I’m currently in Russia covering the Ice Hockey World Championships. Last night was the opening game between the host nation Russia and Denmark.Denmark got slaughtered 9-1 in a pretty one sided game, but it was kind of expected.Denmarks Frans Nielsen (white #51) checks Sergey Zinoviev during the first period of the game between Russia and Denmark. (Photo: Brian Poulsen)Canon EOS-1D Mark II n, EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM @ 300mm, f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO640

Usually the weekends are pretty easy. A soccer game or two to cover a day. Anyway this Saturday was crazy as hell and is like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. The main reason for this madness is the paper has a soccer section in the paper because the season has just started. That meant I had to cover just about every team in the city! And not every team was playing at home. to make things nuts, I had an unrelated assignment during the mess and late at night. Here’s my Saturday as it went.12:09 PM - Avarta soccer club, opened a girls team for the first time in the club’s history.Canon EOS-1D Mark II n, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM @ 200mm, f/2.8, 1/2500sec, ISO100 (Photo: Brian Poulsen)1:50 PM - Game action + picture of head coach of the soccer team B77.Canon EOS-1D Mark II n, EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM + 1.4x TC @ 420mm, f/4, 1/1600sec, ISO100 (Photo: Brian Poulsen)2:27 PM - Local soccer star Hjalte Bo Norregaard who’s playing for the national championship team (far left) visits a reopening of a youth club that just restored their buildings.Canon EOS-1D Mark II n, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM @ 17mm, f/7.1, 1/800sec, ISO100 (Photo: Brian Poulsen)2:38 PM - A small horse riding competition which was part of the reopening of the youth club.Canon EOS-1D Mark II n, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM @ 17mm, f/4, 1/2500sec, ISO100 (Photo: Brian Poulsen)2:51 PM - Soccer action + picture of head coach of Team VEST.Canon EOS-1D Mark II n, EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM + 1.4x TC @ 420mm, f/4, 1/1600sec, ISO100 (Photo: Brian Poulsen)4:08 - Soccer action + picture of Club President from the Avarta soccer club.Canon EOS-1D Mark II n, EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM + 1.4x TC @ 420mm, f/4, 1/1600sec, ISO100 (Photo: Brian Poulsen)4:54 - Soccer action + photo of the head coach of the soccer club Orient.Canon EOS-1D Mark II n, EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM + 1.4x TC @ 420mm, f/4, 1/1600sec, ISO100 (Photo: Brian Poulsen)5:40 PM - Got home and edited photos for a couple of hours, having shot 800+ photos during the day.9:54 PM - A Small concert by ‘KNA connected’ at the youth club who held a party at night.Canon EOS-1D Mark II n, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM @ 40mm, f/4, 1/160sec, ISO1000 (Photo: Brian Poulsen)10:30 - Home around 10:30 PM, Edited photos from the concert and sent everything in to the paper. Was done around midnight.

A large construction project with a lot of new houses being build, basically creating a new neighborhood with a small scale mall, apartments, houses cafés ect is getting closer to being complete.I was assigned to shoot some photos of the construction workMost of the homes are build in a sections in a factory in Sweden, then transported to Denmark on big trucks where the homes are put together in a matter of hours. (Photo: Brian Poulsen)Canon EOS-1D Mark II n, EF 17-40mm f/4 @ 17mm, f/4, 1/1250sec, ISO100

I figured it was about time I did another slideshow. I shot a pro soccer match today.Anyway… enjoy.click image to launch.

I think it’s safe to say that James Nachtwey is the modern time’s Robert Cappa. His photos from warzones and other areas of human disaster are quite exceptional and powerful. It is among his work I found the interest in photojournalism or documentary photography.James Nacthwey was one of three TED award winners this year.Here’s a link to his speech along with photos of some of his work. I highly recommend watching it.http://ted.streamguys.net/ted_nachtwey_j_2007_480.mov.Quicktime is required.

I covered a soccer match today. Supposedly it was played at a soccer stadium. It wasn’t a stadium. It was just a grass field. As far as I know a stadium has bleachers or stands. Also this ‘field’ was right next to houses making for some extremely ugly backgrounds.Here’s a perfectly nice photo ruined by a cluttered and really disturbing background.Canon EOS-1D Mark II n, EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM + 1.4x TC @ 420mm, f/4 1/1600sec, ISO100 (Photo: Brian Poulsen)I’ve also come to learn that in gusty winds, a big lens like the 300mm (or 400mm for those who own that monster) is really getting pushed around.