Nathan really likes watching baseball but its gone to a new level since the little league world series has been on the tube.  He always wants to know what team I’m rooting for and comes into my office to give me up-to-the-minute updates on the current game. It’s so funny listening to him explain what just happened.  He is always interested in all the gear they wear, especially the catcher. Anyway, Amy went outside to pitch to...

A couple of weeks ago, Kayla had her “field day” at school. She had a lot of fun and did really well although unlike field days when I was a kid, there were no first, second, and third place ribbons. Just the same ribbon for everyone no matter how they did. Seems ridiculous to me. I happen to think competition is a good thing and gives kids something to strive for rather than just being in one big homogeneous...

I think Nathan has as much fun as Kayla at soccer practice. He was perfectly happy playing by himself on the next field while Kayla’s team practiced. He kicked and threw his soccer ball all over the place and sat on it to watch some kids skateboarding and roller blading (he loves that stuff). I was able to get a few really good shots of Nathan while he was off in his own little...

As I’ve mentioned, since the beginning of the year, I’ve had the chance to shoot sports photos for a local paper. So far, it’s been basketball, soccer, and baseball and it’s been fun. I’ve mostly shot Atascocita High School teams. Part of the fun has been that all of the team have been very good. The basketball and soccer teams both made the playoffs and now the baseball team is ranked #1 in the...

Kayla has been saying for some time now she wanted to play soccer. After she convinced us she wouldn’t want to quit after her first practice, we went ahead and signed her up. The team voted to name themselves the Tigers (probably along with half the other...

Recently, I’ve had a chance to start shooting some local sporting events for an area newspaper. So far it’s only been basketball which I quickly found out is pretty difficult to shoot. With arms and legs flying everywhere and with the speed of the game, getting a good shot is a challenge. I’m finding that I’m keeping less than 10% of the photos as most of them are out of focus or poorly composed – again both...