NCAA Presidential Retreat

I just left my newspaper job and moved down to Indianapolis to start a freelance career. My first job this week was working for the NCAA shooting the presidential retreat in Indianapolis. The retreat was a gathering of over 60 Division I university presidents to discuss college athletics including all the rules and regulations, and what they can all do to to streamline things. I was pretty limited as far as what I could shoot and it consisted mostly of shooting the presidents as they left the meeting and arrived to the meeting. 

Here are a selection of images from the event. 

An usher waits to welcome university presidents to the NCAA Presidential Retreat in Indianapolis. 

NCAA President Mark Emmert kicks off the meetings with Division 1 presidents. 

NCAA President Mark Emmert speaks to the media following day one of the retreat. 

NCAA Presidents great each other during the NCAA Presidential Retreat.

Misc. Recents

It's been awhile since I have posted but I have had a lot going on. Got married, my wife got a great new job  as an RN in the OR at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis, I am leaving newspaper life to start a new job in Indy and we are trying to quickly find a place to live! Anyway back to pictures. Here are a few of my favorites since the last posting.

Engagement

I had a really great engagement shoot with AJ and Courtney this past weekend. AJ is a farmer so what better setting than a farm as the sun goes down.


Engagement - Images by Chris Bergin

Bonzi Wells

A couple of weeks ago I had an assignment to go over to former NBA player Bonzi Wells' home and shoot some portraits of him. Bonzi has had a pretty bad reputation here in his hometown of Muncie, Ind. and he is working hard to change his reputation and show the community he has matured. He was very candid as he took a reporter and me on a tour of his home showing us every room, including his closets, and storage areas. I ended up shooting this main portrait on a couch in his bedroom.

Europe May 2011

My dad took me on a quick trip to Europe last month before I get married in a couple of weeks. We crammed a lot into 7 days including overnights in Ieper (Ypres) Belgium where we toured some WWI sites and learned a lot about the war. Bruges, Paris, Antwerp, and Amsterdam. We took trains to the various towns and cities and our trusty legs provided the rest of the transportation. Needless to say we did a lot of walking. It was a great trip and one I'll always remember. Here are a few images.


Bruges, Belgium


Notre Dame Cathedral Paris, France


Antwerp, Belgium


Allied War Memorial. Menin Gate, Ieper, Belgium


Artist, Bruges Belgium


German WWI Cemetery, Belgium


Amsterdam, Holand


My dad and me

Indiana Storm Outbreak

Another exciting day chasing storms in Indiana with SWATchasers We headed down to southern Indiana and got on some really powerful supercell thunderstorms with rotating wall clouds. Chasing storms is a rush and I am very glad I was with the guys I was with to get us into the right places and keep us safe. We got into a scary few minutes when we got stuck right in the middle of a storm that produced a tornado, and had very strong winds and large hail pounding the car but came away unscathed.

On Assignment: Walk in the Woods

I knew it would be a good day when one of my assignments was to go for a walk in the woods. The area I was sent to is a new piece of land acquired from the Girl Scouts and will be turned into a nature area and community woodlands. However the area is infested with the invasive Asian Bush Honeysuckle that is destroying woodlands by shading out the ground preventing other plants from growing.