Lakewood JV vs La Costa Canyon - Week 1

As shone in the two prior posts, Lakewood started their preseason against La Costa Canyon this last week. I'd like to see all three of our teams win but when I comes down to it the only team I really care about is the JV team and that because my son is playing for them.


The JV team is mostly made up of our freshmen team from last year and last year for our opening game we lost against La Costa Canyon, so we they had some pay back coming. Last year they beat us 21-7 and this year it was a complete turn around with us beating them 20-7.


So here are some shots to showcase the action of this win.

Friday Night Lights - Varsity vs La Costa Canyon

Last year I was able to photograph about 5 of the varsity games and this year I hope to photograph all of them, which is 14 games.


As a sports photographer I'd like to think that I have a great eye for the action and know what to look for to get a nice shot, but there is always room to grow and learn more. Now this last Friday was our Jr. Varsity and Varsity games, which were back-to-back. The JV played at 5pm and the Varsity played at 7:30 pm. I will be posting some shots from the varsity game first.


This was my first night game since football last year and I really need to get things such as lighting worked out. For the first game I choise not to use the flash. I ended up shooting at aperture priorty at f/2.8 with an ISO of 1600 and afte looking at the pictures the noise wasn't that bad. For the next night game I plan on trying the flash and hopefully by mid-season the latest I will have all worked out.

Freshmen Football "Week One" Lakewood vs La Costa Canyon

Well the football season has finally started with our freshmen teams. Our Jr. Varsity and Varsity will play tomorrow at La Costa Canyon. Today our freshmen played at home. This started off bad for our boys with their opening kickoff being returned for a touch down. By the end of the first half we were down 6-21. Lakewood has always been known as a second half team and they didn't let us down. Our boys came back and won the game 25-21, but it did get very close during the last few minutes.

All of these shots were taken with my Canon Mark IIn and 300 f/2.8L lens. Since I did all of the action shots for the freshmen team last year the coaches have become very familier with me and give me a lot of access. I make sure I don't get in their way and keep my eye on the action so I or a player don't get hurt.

I'll add some closeups, which are unavoidable when using the 300. When the action comes your way you just need to make the best of it and try to get the action.