Sycamore At Mason Football

Another Saturday afternoon football game. Since it rained the day before it was nice the game was later in the day. Gave the field a chance to dry out. The strong wind helped with that as well. A cold wind at that. It was blowing across one end of the field but not the other which made for huge temperature changes between ends. Guess which end I preferred:) Least I managed to stay dry up until the end of the game. Since I was heading to another game straight from this one that was a good thing. I did bring a change of clothes with me when I left the house. Think that is why I was lucky. That Murphy Law thing, no extra clothes and I would have been soaked. Here are some images from the game:

This one annoys me because I setup at the wrong side of the end zone. I hate when I am in the wrong position.
I did get him after he made the catch but not as great as the previous would have been.

Nice follow thru.

Fairfield At Lakota East Football

This JV football game was the day after my vacation and let me tell you, the weather was not as nice as when I was in Hawaii. But I was glad I was able to make it back in time to handle this request. With the game being a 1:00 start instead of 10:00 helped as well. Gave me plenty of time to get moving in the morning and try to get my body back on the correct time zone. But enough about me, here are some images from the game.

A catch sequence.

GMC Cross Country Meet

I found myself out at a cross country meet on a beautiful Saturday morning. Though the temperature climbed a lot quicker and higher than I thought. When I photograph cross county meets I go early so I can walk the course and plot where I want to be during the races. Once I scout then I determine my paths and time myself to see how long it takes for me to get from place to place. With this meet I was able to get to 3 different places during a race. The last route up to the finish was the longest and I had to do it in a short amount of time. By the end of the 4 races I was definitely done and a big hot sweaty mess. But I am glad that I got to get the runners in so many different places during the race. The images below are from the JV and Varsity girls and boys races. Lots to look at since there were so many races. Enjoy.

The start of the Varsity girls' race.

Just a small incline.

Checking out the competition as the finish looms.

Start of the Varsity boys' race.

They were still in a large pack as they approached the incline.

Showing a little muscle before the start of the JV girls' race.

Out to a good start.

A little wave for me.

A Collage

I have done a few coach's gifts this year for various teams which is a lot of fun. A parent for the Oak Hills boys soccer team contacted me about doing a collage for their coaches since it was the head coach's first year. It by far has been the most challenging collage I have done just because of the number of images. The collage is 16x20 and contains 27 images. Every player and coach is accounted for as well as a few group shots. Here is the collage - click on it to make it larger.

LaSalle At Oak Hills Soccer

A match-up between west side teams. A good size crowd showed up for both games. Some players from the Oak Hills girls soccer team showed up to support the team since they had the night off. Here are some images from the JV and Varsity games.

Even without a visible face I still like this image.

With the setting sun there were stripes of light on the field. I love how the head is in the light part.

Normally this player is in goal but with Senior night he played the field to let the other senior keeper have the goal.

A facial.

Setting up the defense for a corner.