Spring "football" is in the Air

I was able to photograph a sping football game on Friday and thoroughly enjoyed it. I always miss football during the off-season, so this game eased my sadness if only for a moment. I photographed the two rivals schools in Fort Walton Beach, one of which is my high school team. Here are a few photos from the gallery I posted on the web (link to the right):

Deanery Gathering

I teamed with a writer during my next Florida Catholic assignment for the West Central Deanery gathering at St. Mary's Church. The event started with a Saturday morning mass on May 16th and led into a day of activites and food afterwards. Hamburgers, hotdogs, and chips were served as hula hoops, jump ropes, and bean bag toss games lined the outside area. Through the sounds of Christian music playing from a unofficial band and kids laughing and shouting in excitement, the sunny day was a success for the church. Here are the three published photos:

Jumping rope and doing the hula (hoop):


Sharing lemonade at lunch:


The priest during the mass:

Up A Level

My last update was at the beginning of the month, so another update is due. During that first week I photographed the Northwest Florida State College graduation. I mostly took gallery shots but secured two images for print:





Immediately after I photographed the new graduates walking down the aisle toward their seats, I rushed over to Niceville High School and photographed the Class 5A regional quarterfinal baseball game. With only a few minutes to take pictures and bugs falling on top of me from the light post, I photographed what I needed and bolted out of there (and jumped a fence) to arrive at the office in time for deadline. Here was the published photo:



On Thursday that week, I photographed Niceville High School athletics again, however, it was football instead of baseball. The team was having a spring practice after school, so I rushed over and took several photographs. Here was the published photo: