Another tournament game but this time it was softball. The game was held at Lakota East and I was a little worried about how many spots I would be able to shoot from. They have a fence up around the entire field and it is that mess fence that keeps a lot of wind from blowing across the field which also takes away any ability to shoot through it. Luckily I got permission to be on the field in specific spots. Great game, especially on a warm sunny day. Here are a few of my favorites.
I am pretty sure I will not forget about being at this game for a long time. The reason - weather! I tend to listen to and look at a lot of weather reports because I need to know what to expect when I am out at the games. This game was played last Monday and the weather was up in the air. The forecasts kept changing throughout the day. There would definitely be rain at some point. So I headed out to the game with my rain gear hoping to not have to use it. I really wanted the rain to wait until 7 since the game with a 4:30 should be done by then. The game started with beautiful weather. After the first 1/2 inning the wind started to pick up and I put on my rain coat. There was a little rain in the second inning. Out came my rain gear for my cameras. Then we had more sun. After that the wind really started to whip up. The teams stopped warming up between innings in hopes of finishing before any bad weather. That worked for me as well since I was starting to get pretty cold. None of the forecasts I looked at mentioned the strong, cold winds. Then the rain really started to come down. I cold tell everyone was cold. People were joking around about warm thoughts. After the game everyone pretty much moved quickly to their vehicles. The players were quick to clear the field and put the equipment away so they could get out of the weather as well. So here are some images to show you the game.
Checking the player at first.
Who would steal second on the next pitch.
Rain and sun mixed. But I could not find a rainbow.
More rain.
Trying to dry the ball off after some heavy rain. Which was hard to do with a wet uniform.
I thought I would do one post to describe 3 days in April. On the 19th I headed out to Anderson Township to spend some time with fellow photographer Arlyn as he covered the Little League Opening Day festivities. There was off and on rain showers to start the day but as the parade started the sky cleared. Gapper was there to entertain the players and crowd.
After returning home I went for a run and then worked on business stuff for awhile. I actually got to go out to dinner with my husband that night which was nice. We unfortunately do not get to spend a lot of time together at night since that is when I am normally at an event. On the 20th I spent the day inside at a basketball tournament. It was an early start for me on a Sunday. My normal Sunday morning is the paper and a cup of coffee. Just a nice slow start to the day. I love basketball so it was a good substitute. I will spare you any images since I have already shared a ton of basketball images.
On the 21st I headed up to Lakota East to get some images of their tennis and softball teams for their website. I had already provided the school with baseball and was covering volleyball the next day. I was hoping to cover the entire softball game but that unfortunately did not happen. The opposing tennis team got there a bit late because of traffic. I want to thank the coach for allowing me on the courts during warmup. Much nicer than trying to shoot through a fence. Since tennis was late starting the softball game was already in the 2nd inning by the time I quickly crossed the field. I hate (really hate) showing up late for an event. When I am covering a team I show up early and stay through the entire event. To me, that is what a professional does. So since I did not make it to the start of the game I got the images I needed for the website and left. Here is an image from tennis and one from softball. More can be found on East's site.
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