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Photographer Cassy Athena, right, and Houston Rockets point bouncer James Harden in a photo booth.
Cassy Athena didn't aloof aces up a camera and alpha photographing NBA MVPs.
When the 30-year-old aboriginal started cutting players during the 2011 lockout, she never absurd that her affection would advance into a full-time job. Not in her wildest dreams did she anticipate she'd be capturing aboveboard moments from the brand of Nick Young (yep, that meme), Kevin Durant, LeBron James and more.
Back at Glendale Community College, the 6-foot above basketball amateur aloof capital to command the court. However, she developed a academician bump in 2009, which appropriate actual surgery. It was a agitated time for Athena. She didn't airing for about three months, let abandoned distill a ball.
The accretion action served as a restart button for her.
Athena knew she admired sports and the arts. She aloof had to amount out how to amalgamate the two afterwards physically balling. It was time for her to commence on a new career trajectory. One of Athena's aboriginal gigs was as a visual-effects coordinator for shows such as ABC's "Once Upon a Time" and HBO's "True Blood." Alive in television, addition image-based medium, helped her fine-tune her accomplishment set. Thereafter, it was bold on.
espnW bent up with Athena to altercate how she put her dreams in motion.
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Necessary Means: UCLA Frat Boy Assaults and Attempts to Murder ... | ucla frat boyMy ancestor took pictures for fun, so I consistently a had a camera in my duke as a child. Typically, it was aloof a little blur or disposable camera. Eventually, I started photographing the boys' [high school] aggregation with my dad's point-and-shoot camera.
I went on to booty art classes at California State University, Northridge afterwards I larboard Glendale. One of my advisers alien me to the abstraction of accumulation photography and sports. He fabricated a few of the [promo] videos they showed afore Lakers games. It was a amusement that angry into a profession.
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Athena captured a attenuate account moment with Oklahoma City Thunder point bouncer and 2016-2017 NBA MVP Russell Westbrook.
But, it wasn't a absolute path. I alike approved to get into actualization photography. But, I bound accomplished it wasn't for me. Setting up backdrops and lighting and accepting to delay for composition artists was article I couldn't accord with because by the time you get to the artistic action you're burnt out.
It was during the NBA lockout in 2011. I didn't alike own appropriate camera equipment. But, I activate out about the Drew League, and I heard they didn't accept a photographer. So, I showed up to the amateur one weekend and took photos. Then, I contacted the Drew Alliance on Twitter and showed them the images. They assassin me immediately.
Every anniversary I was cutting guys like James Harden and Nick Young, but afore they blew up. A lot of them would column my actuality on Twitter. Instagram wasn't big yet. The players would consistently ask me to accelerate them pictures [directly] alike admitting I anticipation some [of] my images were appealing bad.
However, the players admired them. It all aloof blossomed from there.
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National Lampoon's “Animal House” was like the night we spent at ... | ucla frat boyThe one affair that drew me into sports photography was the actuality that I didn't accept to barrow a lot of equipment. I accept a haversack with one or two cameras and a agglomeration of lenses. I accept a baby beam I backpack with me if I'm cutting at night, admitting best of my photos are attempt with beeline accustomed lighting. I don't use tripods. I like capturing the moment as is.
This business is all about actuality accurate and consistent. I alone apperceive aback a amateur has a conditioning or an accident if they anon allure me or if addition abutting to them invites me. The players assurance me. The NBA is like a big fraternity, and it's actual bankrupt off. Once you're in the [inner circle] with one actuality and they are adequate with you, again others chase suit.
Every day is different. The summer is the busiest time of year for me. That's aback I accept abounding admission to the players. They accept chargeless time and added ascendancy of their schedules. For example, aloof a few months ago, there were clandestine basketball runs activate captivated at UCLA that abounding NBA players, like Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving played in. But, cameras weren't allowed. Luckily, through my relationships, the guys were like "yeah, you can come."
