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IRVINE, CAILF., USA -- Long Beach State's Michael Caffey (5) controls the ball against UC Irvine's Derick Flowers (0) during their Big West game in Irvine, Calif. on January 2, 2012. See more pictures>>

LONG BEACH, CALIF. USA -- El Camino goalie Nolan Dean (1) fails to stop the ball during a penalty his by Long Beach Cit y College during their game in Long Beach, Calif. on October 18, 2011. The Vikings defeated the Warriors, 3 to 1.
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NORWALK, CALIF. USA -- Cerritos College Dominique Escobar (11) and Mt. San Antonio College's Brian Godinez (11) battle for the ball during their game in Norwalk, Calif. on October 11, 2011. The Mounties defeated the Falcons 4 to 1. See more pictures>>

COSTA MESA, CALIF. USA -- Long Beach City College's Dylan Marquess (3) and Parker Del Re (76) react as they lose to Grossmont College in the state semifinals in Costa Mesa, Calif. on April 20, 2011. The Vikings lost to the Griffins, 3 to 1. See More Pictures / Buy Reprints>>

Long Beach State's Casper Ware (22) takes down UC Riverside's Javon Borum (1) as he takes a shot during their Big West Championship semifinal game at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. on March 11, 2011. The 49ers defeated the Highlanders, 74 to 63. See more pictures / Buy reprints >>

Long Beach State's Greg Plater (3) and Casper Ware (22) celebrate their win over UC Irvine during the first round of the Big West Championships at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. on March 10, 2011. The 49ers defeated the Anteaters, 79 to 72. See more pictures / buy reprints >>

LONG BEACH, CALIF. USA -- Long Beach State's Casper Ware (22) goes up for a shot against UC Santa Barbara's Jon Pastorek (32) players on hie way to the basket during the final home game of the season at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. on February 26, 2011. The 49ers defeated the Gauchos 71 to 53. See more pictures / buy reprints>>

CERRITOS, CALIF. USA -- Cerritos College's Montanique Washington (11) after their playoff loss to Riverside College in Cerritos, Calif. on February 25, 2011. Cerritos College lost to Riverside, 68 to 66. See more pictures / buy reprints>>

Long Beach State's Greg Plater (3) holds up the net after his teammates took turns cutting it off the rim when they defeated Cal Poly at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. on February 24, 2011. The 49ers won the Big West by defeating Cal Poly, 61 to 55. See more photos / buy reprints>>

Long Beach State's Edis Dervisevic (13) and Jerramy King (25) laugh as they walk off the court after beating UC Riverside during their Big West game at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. on February 16, 2011. Long Beach State defeated UC Riverside, 68 to 55. See more pictures / buy reprints>>

LONG BEACH, CALIF. USA -- Long Beach State's Ashley Bookman (12) celebrates beating U.C. Davis 59 to 60 at the Walter Pyramid on February 12, 2011. See more photos/buy reprints>>

LONG BEACH, CALIF. USA -- Long Beach State fans congratulate the team after defeated Cal State Fullerton at the Walter Pyramid on January 29, 2011. The 49ers defeated the Titans 75-60. See more pictures / Buy reprints>>

LONG BEACH, CALIF. USA -- Long Beach State's Kyle Friend (6) celebrates a point during their win over Stanford at the Walter Pyramid on January 29, 2011. The 49er defeated Stanford 3-0. See more pictures / buy reprints>>

Long Beach State'S Brandi Henton (24) takes on a shot over Pacific's Erica McKenzie (22) during their Big West game at the Walter Pyramid on January 27, 2011. See more pictures>>

LONG BEACH, CALIF. USA -- Long Beach State's T.J. Robinson (20) and Cal State Northridge's Michael Lizarraga (42) and John Hayward-Mayhew (43) watch as a shot heads towards the net during their game at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif., on January 5, 2011. See more pictures>>

Long Beach State's Eugene Phelps (4) goes up for a shot against San Francisco State's Matt Fochtman (44) during their game at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. on November 15, 2010. See more pictures>>

Long Beach State's Lindsay Bullock joins some of her teammates as they watch the NCAA woman's soccer pairing announcement on ESPN at The Beach restaurant in Long Beach, Calif. on November 8, 2010. The 49ers will play Santa Clara at Stanford next Friday. See more pictures>>

Long Beach State, including Bo Rael (18), center, celebrate their victor over U.C. Irvine in the Big West championship game in Irvine, Calif. on November 7, 2010. Rael scored the only goal during the 49ers win over the Anteaters 1 to 0. See more pictures>>

Cerritos College goalie Ashley Arambula (1A) reacts after failing to block a shot during their loss to Long Beach City College in Long Beach, Calif. on October 27, 2010.. The Vikings defeated the Falcons 10 to 8. See more pictures>>

