Soccer – October 29, 2011
Yesterday the game was just past noon so the light was harsh and bright, though being late in the year in was a little lower in the sky. For the first half of the game we bribed the referee (our coach played both roles) but it didn’t help, the other team scored a few more goals than us. Oh well when the kids are this age, it is more important that they have fun. I am disappointed only one game left. I have been having a lot of fun watching the games and taking pictures. I find photography a lot more rewarding than my 9-5 job in Information Technology.
All pictures are uploaded to my “store” so you can view/download/order prints, etc.. You can download the originals at no cost, for personal use only.
Read More »Soccer – the warmup
Last week I decided I want to try and get a good picture of each kid on the team, in other words, action but with each kid the focus and hopefully isolated. This week I managed to get the 4 of us out the door and to the game early. I was able to focus on the warm up and managed to get quite a few good pictures I think. I’ve sorted through the hundreds of pictures I grabbed for clearly bad shots. There are still hundreds of pictures. I’m posting them here for people to view.
I will be putting them on my “store” so you can view/download the originals, or order prints, etc.. I will update this post when I get that completed.
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Soccer – Look at that kick!
I think this photograph qualifies as “the money shot” for todays soccer game. I haven’t even finished the first look through the hundreds of photos I took this morning. I came across this shot and had to share it! I will be printing this in 8 x 10 size and giving it to his parents. The YMCA is having a photo contest this season but the rules say I have to submit a photo of my child. Too bad as I would certainly submit this one if I could. Do you like it? Leave a comment and let me know what you think!
Soccer – a very fun game
I enjoyed this game a lot, it was sunny and warm instead of the last game which was cooler and wet. People have asked how to download the photographs and before I did not have an easy way for people to do that. I hope what I have done will make it easier for parents to either download a version of the photograph for the personal use or you can purchase prints right from my “store“. I signed up for an account with SmugMug.com and have setup a gallery for these pictures. On SmugMug you can get prints, calendars, coffee mugs, and other various things my these pictures. With the holiday season coming I know I’ll be ordering a few things for the grandparents, etc..
Below I have a slide show of the pictures. If you want to download any of them (FOR FREE) you can view them at my store along with getting prints made, etc. I certainly hope you enjoy them, and please leave a comment, I always appreciate the feedback.
Note — you can view the pictures full screen if you wish. In the lower right hand corner of the slide show are some icons, click on the middle one to view the pictures full screen.
You can find the gallery of photographs here for downloading or getting prints.
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Soccer week 2 – a great move
A player on the other team, Cole, showed a move that I didn’t expect to see from a kid in this age group. He was taking the ball down the field and came upon one of our players. Most of the kids I have seen at this age level don’t have know how to either pass or go around the other player, but alas he did. I was amazed at the skill that he used for those few seconds of play that I watched. I think I was able to capture it fairly well.
