Civil War
Joined the other Oregonian photographers for my first and only college football game of the season. I sure picked a good one to photograph. The winner of the Civil War was awarded an invitation to the Rose Bowl. The game went back and forth. Hands down, the best football game I have worked. I started [...]
Brandon Jr. steals the show
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW Brandon Roy Jr. stole the show at today’s press conference for the contract extension for Portland Trail Blazer guard Brandon Roy. I’m guessing we will see a lot of BJ in the years to come as Brandon seems to enjoy exposing his children to the professional side of his life.
Baseball and allergies
It’s that time of the year again. Two of my least favorite things come following basketball season … allergies and baseball. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the sport and love sitting in the stands drinking a beer and eating peanuts. Photographing baseball though? Ugh. Between sneezes (allergies), I shot this outfielder’s catch. It was [...]
Playoffs Game 6
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW The Portland Trail Blazers ended their season after loosing game 6 in Houston Thursday night. Although it would have been great to see a game seven, I am looking forward to the summertime in Portland. Anyone that has spent a summer there knows what I am talking about. While having post-game [...]
Ladd Tower explained
[qt:http://www.bruceely.com/ladd/ladd-ras.mp4 http://www.bruceely.com/ladd/ladd-ras-poster.mov 800 450] Randy Rasmussen, a co-worker at the Oregonian, put together this video about the production of the Ladd Tower Project. He took this on as a way to learn how to do video himself. He did a great job of editing my rambling interview with him into something that makes sense. The [...]
Playoffs Game 5
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW The Portland Trail Blazers still trail Houston 3-2 in the series as they win game 5 at the Rose Garden in Portland.
Playoffs game 4
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW The Portland Trail Blazers fall behind Houston 3-1 in the series as they lose game 4 at the Toyota Center in Houston.
Playoffs Game 3
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW The Portland Trail Blazers fall behind Houston 2-1 in the series as they lose game 3 at the Toyota Center in Houston.
Mutombo’s ending
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW The Blazers pulled off a win tonight at the Rose Garden in Portland, but the NBA lost one of it’s most respectable players. Houston’s Dikembe Mutombo injured his knee and it will likely end his 18-year NBA career. His injury came midway through his 1,297th game.
Playoffs vs. Rockets Game 1
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW The Portland Trail Blazers did not match up well against the Houston Rockets at the Rose Garden as the two teams met in the first round of the playoffs. Game 2 will be in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday night.
Portland playoff rally
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW Portland Trail Blazer fans crammed into Pioneer Courthouse Square for a mid-afternoon rally for their team as they head into the NBA basketball playoffs.
Playoff Tickets
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW About 250 Portland Trail Blazer fans camped outside in the cold at the Rose Garden to wait in line to buy tickets for the playoffs. The first person in line showed up at noon and will have to wait a full 24-hours in line. Thanks to Tom Boyd for the heads [...]
Goodbye
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW During the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder I overheard Portland Trail Blazer GM Kevin Pritchard ask official Jack Nies if the game would be his last. Turns out that it was indeed his last game of a 29 year career. I thought it made a nice picture as the other [...]
Blazers vs Lakers
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW Doesn’t get much better than the Lakers at the Rose Garden. The Blazers are really playing their best ball of the season as they enter the playoffs for the first time since the 2003 season.
Blazers clinch playoffs
Went on the road with the Portland Trail Blazers to photograph them clinching their spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2003. There was talk about great locker room access if all went as planned. Well, it didn’t go as planned. In fact — worse case scenario happened. The spot was clinched with [...]
Remote control
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW I think my remote camera bailed me out tonight. I didn’t have much that I liked from my position on the floor. Here are a few others from the same remote camera. It was mounted on the standard just below the level of the backboard.
French lessons
CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOW NBA’s Portland Trail Blazer forward Nicolas Batum visited The Portland French School here in Portland, Oregon. Batum is a native of Lisieux, France and was acquired via Houston Rockets in the 2008 NBA draft. The Oregonian’s Ryan White and Molly Blue were also there to blog and produce a video about [...]