Ivins Images Blog

Cover of USA Today Sports Weekly

2012-01-23T14:19:00.002-05:00

New England vs. Denver AFC Divisional Playoff Game

2012-01-19T15:51:00.000-05:00

Frozen Fenway College Hockey Double Header

2012-01-09T15:35:00.003-05:00

Kirkwood Mountain, South Lake Tahoe-HDR Image

2012-01-05T14:14:00.001-05:00

Boston HDR Images

2011-12-28T12:01:00.000-05:00

"Tex" Bridgport (CT) Rescue Mission outreach (outake)

2011-12-22T11:22:00.004-05:00

Cover of El Mundo

2011-12-22T11:21:00.000-05:00

Red Sox catchers visit Children's Hospital

2011-12-22T11:19:00.002-05:00

Sox Name Bobby Valentine as 45th Manager in Club History

2011-12-02T12:20:00.001-05:00

Bruins vs Carolina NHL

2011-10-19T17:39:00.000-04:00

Inside the Green Monster-HDR Image

2011-10-06T14:17:00.002-04:00

Yosemite HDR

2011-09-01T18:26:00.004-04:00

Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, Vernal Falls, Nevada Falls

A Few Photos from the 2011 All Star Game and Home Run Derby

2011-07-18T15:49:00.009-04:00

Boston Red Sox, Behind the Lens - Bostonia Web Exclusives

2011-07-12T19:23:00.001-04:00

Pretty honored that my alma mater, Boston University, chose to run a profile on my from BU Today on their main page.

Boston Red Sox, Behind the Lens - Bostonia Web Exclusives

Boston Aerial

2011-07-08T14:14:00.003-04:00

Dropkick Murphy's Photographed to Promote Fenway Concerts on 9/8-9

2011-06-28T15:17:00.000-04:00

Sox Ace Jon Lester for Red Sox Mag Feature on Pitcher Conditioning

2011-06-21T20:37:00.002-04:00

Duckboat Ride with Z and Tim

2011-06-21T16:10:00.003-04:00

Saturday June 18th, 2011. Hired by the Bruins to document the Bruins Parade to celebrate the 2011 Stanley Cup win and assigned to duck boat #1 "Charlie River" Truly one of the most incredible experiences of my life. More photos to follow (4500 frames taken before I even made it to Fenway for the night game).

Game Three Stanley Cup Finals: Welcome to Boston, Canuck!

2011-06-06T22:06:00.004-04:00

Pedroia Takes the Field

2011-05-22T20:36:00.001-04:00

Red Sox and Cubs wear 1918 throwbacks

2011-05-21T23:41:00.005-04:00

Cubs Play at Fenway for First Time Since '18 Series

2011-05-20T23:57:00.001-04:00

2011-05-09T21:52:00.001-04:00

OOF

2011-05-06T16:49:00.000-04:00

First Walk Off of 2011

2011-05-01T17:59:00.005-04:00

B's Win Game Seven

2011-04-29T16:19:00.010-04:00

It's been nice to get a chance to shoot some hockey lately. Here are a few photos from the Boston Bruin's overtime win in game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at the TD Garden.

Red Sox Mag 2nd Edition Cover

2011-03-28T11:54:00.001-04:00

Fight Night

2011-03-17T11:47:00.001-04:00

Rondo Takes the Court

2011-03-16T22:50:00.001-04:00

Images from Sox Spring Training in B&W

2011-03-11T15:04:00.006-05:00

Fenway in HDR

2010-09-05T18:17:00.002-04:00

Starting to experiment with HDR photography a bit (gooogle it if you don't know what it is)
and got this during today's (otherwise brutal) game.

The Blog is Back

2010-08-18T20:15:00.004-04:00

This blog post has been a long time coming. My blogging hiatus is officially over as I've decided to share my work regularly again. The only change is that I've decided to post other work aside from just Red Sox images...more to come on that later.

These images were shot today at Fenway Park for an upcoming story on David Ortiz in the Red Sox Magazine. Ortiz...GREAT guy.

Happy Mother's Day Ma!

2010-05-09T21:44:00.003-04:00

Ahh Springtime

2010-05-05T11:19:00.000-04:00

Darnell's Night

2010-04-21T00:46:00.006-04:00

Finally! Darnell McDonald, called up from the minors earlier in the day, hit a pinch-hit two-run homer to tie the game in the eighth (top photo) and won it with an RBI single in the ninth (2nd photo). That snapped a five game losing streak, gave the Fenway crowd something to cheer about and gave me some good pictures. Welcome to Boston Darnell!

