| I had the opportunity last weekend to do a overhead remote camera at the new Lucas County Arena in Toledo for the Michigan vs. Bowling Green State University hockey game. When you want to do anything in the catwalks of the new arena you have to get special access from multiple people and you have to be extremely careful. (Photos: Andrew Weber/Sentinel-Tribune) CLICK READ MORE TO VIEW MORE PHOTOS |
| I had to get to the arena 2 hours before the game to get everything set up. Above is a photo of all of my gear after i got it unpacked in preparation for my remote. |
| I mounted my Nikon D700 with my 80-200 lens on a Magic Arm and clamped it to the railing and safety-cabled everything. I use two safety cables in case one fails I have a backup. |
| After getting it set up, I made sure all my settings were correct before I got down from the cat walk. This is what the angle looks like with no one on the ice. |
| Once everything was set up it was time to find a new shooting position and take a picture with my second camera that I hand held. |
| Here is the photo taken with my remote camera that was fired with my hand held camera. |
| The fun part with remotes is the fact that you can be 1500 feet away and still take pictures. So while I was at the ice level I was taking photos from the remote at the same time. Below are my favorite photos from my remote camera. |
| The final photo is of Bowling Green forward Tommy Dee (27) checking Michigan Wolverine defender Chad Langlais (7). This was shot full frame with a Nikon 400mm from the press box by hand holding my camera. |
