"A pretty decent, though unmistakably flawed fantasy."

A black and white couple of days.

"[...] A diluted mix of Jerry Maguire and Moneyball that lacks the emotional pull of the former and the intelligence of the latter."

I spent some time in Arizona for spring training. It was a nice change of pace from the usual daily grind, even if I didn't get anything really awesome out of it. Just a lot of walking.

NOTE: Blogger keeps making pictures look weird and HDR-y. I should probably switch to Tumblr.

Echelon.

I think I've shot Bullock Creek more than any other high school since I got to Midland. Football, basketball, soccer and baseball.

They're always pumped and always have fun. And now, because they know me so well, I can get in on some of the fun and jokes, or just step back and shoot a picture.

Here are three baseball pictures from the last couple weeks of May.

Wellence.

A quick look back to when the Tigers were winning baseball games.

High School Baseball: First Time Around

I've only ever shot baseball twice now, it's a very different sport to shoot. I was shooting Mt. Pleasant H.S. baseball for The Morning Sun on Saturday morning--it was frakking cold, that's for sure. The lens I was using, the department Sigma 70-200mm was seriously hitting the shit and deciding not to focus (at all) for much of the day.




I wish I could have gotten closer for this play.


Again, I wish I could have gotten closer for this play.


All I need now is a roster for captioning.

All together, I'm pretty okay with the way I shot. Not the best, obviously have room for improvement, but I'm getting there. Maybe next time I'll be able to hold my camera still because I won't be freezing my ass off.

Baseball v. Davenport 3/16

I enjoyed the warmth of the almost Spring day with Jake May (hey, it rhymes!) and shot some baseball. Totally a good way to spend an afternoon.








At this point Jake and I were essentially basking in the sun and enjoying our time watching the game. I decided to just fire off a "volley" as the next pitch was thrown, and sure enough, the batter got hit.


Andddd the final out of the game.