Sun Shines on Rays, Rain Falls on Sox

2010-04-18T17:48:00.002-04:00

Pedroia for Red Sox Magazine

2010-04-17T23:04:00.002-04:00

25 Hours, 12 Innings, 4 Runs and 1 Tough Loss

2010-04-17T20:37:00.002-04:00

Ouch.

Cold and Rainy Night at Fenway

2010-04-16T20:25:00.000-04:00

Dispatch from Minneapolis

2010-04-13T20:45:00.007-04:00

The Red Sox faced the Twins yesterday in the first-ever game at the new Target Field. I never visited the Metrodome, but every one I talked to was delighted with the improvements and the prospect of watching baseball the way it was meant to be watched-outdoors.
Sadly (for me, not the fans) the Jon Lester and the Sox sputtered right from the start and lost another one.

16 Hours, 3151 Photos, 6 Celebs, 9 Innings, 1 Former Ace and a Very Tired Photographer

2010-04-05T00:55:00.011-04:00

Opening Day (Night) is in the books. I'm sleeping in tomorrow.

Fenway Park 5:03am Opening Day

2010-04-04T10:07:00.002-04:00

Calm Before the Storm

2010-04-03T16:33:00.002-04:00

Second Edit Choice from Florida

2010-03-11T11:12:00.002-05:00

'10 2nd Issue of RSM Sneak Peak

2010-03-10T15:45:00.003-05:00

A (Not Quite) Typical Game at City of Palms

2010-03-10T15:28:00.008-05:00

14 Innings Later

2010-03-03T20:30:00.003-05:00

We are off!

Face Time!

2010-03-01T11:16:00.002-05:00

Red Sox Photo Day

2010-02-28T16:57:00.002-05:00

Check that off the list.

Great Balls of Fire

2010-02-25T10:51:00.004-05:00

They were betting that we were going to burn down the Player Development Complex during this Mag cover shoot. After photographing John we dipped a ball in rubbing alcohol using a wire coat hanger (kind of like coloring an Easter egg) and lit it on fire. That was the most interested in a photo shoot I've seen the players/coaches/staff so far...

Spring Training Dispatch:

2010-02-20T20:18:00.005-05:00

While the players are stretching, throwing, signing autographs and conducting interviews the I'm running around desperately trying to figure out ways to make things look interesting.
Tomorrow I'll try again...

2010 Red Sox Mag Spring Training Edition:

2010-02-19T15:40:00.004-05:00

This is very "sneak-peak" kind of stuff since these proofs haven't even been sent to the printer yet. More photos from Spring Training coming soon...

Florida Bound

2010-02-12T16:14:00.002-05:00

The equipment truck took off from Florida today. Amongst all the other stuff on it is most of my photo and lighting equipment. Starting next week I'll be posting baseball images from Ft. Myers again. And off we go....

http://www.mlb.com/bos/photogallery/year_2010/month_02/day_12/cf8069384.html

More from "Frozen Fenway"

2010-01-13T14:22:00.009-05:00

This is officially my last hockey-related post from Fenway but now that things have quieted down for a moment I thought I would share a few more images from the BU vs. BC game from last week...

Frozen Fenway, The Finale

2010-01-08T23:05:00.000-05:00

BU 3, BC 2. Yip Yip

Images from the Winter Classic

2010-01-04T16:19:00.017-05:00

Game Time.

2010-01-01T11:43:00.002-05:00

Countdown to the Winter Classic (Oh yea, and uh, 2010 too)

2009-12-31T16:03:00.010-05:00

White Fenway

2009-12-21T11:02:00.000-05:00

Can anyone tell me what those white rings are in the sky???

Orr, Bourque and Bruins Legends First Skate

2009-12-18T16:43:00.006-05:00

Fenway was filled with Bruins hockey legends today as the new ice hosted names like Orr, Bourque, O'Reilly, and Neely for the inaugural skate. Bobby Orr has been hanging out in the Front office for the past few hours and he signed a copy of the Lussier photo of him flying through the air after scoring the Stanley Cup-winning goal in 1970 a bunch of us. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orr.jpg)

That is the one of the most famous sports photographs of all time so I'm especially pumped about it. How many times has he signed "Dear Mike, Good Luck Always, Bobby Orr" in his life??? I don't really care.

