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Volleyball: The end of the season

One of the local powerhouse volleyball teams is Shenandoah High School. They have been destroying many teams all season long. Last night, they were in the regional tournament against Muncie Burris who has had 92 consecutive tournament wins and 13 consecutive state championship victories. One tough opponent. Shenandoah fought hard but ultimately lost to Muncie Burris in three straight sets. Here are a few shots from the night. The girls from Muncie Burris were absolutely crushing their spikes. This one […]

Volleyball

For as long as I can remember, I have found volleyball to be a difficult sport to photograph. I can attribute this to a few factors. I am not very familiar with the sport. It can be confusing to follow plays as they develop. Most of the gyms I shoot in are absolute dungeons. In one local gym, I am pushing it to shoot 1/125th sec at f/2.8 and 3200 ISO. My camera struggles to follow focus in such poor […]

June’s odds and ends

June seemed to be a good month for images. On top of some of the others that I’ve already posted, here are a handful more. Without question, the newsiest thing to happen to New Castle this month was a roof collapse. Big Bounce Inflatables, a local children’s attraction, had its roof cave in one afternoon with people inside. No one was seriously injured but the building had to be bull dozed down to ensure there were no further collapses. I […]

Try something different – change your angle

I try to practice what I preach. To improve almost any picture, try changing your angle. Generally speaking, interesting images are shot from an angle that we wouldn’t ordinarily view from. Over the last few days, I have had a few opportunities to try things differently. The first of those situations was a track and field meet. I find it easier to shoot the field events since I don’t have a super-telephoto lens. I made my way to the long […]