This past week has been interesting. I've wanted to break into studio portraits for awhile but never had the chance to do so. I talked to the staffers at the Daily and Nick informed me of an upcoming opportunity. Since I had brushed up on my studio knowledge with Nick a few weeks prior, I jumped on this opportunity with a surge of confidence. The girl was weightlifter of the year, so I started to contemplate ideas a couple days in advance and came up with the idea to make her hold a weight up with only her finger as if it was "effortless" to do. The final published photo is above. I received great feedback on the picture and can't wait to take a shot at studio portraits again.
Friday I photographed my first baseball game of the year. I used the paper's 300 as well as my camera with the 200. The photo above was a runner trying to return to first base when the second baseman retrieved the ball and chased after him. The runner was tagged out and the inning ended. Baker pulled off the win by beating Freeport 7-6. Ironically I intended to get more familiar with the 300 while out there, but my best shots came from my 200. The first base was too close for the 300, so I had to switch back and forth. I'm sure in the future I will gain more exposure with the 300 and grab some great shots. I just hope next time a baseball doesn't hit me in the leg. Yeah, that hurt.
Tuesday I photographed a softball game at Crestview. This was my first softball game of the season where there was plenty of real action. I caught a few catches and a dramatic slide into home plate (below). Crestview was winning against FWB when I was there, but FWB pulled off an 8-3 win by the end of the game.
After her home run, she hugs a teammate:
Elliot Point Elementary School lost its art classes like many schools around the nation, but they decided to do something about it. The Parent Education Team formed an art committee to provide the students with an art classes every other week. The fifth graders that attended the class were instructed to sketch and color flowers that filled up the page:
The art volunteer helped the students understand the kind of drawing that artist Georgia O'Keefe did so that they could draw their flowers to the fullest:
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