New Sox for Christmas

2009-12-16T14:42:00.003-05:00

The Red Sox had back to back press conferences today to announce the signings of John Lackey (five years) and Mike Cameron (two years).
Bringing Lackey in makes me feel less sick about the Yankees signing Curtis Granderson last week. A little bit anyway.

Rink Installation Under Way

2009-12-14T17:59:00.002-05:00

Well, the outline of the rink is taking shape at Fenway. The boards will start going in tomorrow and we'll really be able to see how it's going to look. More to come as the progression continues...

Scouting Remote Cam locations

2009-12-08T16:51:00.003-05:00

How did it take me two years to figure out how to get onto the roof?

World Series Program

2009-11-18T13:29:00.001-05:00

MLB sent me a copy of the World Series program this week and I had a pretty nice double-truck of J Bay leading off the pictures section...

Haitus Interrupted

2009-11-16T14:27:00.008-05:00

Some images of Fenway using the tilt shift lens...

All Quiet on the Fenway Front

2009-10-13T11:12:00.002-04:00

I was hoping/expecting to have been posting some of the best photos of the year this past week.
Things, obviously, did not turn out so well and I've avoided the blog as I haven't felt like re-living the last three games. Maybe later I'll post some stuff from game three...

Sox Post Season Baseball: Counting Down

2009-10-08T20:06:00.004-04:00

More Fun With a Tilt Shift Lens

2009-10-03T19:56:00.000-04:00

Fan Appreciation Day

2009-10-03T17:52:00.002-04:00

To Say "Thanks" (and keep folks interested in these final few games)

Fun with a Tilt Shift

2009-10-02T19:10:00.002-04:00

My friend CJ is letting me borrow a tilt-shift lens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photography) which basically lets you fine-tune selective focus. Holy Crap! This thing is cool. I am very excited about this...

In the first minute of fiddling (and with absolutely no idea how to use the thing) I took this picture of Pedroia's bat and glove on the dugout bench.

More to come on with this puppy soon...

(Thanks Ceej!)

Ellsbury Pads Record

2009-10-02T13:03:00.002-04:00

The first inning last night:

Boston took a 1-0 lead when Ellsbury singled, stole his major-league leading 68th base and advanced on fielders choice by Victor Martinez and scored on a sacrifice fly by Youk.

This is the Red Sox playing small ball.

Ellsbury is starting to look like a top-tier leadoff hitter. His average is sitting at .301 and he has collected 186 hits. If he can take a few more walks and raise his OBP a little bit the Sox will be in good shape in Center Field for long time.

Sox Robbed by Toronto

2009-09-29T21:23:00.004-04:00

The last time I posted from the photo pit the Sox were rolling. Now they are scuffling. A win tonight would have meant a wildcard berth and hopefully some halfway decent celebration photos. Now who knows? (mid seventh, down 8-2 as I type) @#$%^&

A-Gonz!

2009-09-17T00:03:00.002-04:00

Great game tonight! Defensive whiz Alex Gonzalez is batting .300 and collected his first walk-off hit as a Sox. And the team is rolling now, seven in a row and ten at Fenway.

Dice Rolls

2009-09-16T12:20:00.003-04:00

DiceK returned from a three-month stint on the DL and dominated the highest scoring offense in the AL last night with six shutout innings. Anyone see that coming? He hasn't pitched like that since last season (thanks a lot %^&* World Baseball Classic!) Not to mention this is most likely the team that the Sox will face in the ALDS next month. Wow. Good timing. Now it looks like our playoff rotation is all set. How do you say "gelling" in Japanese? I'm starting to look forward to California.

Red Sox Photo of the Week online

2009-09-10T11:25:00.003-04:00

Sign up for the Red Sox Insider and you will get an email once a week that contains a rundown of the week's activities. My favorite part of that is the "Photo of the Week" and corresponding slide show that comes out each wednesday. We are at 400,000 subscribers right now and counting...

Check it out

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fan_forum/photo.jsp?partnerId=ed-2910861-97792676&source=ed-2910861-97792676

V-Mart Equals Badass

2009-09-09T22:34:00.004-04:00

Victor Martinez comes off the bench cold to pinch hit and sends the first pitch into deep center for a three RBI triple. He is a bad man (like Leon Powe). Brian Snyder and CJ Gunther can kiss my butt.