Long Beach City College's Tristan Winterhalter (13) keeps his eye on the ball as he and the Vikings defeat the El Camino Warriors 16 to 4 in Long Beach, Calif. on September 15, 2010. See more pictures>>

Long Beach State's Sidney Garza (2) goes after the ball ahead of Sacramento State's Leah Larot (26) battle for the ball during their non-conference game at Geroge Allen Field in Long Beach, Calif. on September 5, 2010. See more pictures>>

LONG BEACH, CALIF. USA -- Long Beach (Calif.) State's new baseball head coach Troy Buckley shares a laugh with his children, Thea, 12, Casey, 10, and Maggie, 7, before the start of a press conference announcing his new position at the Pyramid on Tuesday, June , 2010. See more pictures>>

Long Beach State Head Coach Dan Monson reacts as his team can't come up with enough points in overtime to beat UC Riverside during the Big West season opener in Riverside, Calif. on January 2, 2010. The 49ers lost to UCR 69-67. See more pictures>>

Long Beach State's Brittney Herzog (23) screams towards fellow senior Naomi Washington (8) during their 3-0 loss to UCLA at the NCAA Women's Volleyball first round game at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif. on December 4, 2009. See more pictures>>

Long Beach State's Ashley Bookman (12) goes up for a shot against USC during their non-conference game at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. on December 3, 2009. See more pictures>>

Long Beach State's Casper Ware (22) keeps his head in the game against Pepperdine during their pre-season game in Malibu, Calif. See 21 pictures>>

Long Beach City College's Daveon Barner (21) dives in to the endzone for a touchdown as Saddleback's Cameron Chadwick (21) chases him during their game at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Long Beach, Calif. See more pictures>>

Cerritos College's Michael Willie (2) tries, but fails, to catch a pass intended for him against Chaffey Colleg during their game at Cerritos College in Norwalk, Calif. See more pictures>>

Long Beach State goalie Derek Wiebe-Bailey spent alot of time reacting to missed blocks during the 49ers 12-3 loss to USC in Long Beach, Calif. on Saturday, September 12, 2009. See more pictures>>

Long Beach State defeated Colorado State 2 games to 1 in their last regular season game, but not every moment was happy. Senior Iris Murray, who was enjoying her last game at the Pyramid looks not to be enjoying this time out as she gets the pointy finger from Head Coach Brian Gimmillaro. Click here to see 17 more pictures or buy reprints>>

Cal State Long Beach student Jennifer Iovanovici joined about 100 other 49ers as they watched their team lose - not just lose 121-86 to Tennessee on Friday, but roll over and play dead - ON NATIONAL TELEVISION! See more pictures of upset students>>

It really was like the Super Bowl for a city without an NFL team. I left Long Beach at 10 AM for a 1:30 start time - while it only took a half hour to get to Pasadena - it took an hour and a half to actually get in the Rose Bowl parking lot. Once in the stadium I'm lugging 40 pounds of photo gear up and down the sidelines to cover the game. When I cover a game I really don't care who wins, I'm just looking for good, storytelling images. About halfway through the game USC scores a touchdown right in front of me (you can even see Pete Caroll celebrating in the background) and had they won this might have been on the cover of sports - but they blew it. So instead UCLA is celebrating on the cover of sports and this image is destined to live as ones and zeros in the series of tubes that makes up the internet. Click here to see more pictures >>

Shooting at the Pyramid is always fun - especially becuase it's one of the brightest college venues in Southern California. Because of the shape of the building, a pyramid of course, the lights are basically on the walls. This makes the players side lit and eliminates shadows found in most other gyms that have lights in the ceilings. -- But enough of the technical stuff.



The fun stuff is taking pictures from two places at the same time. If you look at tomorrow's (Saturday, Nov. 18) Press-Telegram sports section you may notice that the two action pictures from this game are from different angles. One from up top and one from the floor.

To be in 'two places at once' I used a remote camera (see arrow in the top image and the close-up to the left).



The remote camera took a picture every time I pressed the shutter button on the camera in my hand. The picture on the left was taken by the remote camera - the arrow is pointing to me.







The result is the picture on the left, which was taken by the remote camera while I was on the other side of the court.

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The Long Beach State 49ers opened their new season in a new building - USC's new building that is - The Galen Center. But, I couldn't see the game because a beautiful cheerleader was blocking my view. Even as the Trojans dribbled up and down the shinny new court workers were waxing floors and wet paint signs hung on some walls. It's a beautiful building - the type of place that would be great for hosting Ballroom Dancing should Los Angeles ever get the Summer Olympics again. Click here to see pictures of the game>>