One - BSU Football

The last of my 12 Days of Photos is a shot from the Ball State football homecoming game I shot this year. I like this one because you can see both players faces, especially their eyes, so well. Capturing that emotion on a players face at the ehight of the action is what makes for special photos.

Ball State Football

Last weekend I shot the Ball State football game against Temple from the sidelines. It was the first time I've shot college football - I had a great time! The weather was perfect... actually it was a little warm, but I'm not complaining. The stadium is very nice - Ball State should be very proud of the facility there. Unfortunately the game didn't go well for them. Ball State lost 42-0. Ouch.

My main camera was my D300 with the Nikon 200-400 VRII f/4 lens on a monopod. I also had a D60 with a Nikon 18-135 as a secondary camera for wider shots. My main purpose was to catch football action, so I shot almost exclusively with my D300 and that awesome lens. You can view some more of my photos from the game here.

What Happened?!

Wow - where did the time go? August flew by and it's hard to believe September is almost in the rear view mirror. The business definitely helped it along - our annual family trip to Montana and Glacier National Park, the start of middle school tennis for my daughter (and me - I'm an assistant coach), the start of school, a video shoot at Purdue for the Indiana Wine Grape Council, a photo shoot at the Indianapolis Colts complex with middle linebacker and team captain Gary Brackett, several smaller projects, and, oh yeah, I turned 40.

Speaking of time flying, it's hard to believe I'm 40. I definitely don't feel like it. I've worked hard the past few months to get in better shape and feel better now than I did at any point in my 30's. Tennis has had a lot to do with that. Hitting tennis balls with the kids nearly every day has been a lot of fun. Seeing them improve by leaps and bounds and gaining confidence is a thrill I hadn't expected but makes my time with them even more satisfying.

This fall isn't going to slow down. I have a couple of websites to work on, I'm taking portraits of the tennis team and selling the prints at cost and donating the money to the team, I've got a motion graphics job I'll be working on next week for broadcast in the Baltimeore area, and I'll be on the sidelines for a Ball State football game in October. A few other projects are in the hopper as well.