Blogging from the "Pit"

2009-09-09T22:21:00.001-04:00

I decided to bring my laptop into the photo pit tonight in an attempt to make my time between innings more efficient and not save all the editing for after the game. Seems to be a great idea. The obvious next progression is live blogs from the pit...

I'm Excited for Football

2009-09-02T15:27:00.001-04:00

'nough said

Byrd is the Word

2009-08-30T16:56:00.006-04:00

Don't believe anyone who tells you they expected Paul Byrd to come into Fenway Park today and out pitch Roy Halladay. Granted Halladay has been terrible his last few starts. No complaints though. Nice game today. Quick and victorious.

Fenway, From Up Above

2009-08-28T19:37:00.010-04:00

I'm not sure if I can think of a cooler perk of my job than getting to update the aerial photos of the park. Thanks to Mike Peavey, the coolest helicopter pilot I know (okay the only helicopter pilot I know but still) for taking me up and predicting that Thursday would be the best day of the week for it. Check out his IMDB page to see all the movies that he has worked on, it's impressive.

2009 Boston Red Sox Team Photo

2009-08-28T13:09:00.003-04:00

Yesterday was team photo day at Fenway Park. Now I can check that off my list and breath a little bit easier. After the shoot I got a chance to go up an a helicopter to update our aerials of the park. Since Tazawa got smoked and the weather was incredible I picked a great day for that.
Those photos coming soon...

Just Like Old Times

2009-08-27T13:03:00.004-04:00

My intern Brooks got a killer shot of Ortiz jumping in the pile last night (kudos to him for capitalizing on the situation and my night off). Normally it would bother me to miss a shot like this...and it did at first, but I have a feeling this is going to happen again. Look at his power numbers for the last month-nine long balls and 23 RBI's in the last 30 games. Only Carlos Peña, Mark Reynolds and Prince Fielder have more in that span. Plus, when Ortiz is hitting walk-offs good energy abounds in the clubhouse.
I'm doing the '09 team photo today and I think it's a perfect day for it since I can assume that all the guys will be in a great mood. After the photo I'm going up in a helicopter to shoot aerials of the park (yesterday's trip got canceled due to high humidity levels) so look for those photos tomorrow.

My Kind of Game

2009-08-25T22:45:00.004-04:00

Quick. Efficient. With late inning heroics. If only the third base umpire hadn't blocked my photo of Jacoby Ellbury's steal that broke Tommy Harper's record!

The Virtue of Editing Twice

2009-08-25T16:58:00.001-04:00

I missed this photo in my initial edit last night...but like it a lot.
Headed up in a helicopter to shoot aerial photos of Fenway during sunset tomorrow night and hoping for another sunset like this one.

Things are Looking UP

2009-08-24T23:35:00.008-04:00

Thank you to the Sox 'O for coming alive tonight, especially Mike Lowell. BoSox could really use a sweep of the ChiSox to gain some ground on this Wild Card race...
Still waiting on Jacoby to steal a base and break Tommy Harpers Red Sox record. Tomorrow maybe?

Yankees Look Stupid at Fenway*

2009-08-24T00:09:00.003-04:00

Hahahaha the Yankees couldn't do anything right tonight! They suck so bad it is funny.
C.C. Sabathia looked really fat and was just terrible. How embarrassing for the Yankees!

*This is a fictional post, aside from the part about C.C. looking fat. I just really wanted it to go this way. Real post is below.

Sox Take One Off Chin Under the Lights

2009-08-23T23:47:00.004-04:00

I guess I was wrong about this one being a pitchers duel. UGH

Oh Happy Day

2009-08-23T17:37:00.011-04:00

The Sox 14-1 Win last night was refreshing, especially after the debacle that was Friday night. Sabathia Vs. Beckett tonight may be one of the best pitchers duals of the year...more to come on that soon

Clay Looks Good but Sox "O" can't catch up with Verlander

2009-08-13T17:48:00.005-04:00

Damn. Today was PERFECT light at Fenway. All I needed was a little come from behind victory drama to cap off a good day of photography. Alas Verlander was too much for the Sox offense all day and he cruised. I can't understand why Pedroia got the day off today when Youk is already out and the team facing one of the best pitchers in the game. Ah well. Looking forward to a little break from baseball. PATS tonight!

Nice Start for Tazawa

2009-08-12T17:18:00.003-04:00

After a rocky first inning Junichi Tazawa settled down pretty nicely last night.
My apologies to anyone who is looking for Youkilis brawl photos as I had come inside for a minute to drop the Tazawa shots when that happened (DOH!). Not that the Red Sox would have any interest in using brawl photos ever...

