El Dorado Park

Since we've been having some awesome weather this past week I thought it would be a great evening to get out to El Dorado Park for some bird photography. Now I will say that I did have a single goal in mind and that was to capture some shots of the Great Blue Heron and White Egret catching gofers. I wasn't disappointed, which you'll see in the following pictures.

Long Beach Relays

My son participated in the Long Beach Relays this past Saturday and what kind of photo dad would I be if I didn't take any pictures of him in action. I truly love watching him throw and compete and I hope these and all the other shots I've taken of him over the years show that.

So I will start with him. He first threw the discus at 9am and then the shot put at 1:30pm. My son placed 8th in the discus and 7th shot put.

While shooting various parts of the meet I was informed by my sister that my nephew was competing in the mile, so of course I had to take some shots of him. He ended up placing 3rd in the fresh / soph mile at 4min 54 sec.

The rest of these shots were taken while I waited for my son to throw the shop put.

I loved how this young lady did the high jump and took various angels of her jumping.

A wet Paramount Relay / Track

I found myself back at Paramount High School today with my son for another meet. Oh and did I say there was a chance of pacipatation. Needless to say by looking at the following pictures, it rained and it rained hard, but only for about 20 min's, although it rained off and on for most of the meet.

A few shots during a break in the rain.

What kind of parent would I be if I didn't share a couple of shots of my son.

High School Track Begins

It is officially that time of the year again for me. High school track has started with a practice meet for my son's school at Paramount High School.

For those who don't remember, my son throws the discus and shot put for Lakewood High School and this is his senior year, which means my last year of photography him throw in high school. Can you see the tears starting to form just in the corner of my eyes.

I'll start off with sharing two shots of my son. The first of him throwing the shot and the second of him throwing the discus.

And now here are various shots I took while waiting for my son to compete.