March Madness is upon us

I hadn’t shot a lot of NCAA basketball this years but once the Florida State excitement began to build I shot the Miami and Duke games. This photograph was from a camera mounted on the goal and fired by a remote from my seat on the hardwood.

FSU's Ian Miller (30) drives to the basket over the back of Duke's Andre Dawkins (20)

We’re talking about getting to the game 3+ hours early to balance on a 25 foot step latter with brackets and super clamps and Bogen magic arms to attach my Canon EOS 1D Mark lll on the goal and under the bottom of the glass backboard.  After mounting, I wait for approval, first from Florida State than the game officials.

I’ve mounted cameras throughout the catwalk to photograph Florida State’s games against the best of the best in ACC basketball and even the circus once.  Most were fired with radio remotes from my shooting position kneeling on the hardwood court side.  Of

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Between my commercial photography in Tallahassee, editorial work, personal projects for TallahasseeStock.com and media coverage, 2011 was my best year since the inception of MarkWallheiser.com.  Cover stories in both the Tallahassee Democrat’s Sunday magazine TLH and Tallahassee Magazine cover story and an unprecedented 16 pages of my work inside were definitely the cornerstone of my […]

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It’s very humbling to have Tallahassee Magazine do a cover story on me and my 30 years of photojournalism.  I hope that’s an acknowledgment of the quality and longevity of my mission to accurately and honestly inform the public while I was as a photojournalist for the Tallahassee Democrat, as well as, several wire services, […]

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A look at a few of the hurricanes to hit the Gulf coast over the years.

FSU basketball coach Pat Kennedy cover shot prior to the basketball season

I shot Ronnye Nelson, a running back at Valdosta State, for the New York Times.