The front office was not a happy place on Monday, but with two wins in a row people around here have started slowly climbing off the Tobin bridge.

Sox Get Handled in NYC

2009-08-07T12:22:00.003-04:00

Even though Posada was out on this particular play I feel like this images sums up last night. That eight-run Yankee fourth inning was brutal. Four hours of baseball when your team is getting spanked is not fun. I hope Beckett can stop this slide tonight!

McCartney at Fenway Park

2009-08-07T12:19:00.007-04:00

Hearing Paul McCartney play "Hey Jude" at Fenway on Wednesday was one of the coolest things I have seen at that park so far.

Behind the ball...

2009-08-04T17:36:00.011-04:00

Okay, I've been slacking on this blog a little so finally posting some photos from last Thursday's day game against Oakland. It was kind of a sad day because of the news...but I tell you one thing: David Ortiz is still one of the coolest/nicest/funniest ballplayers out there.
More photos to come: Paul McCartney at Fenway tomorrow night , then off to NYC to photograph the Sox/Yanks and get some much needed photos of Victor Martinez and hopefully A-Rod crying like a little b*tch when the ump calls a third strike on him. Those are my favorite! Stay tuned...

Rice, Henderson Inducted into Baseball's Hall

2009-07-27T18:28:00.007-04:00

I capped off my recent round of travels with a trip to Cooperstown this weekend to cover Jim Rice's Hall of fame induction ceremony. I got a chance to check out a really cool photo exhibit in the hall which gave me a dose of inspiration as I dive into the second half of the season.
Other than that all I can say is this: Ricky Henderson is one funny man.

PS: I was pissed that Jim Rice's daughter (with hat) didn't have a "Jim's Fan" with a "B" like Ricky's daughters did- I guess the "14" hat will have to do...

Nuestro Pequeños Hermanos Part III: To Play

2009-07-23T19:41:00.009-04:00

The final visit to the orphanage was an opportunity for the kids to put down the rakes and shovels and play with the kids at the orphanage...

The ceremonial first pitch on the re-dedicated field.

Nuestro Pequeños Hermanos Part II: To Work

2009-07-23T19:31:00.010-04:00

Working on the baseball field at the orphanage. A little over a year ago it was just a rocky field.

Nuestro Pequeños Hermanos Orphanage-Part I: The Children

2009-07-23T18:47:00.018-04:00

The future photographer, pleased after snapping a nice picture.

A few moments later.
Walking to class...

This boy was blind and used his hands to get a sense of what we looked like. He is sitting in his house- the kids are broken up into small groups for more of a family-like setting.

This was the most spirited game of marbles I have ever seen

This kid had a hell of an arm.

Visit to El Mamon

2009-07-23T17:34:00.011-04:00

These photos are from a visit to a village called El Mamon that is very close to the Red Sox Dominican Baseball Academy complex. This was the location that the original group from "Lindos Sueños" built a school and a baseball field. The players, coaches and Red Sox staff all received a warm welcome and a lot of attention from the local children.

Dispatch from the Dominican Republic

2009-07-20T15:52:00.008-04:00

I'm down in the Dominican this week documenting a program called "Lindos Suenos."
It's a Red Sox/Jet Blue sponsored program that brings a group of teenage American and Dominican ballplayers together. They split their time working in the community and playing baseball games.

This morning we visited an orphanage nearby called Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos. Aside from touring the facilities and photographing the kids in action I'm happy to say I had plenty of time to dig holes and plant shrubs behind the new baseball field that the Lindos Suenos group got started last year. We'll be returning on wednesday so that the kids can play on the field that they worked so hard to build and maintain.

I met one young boy at the orphanage who said he wanted to be a professional photographer (picture above). I let him use my camera and he took hundreds of photos. Most of them are out of focus, but I think I have a new best friend.

More to come on this trip soon...

All Star Game

2009-07-16T12:38:00.020-04:00

I had some problems with my laptop in St. Louis so I was unable to publish this blog post until I got back to Boston. So after much delay here are some selects from the All Star Day.
I have to say all in all I really liked Busch Stadium. I wish I had gotten to explore it a little more but security was a bit tight because of the president being there. I can't complain however-they gave me a photo position right next to dugout, about two feet from Joe Madden, which made for some nice wide-angle images.