Daily Snap: Hot doggin'

Daily Snap: Hoops and faces

Always trying to remember the Peter Read Miller-isms. "It's all about the faces."

Daily Snap: Hoop grind

On that hoops grind. I always like the different stuff, and this one stood out to me. Something about the face, the action, the rebound. The light and shadow.

Daily Snap: Hoops

Gear: Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200 2.8L
Settings: f/2.8, 1/1,000th of a second, ISO 10,000, 115mm

Daily Snap: Done with gridiron

Last of the football season for me. NCAA Division II playoff game between Grand Valley State University and Ashland University (at AU). On to hoops!

Daily Snap: Leaves 'n stuff

Lazy day at work. Found this one at a local nature preserve. (No one else in site).

Daily Snap: Fine Arts

Visited a student art show tonight. Every few minutes, I would catch this young girl have this wide-eyed expression, almost like: "I can't believe my work was picked!" Found an interesting angle between stands to catch this one.

Daily Snap: Hoops action

Daily Snap: Volleyball portrait

Daily Snap: Cross country

Haven't had much cross country this year.  New look for this first one ... somewhere around 120mm at f/2.8 at the finish line, right up in the runner's face. Most runners offered a look somewhere between nauseau and disgust, but caught a nice snap from this gal. That second shot came at 400mm at f/4.

Daily Snap: Volleyball

Daily Snap: Boys soccer

Daily Snap: Football

Daily Snap: Girls soccer

Daily Snap: Soccer excitement

Conference championship game last night in Ashland. And PKs!

Daily Snap: Fall golf

Nice foliage as the backdrop to this golfer. Love this shot.

Daily Snap: College volleyball

Daily Snap: Cold snap?

Man, that football chill comes quickly. A cold, windy night for football last night.

Daily Snap: College football

One of the things that has stuck in my head from all those Youtube sports photography seminars (Peter Read Miller, Damian Strohmeyer, among others) is that one of the cornerstones of sports photojournalism is capturing something that people can't see from the stands or their television set. To give them a new perspective.

I think the photograph below does this pretty well -- capturing the frenetic energy of the red zone while putting you right in the player's head.

Daily Snap: Senior Pageant

One of the big draws at the Ashland County Fair: the Senior Fair Pageant. Captured a couple of nice moments with both winners.

Leftovers: Volleyball

Overshadowed by college football the other day, but also caught some AU volleyball Saturday. Eagles lost to Hillsdale College, 3-1.

Daily Snap: College football

First home game of the season for the Ashland University Eagles, who are making some noise in Division II. Defeated Ohio Dominican University in a battle of top-20 teams, 27-24.

Daily Snap: Soccer celebration

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Daily Snap: Aces wild

Daily Snap: Week 2 Football

Week 2 of high school football in Ohio. Saw a 20-17 thriller between two local squads. 

Good, tight action with the 300mm on a Nikon D300s. Love getting two faces in a game between local squads.

Great photo that ended up in the graveyard of teams-that-almost-won celebration shots. This guy kicked a go-ahead 35-yard field goal with about a minute left, only to watch his team lose on the next possession.

This interception sealed the win for Northwestern (white jersey) with about 20 seconds left. Black River team looks on from the sideline.