Category: action shoots

The Photographer, the ball magnet…

OK… so to the untrained eye this photo looks like I kept a photo of a kid taking a strike… to the UNtrained eye…  Let me explain a few things… look closely at the ball…  See how blurry it is compared to the player… this is shot as the sunlight was leaving us and darkness was setting in… so that means that I’m shooting with a setup that allows for low light situations and limits the “reach” I have… but what it also gives me is a very shallow depth of field… a shallow depth of field means that stuff that is either in front of or further away from the focal point will be blurred… so in this case… that ball is… well, HEADING RIGHT FOR MY HEAD… for those of you at that game during that inning and 1/2 got to witness me nearly getting hit THREE times…!!!  I’ve been hit two times in my years photographing baseball… and nearly got hit three times in an inning and 1/2 by three different kids!!!  This photo was the first… and this foul ball off the bat actually hit the lens hood on the end of my lens… that was close to the old noggin’!!

So… although it appears this is a swing and a miss… it was actually a very near miss… of my head!  🙂  Stop by and get your photo of the day prize at our event tent…. I promise I won’t retaliate!  🙂

To me, tonight… this photo sums up what it’s all about… having fun playing ball at the park.  I know someday some of these players will look back at these games, places, etc. and have some great memories of their time…  So… the photo of the day, just a simple one, but it says a lot to me…

See you out at the fields!  I know you might not be back… but if you do make it back, stop by and pick up your “photo of the day” gift.  See you out at the fields!

Some heartbreaker games tonight… 6th inning come from behind kinda deals… teams going home, tournament over… teams going on, happy happy!  Tomorrow the 12’s are back in full swing with four games… come on out and watch the games!  Two days away from Championship Day for the 9-10’s and 10-11’s!

The photo of the day… I know RC is now out… but if you’re down supporting your 12’s team… stop by for your free gift….

Straight to the photo of the day… not a spectacular catch or anything… more of a call out to a remarkable performance… This fella from South Tahoe was as his coach put it… “dialed in” last night, the other coaches were even talking about him… first he was shortstop making plays… then moved to pitcher and more or less shut the other team down only giving up a few runs… so why the photo of him batting you ask?  ‘Cause he hit two, two run homers at back to back at-bats facing two different pitcher and helped lift the team to an eventual win.  A great performance!  Stop by our event tent and see us for your “photo of the day” gift, a job well done!!

Another celebration…! and… well… for the shot that I missed… and as I explained to a parent, if I could tell you that the first baseman would jump as high as he could to snag a hard hit shot over his head and ALSO catch the runner on first not tagging up to get a double play ALONE (!!!!)… well I love what I do but if I was that good, I’d be rich!  🙂

So, yeah, this crack off the bat goes ripping, what looked like over the first baseman’s head, he jumps up, snags it and sprints to first to record the double play… the crowd gave me a hard time for missing the shot… 🙂  Did I mention these tournaments are fun?  🙂  GREAT play #5!!!  Stop by our tent and pick up your “photo of the day” water bottle!

See all of you out at the park!

Another day in the books!  Two photos from this evening… they’re a pair, the first begins the story and the second is… the “rest of the story”…!!

Stop by our booth and pick up your free gift for being the photo of the day!!

A full day of action tomorrow!  13 games, starting with one at 10:30, then 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 games (the last three times have four games!!).

See you out at the park!

Photo of the Day!  Yes, he DID make the catch!!  If this is YOU, stop by our tent for a free “gift”…

Lots of action, some VERY close games (as in bottom of the 6th two outs kinda close…) … and some not so close games… some very heart wrenching stories… life at the ball field at it’s finest.  I’d like to give a shout out to the Gouldsmith Family from Reno, the instaimage family is keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.

If you want to pack even more into your 4th of July weekend, stop by the fields this weekend, all three age divisions will be playing, there are 13 games on Saturday and 12 on Sunday, get out there and support your team!

See you out at the fields!

The tournament kicked off today!!  We’re doing something new and different with our “display” of the tournament’s photos… you’ll have to stop by and check it out.  Also, be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook during the tournament for the possibility of “free” stuff!

Here’s the “photo of the day”… If you’re this player… stop by for an instaimage water bottle!!

See you out at the fields!

“Like” and watch us on Facebook and Twitter during the next 8 weeks for a chance for “free” stuff at our event tent…

We’ll be at the Capital City Qualifier Fastpitch Softball tournament this weekend… the Nevada District 1 Little League Tournament June 29th to July 13th… the High Country Championship Swim Meet August 5th & 6th… and the All World Fastpitch World Series August 10th to 14th.

Water bottles, Sport Beans… maybe a camera class (beginner and advanced)… free upgrades on collages… who knows what I might come up with in the heat of the day…

See you out at the fields and the pool!