Patrick McDermott | Visual Journalist

At a little past 3:20 a small group of half-awake members of the press were lead to a small conference room in a law firm on 5th Avenue near Central Park to hear what we all thought was the announcement that we had been waiting for the past 149 days: the NBA lockout was over. At a little past 3:40 am on Saturday November 26, 2011 NBA Commissioner David Stern, NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver, San Antonio Spurs owner Peter Holt, Former Executive Director of the NBA Players Association Billy Hunter, Derek Fisher, and Maurice Evans broke the good news to us. About half way through the press conference, I noticed Billy Hunter smile and wink at me after he recognized that I was once again the one behind the lone still camera there (besides the official NBA photographer). I’ve clearly spent way too much time around these men! Here are a few photographs from the announcement. I will be working on posting a “behind the scenes” look at what it was like to cover the labor talks through a collection of photographs I took with both my iPhone and regular camera over the past month or so. Should be up hopefully by the end of this week. Enjoy!

Please note: All images are copyrighted by Getty Images, 2011. It is illegal to copy, manipulate, print, distribute and/or use any of the content from this site without written permission from the copyright holder (in this case, Getty Images).

At the end of July, I moved to New York City for a four month sports photography internship at Getty Images. The last few weeks have been absolutely crazy but I am loving every single minute of it. I have a feeling that I will grow more as a photographer in the next few months then in all of my career thus far. I am going to try to post a blog update every month on what I’ve been up to during the last month…but can’t make any promises when each of those will come. But for now here are three photographs: one from the Constellation Energy Senior Players Golf Championship and the other two from the Milwaukee Brewers v New York Mets game last night…

RYE, NY - AUGUST 18: Jeff Sluman hits his second shot on the 10th hole during the first round of the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship at Westchester Country Club on August 18, 2011 in Rye, New York. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 20: Angel Pagan #16 of the New York Mets hits a two run home run in the eighth inning during a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field on August 20, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 20: Jerry Hairston #15 of the Milwaukee Brewers misses a two run double hit by Lucas Duda #21 of the New York Mets during the seventh inning at Citi Field on August 20, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

Please note: All images are copyrighted by Getty Images, 2011. It is illegal to copy, manipulate, print, distribute and/or use any of the content from this site without written permission from the copyright holder (in this case, Getty Images).

What happens when I am trapped in my car towing a U-Hail trailer as I drive cross-country for the third time in a six month period… well besides the obvious of drinking WAY to much coffee, and I mean Winter Olympics levels of consumption! I get to spend a few days working on my iPhone photo essay that I started during my travels in Asia. So here are a few from the journey that I took at two rest stops while driving through Virginia.