Soggy Soggy Football

I love watching a good soggy football game. I also love looking at photos from such a game. I don't enjoy the act of shooting games those games. It's a constant struggle to protect your gear while still trying to use it to get the best photographs you can. In this particular instance, I found that my hiking boots are no longer water proof. Wet feet when it's 50 degrees and raining is not fun.

We had a unusually strong late storm that dropped over an inch of rain on the valley last Friday. Before that rain, we had a little over 4 inches for the year. I was surprised they actually played considering there was over an inch of standing water between the tackles from the 30 yard line on one end to the 10 yard line on the other.

All that said, the end result is worth the discomfort and exhausting working conditions.

Friday night Football

I think only the mothers of the seniors showed up. It was probably the least attended high school game I've ever attended.

AZ Republic Assignments

A couple weeks ago I started to get some freelance assignments for the Arizona Republic.

Mostly it's prep sports, but I also covered a symphony rehearsal down in Chandler.

Clovis News-Journal: State Track

Now of the actually track photos from the trip.

Clovis News-Journal: Back log of Sports

I shot the NM State Basketball Tournament at the beginning of March. Shooting the tournament completely burned me out on sports. Wehn I get back to Clovis afterwards, it happened to coincide with a long stretch of almost no home games.

Here a a few frames from the past month.

Clovis News-Journal: High School Softball

I've been in a funk lately. It's not that I don't feel like I'm producing good photos. I think it's more that I'm not pushing my boundaries and I'm producing a lot of the same stuff. I haven't posted anything lately because everything looks the same lately.

Last night, I shot another softball game. Actually I shot a baseball game and a softball game. I find baseball mind numbingly boring. Softball on the other hand, is interesting. I think it has to do with the people playing more than anything else. Baseball players seem much more homogenized. Everyone eats sunflower seeds, they all call the batter or pitcher by their number. If they have a two digit number, for example, it's always two one not twenty-one. I'm not saying that softball players don't do this they just don't seem as cookie cutter.

Anyone for Tennis?

Wouldn't that be nice

Clovis News-Journal: Pro Football

Today was a first and a last. It was the first time I shot an NFL game, but it was the last time I shot football until next season.


I've pretty happy with the results, but I've realized a few areas I need to improve on. I still get very caught up with trying to get the killer action shot. Maybe I was a more worried about it this game, since it was my first pro game. Either way, I need to be more aware of things other than action.

Clovis News-Journal: 3A State Playoffs

Last Saturday, I shot the the New Mexico 3A State Championship football game. The game started at 2 with a high theoretically getting up to 40 degrees. I got to the field about noon. Shortly afterwards the Portales football team showed up. I spent most of the time before the game hanging out with the team. They're a bunch of nice kids.

By the end of the game, my hands were so cold, I had a hard time pushing the focus button on my camera.

I'm going to miss shooting high school football. One more game in Dallas in a couple weeks then football is really done until next fall.

Clovis News-Journal: Saturday Afternoon Magic Lights, 1A state football finals

I've been paying the price for having such gorgeous light for high school football.. Since I shot this I felt like I haven't produced many good photos. I've felt a general lack of creativity. I need to cuddle up to my Magnum Stories book tonight to try find some.

Today I found out that Portales is going to the 3A state finals and they're in Portales this Saturday at 1. Not awesome super magic light like this game, but I'm excited anyways. I know for a fact it will be my last chance to shoot high school football until August. I still have the Philly/Dallas game on Christmas, so o I have no room to complain, which I'm not. I'm just sad high school football is almost over.