Category: action shoots

The Blue Jays ended their season today with a double header against Spanish Springs… and thus ends my season of high school baseball…. I want to say a special thank you to the fellas and the coaching staff this year.  It’s a pleasure to have the access that you guys give me, it’s a lot of fun and I really appreciate it!!  Thanks Fellas!

I’d also like to say a special thank you to the parents of the Carson High Baseball Program.  You have welcomed me and made me feel like a part of the program, I appreciate that!  I’ll see you around but most certainly will see you next season!

It was a BEAUTIFUL day today for baseball!!

Today I got to see a couple new faces in the dugout and on the field… Here is some action from today!… and when all is said and done… smiles in the dugout… thanks again fellas!

First and foremost, a big Congrats to Chase Blueberg!  I don’t normally draw on photos… but I just did it to help those of you that don’t read the scoreboard for more than runs… 🙂  And I’ll confess, I was so busy playing around with stuff tonight that I didn’t even realize until the top of the 7th what was going on… 🙂

The photo should say it all but Chase pitched a no hitter tonight in the first game!The real photo on the site doesn’t have my drawing… 😉

Here’s Chase in action on the mound…… and a very happy smile afterward…

I’ve started to go to games with some type of game plan, something I want to try, something I want to focus on… tonight I was playing with putting extenders on my longer lenses… I got some interesting things… but when all was said and done and I was choosing photos to post tonight… no ONE of those made the “cut”.  If found that very interesting… I like some of them, they’re in the gallery… but they’re just not my favorites from tonight.  So… I learned some valuable things tonight.

When I went back to the “normal” setup I started looking for something “different”… and spotted this and had to get a shot of it…… and in the later game…… and I’ll be the first to admit, I cannot tell you if it’s good form or good anything…  it’s just something that happens and I find it kinda interesting what you can see at a game when you start looking.

You might see a trend here tonight with my photos, there are a lot of Casey and Chase… they both pitched… so that gave me a steady “target” to work with in my  “playing”… so I’ll get the non Casey, non Chase photo up here now!Normally I get Luke with his head down (I’m guessing because the pitch is lower…)… I showed him… “… is that the one where I popped out…”  😉  I cannot tell a lie….

I’ve talked before about how right before the sun dips at the Carson field how you can get this really nice warm light on the pitchers… Here’s an example…… vs. just after the sun dips… which one do you like better? (I’m also anxious to figure out what is causing the lighting on the first base side of his face in the above photo… maybe the windows in the “luxury box” area… 😉 ….)And in the first game Casey played shortstop for a few outs… I had to get a shot of that….… and just for good measure… Casey (again…) laying down a bunt…  I have one of him during the regular high school season so I needed one in a different jersey….

Just some pics… it’s been awhile since I posted, been quite busy trying to finish up all the leagues this week… City Tournaments going on this week… Little League All Stars announced on Friday… Renegade/Hooligan tourney starts Monday, June 18th…  All Stars start Wednesday, June 27th… it will be here and gone before we know it!

Right as the sun is setting you get this great warm light… I’m sure it a bear to try to see if you’re having to look into it… but it makes for some nice light on the players…Gotta give the outfield some love… this was last night against Manogue…… and Casey tonight against Douglas…

Gehrig has been hitting (… and playing…) very well… so I thought I’d try to get a shot like this but with him hitting the ball… didn’t expect him to get hit by the ball instead!Wonder if the umpire ever saw this ball pop out of the glove?  He was called safe anyway… 🙂… and the last bit of outfield love… Chase played left field tonight… gotta throw in a batting photo… although the runs didn’t come tonight….

The summer high school baseball season kicked off a week ago… Carson played their first home game tonight at McNutt Field against the Black Sox from Galena.  The Blue Jays have had a tough season so far loosing some close games (mostly one run…) but the fellas are having a good time and playing hard. Summer ball is all about learning and growing as a team… a very intense season, something like 26 games in 30 days… a lot of baseball!

Here are some shots from the evening…

At the change of sides this hawk landed in left field… probably looking for his dinner that Coach Manoukian had to get a shovel and toss over the fence when he was there mowing before the game… He was on the field for a few minutes then moved to the fence right in front of the folks watching from the left field bleachers…

Luke went sliding right on past second base and had to crawl back before the tag…Luke at first base… (is it me or is he practicing Jedi Mind Tricks on the ball…)

Gehrig ran this one down and very nearly made the throw in time… the photo’s a little deceptive… he’s throwing from the grass… that’s a ways back from second…Nevin adding to the hits… with the nice sunset lighting him…

Don’t you wonder what they’re talking about… nice to see a smile on Jace’s face!  🙂  Maybe a good joke, who knows!