No Nonsense Navarre

"Interesting" is the word I would use to describe the Navarre vs. Walton High School football game last Friday night. Sure, football can be interesting in general, but this game kept the players on their toes... as well as me in shooting the game. Once when Walton scored after several drives, Navarre came right back and scored on the next. The game breezed by quickly as far as momentum, but for me, the hour was up much slower than expected. The faster I obtain my shots for print and my video for the web, the more relaxed I am with the pace. But I love the games with big plays and great opportunities for images, and this was one of those games for me. Navarre won the game 42-36 after almost losing it during the second half.

Video for the Web: (Visit www.varsitysportswest.com)



Player runs for a touchdown (photo for print):






Earlier in the week, I practiced shooting a volleyball game at Choctaw to make sure my camera was working properly. After a messy situation with a rainstorm two weeks prior where my camera stopped working, I wanted to make sure no further problems would occur while using it in a sports assignment before football on Friday. Sure enough, the camera worked fine and I caught a few good shots of the Choctaw vs. Crestview game:









This next week I start back at my internship full time, so expect more shots next week after Friday night football.
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Falling back into Football

Fall has begun... at least with high school. And with this new beginning comes football season, my favorite time of the year. This season started a bit shaky for me with the first football game occurring during a massive down pour, but I stuck with it and shot both stills and video for the paper and Web site. The game was the Kick-Off Classic at Niceville, and they beat Washington 20-3. These two images were published:





The Video:



The down pour made everyone bring out their umbrellas or ponchos:



A month prior to this game, I photographed a kids football camp at Navarre High School. Here is the picture that ran in the paper:



That is it for now. I should be updating more frequently with more high school football pictures as well as volleyball and other daily assignments soon. Check back later.
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Summer time Joys and Woes

Kody Williams - a Navarre football, basketball, and track player - was the All Sports Association/Daily News Boys' Athlete of the year. I was asked to shoot the portrait and tried a couple poses before settling on this one. The photo ran on June 13th.



On June 10th, Niceville held its graduation of the seniors and I shot it again this year for the paper. This was the published photo.



Several weeks ago, a high school student was killed in her driveway by another driver. Her grandma (pictured here) and family was devastated at the lost but the community showed its support of their loss through the funeral and beach memorial. Here her grandmother relives a moment in time when her daughter and granddaughter pose for a picture during the Miss CHS pageant.



On July 10th, I traveled to Okaloosa Island to photograph the Wildlife Refuge setting up their new location with the animals. This picture was of a fox named Franklin adapting to his new home for the first time.



Another assignment I covered on July 10 was a semi-pro football game between the NWF Falcons and the Crestview Thunderbirds. The Falcons won 27-6.