@davidbergman

I shoot and edit these pieces each week with a very quick turnaround. You can see them all on the CBS website, but I’ve posted a short collection of clips from the first eight episodes above.

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Last month, I was one of the fortunate few photographers to cover the Live Earth show at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. With the help of Al Gore, there were concerts across all seven continents on 7-7-07 to help raise awareness about the dangers of global warming.

Whether you think the show had an impact or not, you can’t deny that they had a fantastic lineup. The NJ concert featured The Police, Roger Waters, Smashing Pumpkins, Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews, Kelly Clarkson, Kanye West, Melissa Etheridge, Fall Out Boy, Keith Urban, and others.

I spent most of the long day in the photo pit right in front of the stage but at one point wandered around the stadium to make this image. I shot it in color and then did some Photoshop work to convert it to black and white with selective focus.

 

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This Month Golf Magazine hired me to shoot an assignment in Nantucket, MA. We only had a couple of days to get through a number of different setups.

Unfortunately, Mother Nature doesn’t care about deadlines or flight schedules. The original time we booked for this shoot was rained out, so we rescheduled for the next morning. It was grey and overcast, but thanks to the four cases of lighting gear I brought, I was able to make it look like a nice, sunny day.

For this particular shot, I put my life in the hands of golf pro Kevin Walker. I was lying down in the grass about two feet in front of the ball while he swung at full strength.

 

I’ve put myself in some hairy situations before, but next time I think I’ll shoot this with a remote camera.

When all of the charges against the Duke lacrosse players were dropped, Sports Illustrated sent me to cover the team’s next match. The Virginia Cavaliers visited the Blue Devils in front of over 6,000 fans in Durhan, NC.

At one point, Duke substitute Max Quinzani came around the back of the net and took this diving shot as he was falling to the ground. He didn’t score, but it sure made a pretty photo.

 

Duke came from behind to win the match 7-6 in overtime and this picture ran across two pages in SI’s “Leading Off” section.

For the past few years, I’ve covered the NFL draft on assignment for Sports Illustrated.

Since the event itself doesn’t present too many interesting photo opportunities, I always try to find a unique angle. In the past, I’ve photographed it from above, backstage, and even on the stage itself.

The fans that attend the draft are some of the most passionate you will find, so this year I set up a portrait booth on the street outside of Radio City Music Hall and made photos of as many of them as I could.

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