Pace, Prisoners Of War, and Pinwheels

Fort Walton Beach High School could not keep up with the "pace" of the Pace Patriots during this week's Friday night football game. Pace defeated the Vikings 34-9 in a heavily one-sided game. This was my first trip to Pace High School and the first half alone was very uneventful for FWB. They were chosen among many sports analysts to be the favorite to win the game, but they couldn't get any momentum going, especially in the first half. I only caught that part of the game because of deadline, but it was still a fun game to shoot. The image below was published:



A Pace player makes an interception and returns it for a touchdown:


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Earlier that morning, I covered the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the Air Force Armament Museum. The ceremony started inside with a couple guest speakers and then proceeded outside with a wreath presentation by a local elementary school, a rifle volley, and a fly over by the 40th Test Evaluation Squad. I shot still and video from the event. Both images were published:





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Thursday evening I headed over to Niceville High School to photograph the volleyball game against Choctaw. The Niceville Eagles pulled off the win over the Indians 25-16, 25-5, 25-8. In this game I tried to get some different angles than the standard shots with the net and came up with a few good shots.



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I had forgotten all about those paper pinwheels that teachers have you make in elementary school. This assignment was a childhood reminder. Different grades participated in the creation of these concoctions for the Pinwheels for Peace project to mark the International Day of Peace (which is 9-21-10). These seventh and eighth graders enjoyed decorating and assembling the pinwheels and placing them in a cup holder that grew into a pinwheel bouquet. And I enjoyed watching them do it.

This image was published:




That is all for this week. Check out the Web site for more galleries and videos:
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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.

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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:





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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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