Cardinals vs Titans Preseason NFL Football
Last night I had the chance to cover the Tennessee Titans first home preseason game vs the Arizona Cardinals for Cal Sports Media at LP Field in Nashville. Had an awesome time, learned a lot, and got some awesome images! Tennessee won, 24-10. 20100823 Cardinals vs Titans – Images by Randy Sartin
Grace at CAK Football
Thursday night kicked off the High School Football season here in Knoxville with Grace Christian visiting Christian Academy of Knoxville for the first of the Thursday Night Rivalry games. I had a great time, and the game ball was flown in some US Army Helicopters! CAK won 28 to 6, images are also online at [...]
Tennessee Titans Training Camp
Yesterday I headed over to the Baptist Sports Park to photograph some of the Tennessee Titan’s training camp. Very nice facility, great people, and yes it was just a tad bit warm on the field If you’re into pro football, it’s well worth the trip to check out one of the open practices! Here are [...]
Tennessee Smokies Baseball Video
Last week I had the chance to finally give shotting video with a HDSLR a serious try. It’s a difficult way to shoot video, but being able to use a 300mm lens at 2.8 gives it a very unique look. Huge thanks are due to Adam Kline and the Tennessee Smokies, Wade Payne (gear), Patrick [...]
Knoxville Sports Photographer
Been busy today planning out my schedule for the upcoming football season (First game is August 19th!) and also had a few nice surprises today. One is the new Anderson County Football poster schedule, with an image of mine from last year as the background… And the second surprise was the lead image on www.maxpreps.com, [...]
Knoxville Family Photographer
Today we traveled to Sevierville to photograph a large family gathering at a cabin, super nice cabin and even better people! Here’s my favorite from the day, the whole gallery is here.
Basketball Tournament Photography
Thought I would share one of our latest Basketball Posters from one of the local youth tournaments. Quite a bit of work go into these! (and I have no idea who shot what, but it’s some combination of Wade Payne, Lisa Hudson, and myself)
Questions to ask your Wedding Photographer
And as promised, here is Grover’s article on the “Top Ten Things you should ask a Wedding Photographer Before you Book Them“. Excellent article, and is a follow up from yesterday’s article “Top Ten Things you should ask a Client Before you Book Them”.
Knoxville Wedding Photographer’s and Brides
A little bit of a different topic here, but it is interesting. I responded to a tweet from Grover Sanschagrin (Co-Founder of PhotoShelter, which is integrated into this website) who asked the following about prospective wedding clients, “What are the top 10 things to ask a client before you agree to shoot”. I responded with [...]
How to Photograph Fireworks
Last year I went to the Boomsday event here in Knoxville and had my first serious go at photographing fireworks, and thought I might share a few tips with anyone wanting to try this on July 4th! The key to this is long exposures (shutter stays open) and a stable camera (tripod). With a DSLR, [...]
Owen and The Cupcake
Owen won the baby contest we held last winter, and we used some of his “winnings” on a photoshoot. We started in the studio, then went to a park, then headed back to the studio for the Grand Finale! Here is a slideshow from Owen’s first ever birthday cupcake. Not sure who had more fun…Owen, [...]
ETCH Cutest Baby Contest at West Town
Last weekend Lisa Norman-Hudson and myself photographed around 70 kids, age 6 and under, at West Town Mall for Children’s Hospital. Voting was held yesterday and today, and the whole process was something I will always treasure. The kids were a blast as always, but today when they announced that over $12,000 had been raised [...]
Knoxville “Cutest Baby Face” Contest for Children’s Hospital
Saturday May 15th (10 am – 5pm), and Sunday May 16th (Noon- 5pm), at the West Town mall in Knoxville TN, Images By Design Studio, (Lisa Hudson and Randy Sartin – photographers), along with East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, West Town Mall and the Tellico Village Kiwanis are sponsoring this Portrait Contest. “Who’s got the cutest [...]
Netbook’s and Photographer’s, Do They Play Nice?
So after having a few small problems with my big bad trusty HP Laptop, I decided two things…1) I needed a backup laptop, and 2) I really wanted to try something smaller. I did a bit of research and it looked like one of the better Netbooks in town was being carried by Verizon, and [...]
Sarah Palin e-mail Hacking Trial
Every now and then something really good “happens” to you, sometimes it’s luck, sometimes it’s a result of hard work, and usually it involves someone giving you a chance. Yesterday it was a combination of all of the above which resulted in my first assignment for the European Pressphoto Agency , which was to cover [...]
Feel The Heat Basketball Tournamet at Eagleton
Wow, what a weekend! Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Wade Payne and I covered the “Feel The Heat” basketball tournament held at Eagleton Middle School. This is the second time we’ve been to Eagleton in the past 2 months, and as usual everyone there was great to work with. If you’re a tournament director in the [...]
2010 Kesslers Classic Baseball Tournament in Knoxville
Last weekend myself and some of the other CBS Maxpreps photographers in the area covered the Kesslers Classic Baseball Tournament. There’s some really good high school baseball being played right now, and the semifinal game with Mt. Juliet and Farragut was one of the best HS baseball games I’ve ever seen. The complete galleries are [...]
Hardin Valley at AC Softball
OK, I’m way behind on the blog, bad Randy! Here’s some interesting images from last nights Softball game featuring Hardin Valley at AC (AC won 9 to 7) These are 2 sequential images taken at 7 frames per second, the “glow” on the glove in the image to the right is actually a yellow softball [...]
Anderson County Baseball Tournament
Late last Friday night I started hearing some rumors of a baseball tournament being held at Anderson County High School, and after looking at the weather forecast I decided I NEEDED to cover it…it was really nice to get outside and shoot in the daylight with nice warm/dry weather! As always, the folks at AC [...]
Adidas Team Hustle Hoop It Up Classic
Last Friday through Sunday the Sports Photography Group that I work with, The Purple Lens Sports Photography, covered the Adidas Team Hustle Hoop It Up Classic Basketball Tournament here in Knoxville, TN. With 3 photographers (Myself, Jamie Dahl, and Grant Duncan) we covered 53 games (at 4 different gyms) and published over 3,000 images. My [...]
Knoxville Baby Contest Winner!
Wow, what an awesome contest we’ve had! It’s been great to meet everyone involved, and of course I’ve had a huge time photographing all of these great babies. Wish everyone could have “won”, but at the very least everyone is getting a free 8X10 of their beautiful baby! If you’re interested in how the votes [...]
Knoxville Baby Photographer Giving Away $500!!!
Well here we are, time to let the voting begin! For the next 72 hours simply go to Baby Contest Voting and pick your favorite baby. The grand prize is a $500 photo session with Randy Sartin Photography, second and third place each receive $100. For those of you not awake when voting ends (midnight [...]
Knoxville’s Cutest Baby Contest Voting
It’s almost here! Tomorrow (Friday 3-12-10) at midnight you will be able to go to Vote Here and make your pick for Knoxville’s cutest baby. The winner receives a $500 Photo Session with us, and second and third get $100 towards a session (or prints). The poll will be open for 72 hours (ends at [...]
UT Photography Class
As a lot of you may know, I’m a big fan of UT’s Photography Certificate Program, so here’s what I’ve been doing with the program. Here is a complete list of courses. I’m really excited about the class I’m taking this spring, Adam Brimer’s Introduction to Photojournalism class. Adam is a staff photographer with the [...]
