North Carolina drops big game to N.C. State in ACC Football

N.C. State dominated the game against North Carolina on Saturday, November 22, 2008 in Atlantic Coast Conference College Football at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Wolfpack beat the Tar Heels 41-10. NCSU quarterback Russell Wilson threw for 279 yards and 2 touchdowns.

The Wolfpack players were waving a North Carolina state flag proclaiming themselves the state champions. The Wolfpack have now won three straight while the Tar Heels have lost their last two.

The loss puts the Tar Heels out of contention for the Coastal Division lead and a shot at the ACC championship game. North Carolina must beat Duke to become .500 in the ACC.

The Wolfpack are looking to become bowl eligible as the go into the last weekend with a 5-6 record. The Pack hosts Miami at Carter-Finley.

The Heels started T.J. Yates. Coach Butch Davis replace Yates late in the game with Cameron Sexton who was cheered by the crowd in blue. Hakeem Nicks caught four passes for 56 yards.

Beside the fact the Wilson was the better quarterback, the Wolfpack dominated both sides of the ball. On the offense the Pack's Andre Brown rushed for 86 yards on 20 carries. Owen Spencer caught three passes for 94 yards and a touchdown.

Enjoy the slideshow or view my 2008 ACC Football Photo Archive gallery collection.

It has been an intriguing year for the Triangle ACC football teams. North Carolina, N.C. State and even Duke have a lot of great talent on their rosters. UNC needs a win to secure a shot at a quality bowl game.

You can see what I see on the court next as I will not be shooting the last weekend of football. A special thanks to Steve Kirschner and Kevin Best of Carolina, Art Chase and Ben Blevins at Duke, and Annabelle Myers and Brian Reinhardt at N.C. State for making my Fall Saturdays go smoothly.

North Carolina-Kentucky Basketball

North Carolina hosted Kentucky in a match-up of two of the most historically significant college basketball programs. Unfortunately, Kentucky is in a down year and UNC is loaded. Even with out Tyler Hansbrough, The Tar Heels defeated the Wildcats 77-58.

Deon Thompson scored 20 points, his career-high, to help top-ranked North Carolina beat Kentucky. National player of the year Tyler Hansbrough was in street clothes unable to play due to an injury.

North Carolina-UPenn College Basketball

North Carolina hosted the University of Pennsylvania at the Dean Smith Center in men's college basketball. The Tar Heels won but offered the Quakers hope as the Ivy-league underdogs were down by 10 late in the game.

Of course, Tyler Hansbrough, Marcus Ginyard and Mike Copeland were in street clothes which made the Heels look a little less intimidating on paper and on the court.

Despite the loss, Penn seemed to enjoy the atmosphere of the Dean Dome.

2008 ACC Football Photo Archive and UNC-GT

Click here for an archive of 2008 ACC Football games including North Carolina, N.C. State and Duke.

Georgia Tech fell to North Carolina as the Tar Heels secured their first winning season in seven years. Enjoy the slideshow.

Big Weekend for Triangle ACC Football

North Carolina hosted Georgia Tech in a battle of ranked teams with the Tar Heels prevailing at Kenan Stadium. Later in the day, Duke hosted N.C. State with the tilt going to the Wolfpack.

UNC's Hakeem Nicks broke the career receiving record for North Carolina. Now 7-2, the Tar Heels are atop the Coastal Division of the ACC but Virginia Tech holds the tie-breaker which is head-to-head.

Meanwhile, the Wolfpack remain hopeful for bowl eligibility which would require them to win their remaining games. The Blue Devils need to win 2 of their last 3 to go bowling.

Tune Swingers Perform That Old Black Magic

I once again had the pleasure of photographing the Tune Swingers Orchestra on mischief night. I was again amazed at the grace of the dancers and the fluid music.

I had my wife as a photo assistant as I had the chance to use some new lighting equipment including the Canon 580EX strobes and the ST-E2. It also coincided with our 4th wedding anniversary. It was great to get the chance to have her help me in my work world. She did a wonderful job providing a mobile strobe to add a rim light, side light and main light.

The verdict on the transmitters and slaves is they do a great job in tight quarters. The quality of light is optimal. It took me very little time to get the hang of adjusting the light ratios between two strobes.

I also had a set of 4 Alien Bees (800's) with Pocketwizard Multimaxes. It was great to finally have control of the lights from the transmitter as I had used only the Pluses in the past. I used honeycombs to reduce the spill light in such tight quarters. I had a set of 4 honeycombs varying between 10 and 40 degrees. If I had to do it again, I would of liked to have had 4 of the 40-degree honeycombs.

Lighting can be a lot of work but is quite rewarding.