellie Bogue to cover the Fort Wayne Komets' Turner Cup championship-clinching victory over the Muskegon Lumberjacks. Ellie and I came up with a pretty good plan to get everything in, including the video (More on that later). I haven't seen her pictures yet, but I'm sure she did the great job http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/05/komets-pics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-5137306815119611278Sat, 09 May 2009 08:07:00 +00002009-05-09T04:09:39.388-04:00Here are a few clips from Friday's Turner Cup Finals Game 5 at Memorial Coliseum. The Komets beat the Muskegon Lumberjacks 4-1 in front of a sellout crowd at Memorial Coliseum to win the best-of-seven series 4-1 and repeat for the first time in team history as Turner Cup champions. http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/05/fort-wayne-komets-repeat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-4373915174948066698Fri, 08 May 2009 19:23:00 +00002009-05-08T15:32:26.625-04:00http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/05/could-be-tonight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-1010631564452264089Mon, 04 May 2009 07:29:00 +00002009-05-19T08:18:02.610-04:00This is the seventh frame of a game I wasn't planning to shoot today, and I only shot one photo in the sequence - despite having the 8.5 frames per second motor drive capability. So to those of you who think you need a 10 fps motor, I say, "No you don't. Well, not really anyway. OK, You can have it, but you don't have to fire it like a machine gun."Jeudy Valdez of the Fort Wayne TinCaps, Class http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/05/no-motor-drive-necessary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-8548702987291403337Mon, 04 May 2009 07:14:00 +00002009-05-04T03:29:42.345-04:00Alright, so this is a week old. I planned to write a story about a group of guys who get together every year for the opening of the Indiana inland stream trout season. Unfortunately, on the way up to their camp, I came across a huge fire at Lake James. I stopped to shoot the fire for the newspaper and in the course of everything from getting fire info to transmitting photos from a camp site to http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/05/opening-of-indiana-trout-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-61106806795447273Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:19:00 +00002009-04-29T11:30:29.218-04:00This is a test to see if I am smart enough to figure out how to embed video clips from Vimeo into the blog. I've uploaded videos directly to Blogger before, but I am experimenting with using a video hosting service such as Vimeo to do the heavy lifting for me.In any case this movie is just a short highlight clip from last Saturday's Komets game in Kalamazoo Mich. If all goes well, I plan to http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-is-test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-7113428637453379419Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:27:00 +00002009-04-17T03:31:54.463-04:00Parkview Field. Fort Wayne, Ind. Home of the Fort Wayne TinCaps, Class Low-A affiliate of the MLB San Diego Padres.Photo by Chad RyanPickChad dot comhttp://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/04/ballpark-christened.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-6688102623162850957Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:31:00 +00002009-04-15T13:51:37.079-04:00If you get the time and you have the interest, check out the short video tour of the brand, spanking new Parkview Field home of the Fort Wayne TinCaps in downtown Fort Wayne, Ind., that I produced for News-Sentinel.com. I enlisted News-Sentinel sports columnist Reggie Hayes and his great sense of humor to help me pull this off. The funny thing about the soundtrack is that on the day Reggie and I http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/04/video-tour-of-new-ballpark.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-382006952712240580Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-04-10T12:48:01.998-04:00After a series of three days of scheduling and location availability falling apart, I managed to get in a portrait shoot with high school basketball player Deshaun Thomas for The News-Sentinel's Prep Sports Player of the Year. Everything that could have gone wrong did - until we finally started shooting when it all came together.Thomas is one of the top high school players in the country and has http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/04/portrait-shoot-with-deshaun-thomas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-6524705860634291550Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:13:00 +00002009-04-07T23:23:54.238-04:00April 7, 2009 - Fort Wayne TinCaps short stop Drew Cumberland takes a cut during batting practice at the newly-constructed Parkview Field on Tuesday. The players and coaches arrived at the new downtown stadium to get their uniforms and clubhouse locker assignments, tour the new facility and have a practice. The TinCaps begin the 2009 season on Thursday on the road before playing their first home http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/04/cant-we-fast-forward-to-next-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-9105189869135819408Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:26:00 +00002009-04-06T03:54:23.830-04:00Vacation is good - even if you spend it at Disney World. My family and I spent the last week in Orlando, visiting Mickey and his friends. While Disney isn't my cup of tea, the boys had a great time. I managed to have some fun too, but my wife and I agree that for us, Disney is likely a one-time deal.It was a treat to watch my youngest son take everything in. We found out that even at 22 months http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/04/ready-to-roll.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-5301843957678290494Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:11:00 +00002009-03-19T02:22:48.298-04:00OK, I'm a few weeks late, but here are a few photos from the Indiana Boys state swimming championship meet on February 27-28. The meet featured six-time state champion and national high school record setter in the 200 individual medley, Kyle Whitaker. Carroll swimmer and Prep Sports Swimmer of the Year Sam Trahin finished second to Whitaker in a personal best time of 1:49.83 to Whitaker's http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/03/indiana-state-swim-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-1532319426512199778Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:17:00 +00002009-03-12T01:26:03.190-04:00With 36 days left until opening day of the Fort Wayne TinCaps' inaugural season at Parkview Field in downtown Fort Wayne, Ind., manufacturer reps and contractors installed the final light pole in left-center field on Wednesday, March 11, then adjusted the light heads to attain the correct amount of lumens on the playing surface. Photo illustration by Chad Ryanhttp://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/03/lights-are-on-but-nobodys-home-yet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-2044192908472418999Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:58:00 +00002009-02-25T23:01:52.957-05:00February 25, 2009 - Fort Wayne-based professional photographer Chad Ryan shows that although he has a serious aversion to it, he is not beyond using a Nikon camera when the assignment calls for it. But Ryan had hoped that none of his friends would've seen anything other than his trusty Canon cameras in his hand while photographing the International Hockey League's Turner Cup.Photo by Chad Ryan.http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/02/self-portrait.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-6317548079010970893Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:43:00 +00002009-02-17T00:37:13.514-05:00Photo by Chad RyanHomestead sisters McKenzie Bagan, right, and Tori Bagan hug after McKenzie won the 100 yard butterfly championship at the Indiana State Girls Swimming and Diving championships on Saturday at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis. The pair combined for two state titles, two runner-up finishes and helped their team to a third place finish in the team competition.Photo by Chad http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/02/sisters-claim-titles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20116500.post-4518396409690177563Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:41:00 +00002009-02-14T02:52:38.061-05:00Here are a few photos from the preliminary round of the Indiana State girls swimming and diving championships on Friday, Feb. 13, at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis.February 13, 2009: Homestead's Tori Bagan swims in the 100 breaststroke preliminaries at the Indiana girls state swimming and diving championships on Friday at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. Bagan set a personal http://chadryan.blogspot.com/2009/02/pics-from-girls-state-finals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chad)0