A look into Portraits
I wanted to take a few moments and share with my blog readers some of my favorite portraits. The portraits shown were taken during the past two years, I really have not concentrated my efforts much towards portrait photography but now I am looking to book portrait work. I have experience working with models, actresses, [...]
Hornets sting the Lakers
The Hornets once again pulled off the unexpected, already eliminated from the playoffs the Hornets came out strong and held off a late rally by the Lakers to get a 108-100 win over the Western Conference’s top team on Monday night. It was another one of my most anticipated events of the sports year, it [...]
Vote for the Honeybees in the NBA Dance Bracket
In my coverage of the New Orleans Hornets, basketball players aren’t the only thing to shoot, the Hornets if you don’t know already have an incredible team of NBA dancers called The Honeybees. Every March, just around the time of the March Madness of the college basketball season the NBA puts out their own bracket [...]
The Dephillips Wedding, a change of pace from the Sports World
I have been a sports photographer since I first picked up a camera, that is my passion and it is how I make 95% of my living. Over the weekend I embarked into new territory, the job of wedding photography, it wasn’t completely new to me, I had assisted on several weddings and I shot [...]
King James visits New Orleans
Tonight was one of the most awaited sporting events of the year, as the Cleveland Cavaliers and NBA superstar LeBron James made his one and only appearance in the Crescent City as his Cavs came to town to face the New Orleans Hornets. I was quite excited about shooting this game and I wanted to [...]
Published by L.A. Times
Did my daily quick search for clips today and discovered that I had an image on the front page of the Los Angeles Times Sports page, I think that is a first for me so I’m kinda excited to have an image on the front page of one of the nations largest newspapers. Check out [...]
St. Thomas slips to Doyle
Today, I took on an assignment with Falconsports.org a local online sports publication for the Hammond area High School St. Thomas Aquinas. During the game a 3-2 loss by St. Thomas I decided to find a new vantage point to shoot, so I took out my 400mm lens and went to the top of the [...]
March Madness in New Orleans
Last week I shot the First and Second rounds of the March Madness NCAA Basketball Tournament held in New Orleans, the NCAA has some confusing rules on posting images, so to be safe, I’m just going to share with you some of clips where I found some of my images published. From the first round [...]
Hornets sting Mavericks 115-99
If you can expect anything from the New Orleans Hornets, it is to expect the unexpected. The Hornets holding onto their playoff hopes by a thread returned home for the first game in a five game home stand and they opened up with the Dallas Mavericks one of the NBA’s hottest teams. The outlook for [...]
LA Times features Collison image
I recently came across a great website resource for tracking some of my recent published images, the website http://www.pressdisplay.com allows users to search a variety of the United States and world’s most recognized newspapers through a daily electronic edition. In searching my own name I found a photo I took last week during a Hornets [...]
Hornets slip to Nuggets
The New Orleans Hornets playing with only eight active players tonight, played a competitive game against the playoff bound Denver Nuggets, but didn’t have enough firepower to keep pace as the Hornets fell to the Nuggets 102-95. Check out a slideshow of tonight’s images below. 03-12-2010 Nuggets at Hornets – Images by Derick Hingle   [...]
Shaving towards a Cure
St. Baldrick’s Day at Parasol’s was held yesterday, the annual event where volunteers have their heads shaved in return for donations that raise money towards children’s cancer research programs. It is quite an interesting event and one I’ve been part of quite a few years. Every year I come out and photograph the events in [...]
Good Bye Scott Fujita
It is just a month after the New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV and one of the most familiar faces on the team is a Saint no more. Linebacker Scott Fujita the first player to join head coach Sean Payton with the Saints in 2006 became the first player to [...]
Hornets hold off Warriors
The Hornets started fast and to borrow a phrase from the New Orleans Saints, last night they “finished strong” as rookie Marcus Thornton carried the New Orleans Hornets with 28 points to a track meet 135-131 victory over the Golden State Warriors. Below is a look at the action from last night’s victory at the [...]
Hornets slip to Grizzlies
The slide away from a playoff spot continued on Wednesday when the Hornets blew a fourth quarter lead and fell to five games out of the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot with just over a month remaining in the regular season. Below check out my favorite image from the night followed by my [...]
Hornets vs Magic
Below my favorite image from the Hornets versus the Magic matchup, a defensive battle in the second half that saw the Hornets climb back from a 20+ point deficit to get a big win and keep pace with the playoff race. Enjoy a quick look at my gallery for the night. 02-26-2010 Magic at Hornets [...]
Lombardi Gras
It would be a Mardi Gras season like no other in 2010 as following a victory of the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV the Saints would return to New Orleans to party with the Lombardi. The first of it’s kind, victory celebration parade was scheduled for Tuesday following the Super Bowl, only about 10 floats [...]