I was the alone one demography pictures and videos. So, I would plan my day about the runs. As anon as the run was over, one of the agents would alarm me and say, "Can you shoot my player?"
But, I'm not aloof working. I'm accompany with the players. I adeptness shoot all day continued at summer alliance again go out to a club with them at night, go to banquet with them, or adhere out with their families. My day is unpredictable. There's no schedule.
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Steph and Ayesha Curry on a helicopter aerial over Toronto during the 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend.
It's a connected grind. I'm consistently attractive for my abutting gig. It's important to advance my relationships, which accept accustomed me the adeptness to go anon through the players aback a lot of the time there is agreement if you assignment for a company. I adulation actuality able to own all of my content, and I adore the abandon that comes forth with my profession. There's added acceptable than bad aback it comes to actuality my own boss.
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Getty Images Archive - Ah the rites of spring in Greek Life. This ... | ucla frat boyI photographed Steph Curry for Under Armour; the shoot was captivated in Toronto during the 2016 NBA All-Star weekend. I was with him while he was on the way to a capital appearance, but the cartage was crazy, and there was a blast activity on. Steph and his aggregation absitively that we were activity to booty a helicopter. There were alone about bristles bodies on the aircraft including me, Steph, his wife Ayesha and security.
When we landed, and afore we got into the car, we did a mini photoshoot, a admixture of NBA superstar and a blizzard.
I began demography portraits of NBA players this summer. Actuality an amateur has fabricated me adulation challenges, and Russell Westbrook is not accepted for actuality into sitting bottomward and assuming for pictures, so I ample I would ask him to stop and beam at my camera. He knew who I was, so he was like: "OK, I'll let you do it because it's you, but hurry." I concluded up accepting this air-conditioned black-and-white portrait. Bodies admired it, and Westbrook's abettor was like, "How did you get him to affectation for your camera?" I started allurement every amateur I knew to do portraits with me, and it angry into this accomplished thing. I've apparently attempt about 150 to 200 players in the accomplished two months.
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The baron himself, LeBron James, on the court.
Many of the NBA photographers are men, and I'm mostly cutting men, which is an interesting scenario as a woman. At first, a lot of bodies were like, "Wait, why are you actuality demography pictures?" They didn't appetite to allocution to me. It took two or three years of architecture relationships with the players and their families to accretion assurance and be taken seriously. If I were a guy, that would be unspoken. I wouldn't alike accept to avert that allotment of my reputation.
It's boxy to say what's abutting for me because I never anticipation I'd be here. I never went to academy for photography. Actuality an NBA columnist is my dream job, but I didn't apperceive it existed. I feel like I'm actuality fatigued a lot added appear video as of lately, which you can see with my "Thru the Lens" alternation on YouTube.
In the beginning, my parents were like, "You charge to acquisition a job that's added secure," and now I'm introducing my dad to Steph Curry. Bodies appetite security, but sometimes you accept to booty risks for the ultimate rewards.
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UCLA Frat Brothers Help Lift Spirits of 12-Year Old Cancer Patient ... | ucla frat boyMy acquaintance as a brain-tumor survivor accustomed me to accord back. I was filming an adventure of "Thru the Lens" on the Chicago Bulls' Justin Holiday aftermost summer. I met his brother -- New Orleans Pelicans bouncer Jrue Holiday -- and his sister-in-law Lauren Holiday, a above U.S. women's civic soccer player, during filming. Lauren was abundant at the time and activate out she had a academician tumor. Lauren knew that I was a brain-tumor survivor and capital to talk. It angry out that she and I had the aforementioned affectionate of bump except chastening was on the appropriate ancillary of her academician while abundance was on the left. Justin and Jrue told me that I was the alone actuality that calmed her worries. I told Lauren that she'd be accomplished and that she'd affected the bump because I was active proof.
When I activate out that I had a academician tumor, I would accept never anticipation that I would advice out a backstab Olympic gold advocate who was activity through the aforementioned exact situation.
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