Basketball

This was our first year with basketball. Meaning my son's first season and my first attempt at photographing it.  Overall it went well for both of us! Ha ha!  It's been a learning curve for both of us but so far son loves it and I am loving photographing it.  

Picture of the Week

You got one guy going boom, one guy going whack, and one guy not getting in the endzone.” 

-John Madden

Boys of Fall

Let the craziness begin.

Football has officially started in my household!  I have a youth football player, a freshman football player and a JV/Varsity football player.  You know what that means?  It means my house smells like a locker room and I get to spend my evenings and weekend shooting games and editing pictures.  This is truly the most wonderful time of the year!  I wouldn't have it any other way. 

How a Girly Girl Became a Sports Photographer

The story of how I fell into photography is not that different from the story of other photographers.  It started in my childhood. I always enjoyed creative things like art, crafts and photography.  As a child, my mom would buy me those disposable cameras often.  I loved documenting things going on in my life.  As a teenager, I was Editor-in-Chief of my high school news paper and a section editor of the yearbook.  In college, I initially studied journalism and took some photography classes.  Of course, I graduated with a degree in psychology and went on to work in social services but that is another story...

I got married and eventually had five children (one girl, four boys).  I loved documenting my children's day to day lives. Eventually, my children started joining activities and sports.  I found myself sitting on the sidelines of many (so.many.) football games and soccer games and eventually wrestling meets. Anyway, there was a father on my of my son's teams who would photograph all the games.  Then he would share the pictures with us and occasionally create posters for gifts or for purchase.  I treasured those pictures.  You see, I am  girly girl. Sports always seemed so boring (and hot and stinky and oh so sweaty).  But in those image he shared, I saw so much emotion.  I saw more than a bunch of sweaty kids chasing a ball.  I looked forward to those weekly emails full of game pictures.  I was so thankful for those images he shared with us.  They meant so much to me.  

Shorty after the birth of my fifth child, I finally upgraded my good old Sony point and shoot to my very own DSLR.  And my adventure began.  I put those hours of football games and wrestling meets to use.  I learned to use my camera.  I studied articles, I watched tutorials but most important, I practiced. I love catching those moments of joy on the field, the moments of frustrations...the tears and joy.  And eventually, I became the mom on the team that shares pictures. 

And that is how my story began.