Long Beach Middle School Cross Country

This past Friday Long Beach Unified School District held their middle school cross country event at Heartwell  Park and I was there to capture all of the excitement.  Its always a pleasure shooting these kids in action.  Look at these shots and tell me what you see, I see kids giving it their all and having fun.  For me, that's what shooting youth sports is all about.

 

The event started at just after 4pm with a 4th grade run followed with a 5th grade run.  At 5pm the main events started with the 6th grade girls followed by the 6th grade boys.  This continued with the 7th grade (girls / boys) and 8th grade (girls / boys), which started at 7pm.

 

Normally this cross country meet is held on Saturday mornings, but this year it was changed to Friday evenings, which gave me a whole different type of light to work and play with.  Well I simply went with the flow and worked with the light.

 

Hope you like the different look in these shots.