The June issue of Tar Heel Monthly magazine is here. Big ups to UNC pitcher and fifth-year senior Matt Danford for going with the flow and getting into the cover shoot. The young'uns on the staff gave him an "All-American Grandpa" shirt (a not-so-subtle dig at his "advanced" age), and we bribed convinced him it would be a great prop for the shoot.

I'm standing on a small ladder, and Danford is lit by a single Alien Bee monolight with a 10-degree grid. Shot in the infield grass to give a clean background. We tried about 20 frames of him tearing open his jersey to reveal the shirt underneath. Shot with a Canon 1DM2 and 17-40 lens.

I showed him the whole shoot on the back of the camera, and he seemed pleased, which is a good thing. As a general rule of thumb, never irritate a man who can throw things at you at 90+ miles per hour...

As mentioned in an earlier post, many thanks to Jeff Camarati for his assistance, the loan of his Alien Bee 1600 unit and his never-ending willingness to answer my stupid lighting questions.