spence photographics blog » sports http://spencephoto.com/blog capturing life... one image at a time Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:36:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 holy play at third, batman! http://spencephoto.com/blog/35 http://spencephoto.com/blog/35#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:43:50 +0000 david spence what a play! i witnessed a really close call at third base during my game at damascus yesterday. too hard to tell, even in the sequence of pictures below. the runner was called out, but it might have been the wrong call. anyway, the ump has the final say, they said she bounced. hard to tell from my pics. looks like she may have.

enough of that though, another super nice day for softball in northern montgomery county. the hornets took on the patriots of wootton and finally prevailed in extra innings. great end!

just a few of my faves, starting with the play at third:

what do you think, is she out?

 

]]> http://spencephoto.com/blog/35/feed 0 lets beat the @$&% out of each other! http://spencephoto.com/blog/37 http://spencephoto.com/blog/37#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:08:50 +0000 david spence this seems to be the general rule of boys lacrosse. so violent, this sport is. i feel so much of the athletic skills of the game are lost, because they really do alot of hitting the living daylights out of each other.

not my cup of tea, at least when it comes to shooting. just seems i get better stuff from the fairer sex. anyway, here are a few images that i did like, both being reaction shots to what damascus was not doing right at the time.

 

]]> http://spencephoto.com/blog/37/feed 0 softball, softball, softball http://spencephoto.com/blog/38 http://spencephoto.com/blog/38#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:08:45 +0000 david spence one of my all time favorite sports to shoot. everything is condensed into a tiny footprint, the action right in front of your face. unlike baseball, in which one is so distant from the players and plates, you feel like you are part of the action with a softball diamond.

so, it came time for me to cover damascus varsity softball on their home field. what a beautiful field it is, nice grass, a great little infield and the accessible lines to facilitate great angles for shooting the action.

i usually start out my softball games with an inning of shooting the pitcher. here i started from behind the dugout, my favorite spot for pitcher action. the crowd seemed big for a weekday game, but they were fiesty. a few times i heard them comment about myself and another shooter. Something about how much we moved around.

i love to move when shooting. after a few frames at one location, i need to move along to get a fresh view. very easily done shooting high school level sports, not so much when shooting professional sports. not until the last inning did i find my sweet spot at damascus. right behind the backstop is a big hill. from this hill it is possible to get high enough to shoot down on the pitcher, creating a nice clean image.

what happens after a player almost decapitates the photographer with a line drive? just a little smile and an oops!

 i like the look on her face and the clean feeling to the image.

concentrating on the coach’s signals 

 

contact! is it me, or does her stance look odd? 

aforementioned high shots of the pitcher – nice and clean. 
]]> http://spencephoto.com/blog/38/feed 0 spring and lacrosse http://spencephoto.com/blog/74 http://spencephoto.com/blog/74#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:14:32 +0000 david spence http://spencephotographics.com/blog/?p=74 so, spring is finally here and i am loving the outdoor shooting! yesterday i shot my first spring sports of the year — girls varsity lacrosse @ damascus hs. what a blast! great weather and really good action from both teams. the hornets ended up losing to quince orchard, but only by one. next time ladies!

just a few of my faves:

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