Cal State Long Beach Baseball vs University of Michigan

I've recently bought a Canon 7D Mark II to replace some stolen gear.  This was the first time I took this camera out to shot a game.  I will say I really liked the responsiveness of the camera along with my 300 f/2.8L, but have to say I wasn't happy with the lack of sharpness I obtained.  The settings are a lot different than what I'm used to from my other camera (Canon 1D Mark IIn), but I'm sure its just a matter of fine turning the settings to get what I want.

I don't get as much as I'd like to shoot, especially my sports, but I do what I can when I'm able.  It was fun covering this game and I thought I ended up with some real nice shots, but you be the judge of that.

Enjoy.

Cancer Sucks!

This is way overdue, it has been almost a year since I found out my mom has lung cancer and I'm still at a loss of words.  To be honest I'm still not sure how I feel about it.  I mean I'm sad as to what can happen, it wasn't too long ago I lost my one of my sisters to cancer and that didn't really hit me until much further down the road and then it hit hard.

I"m not justifying why I have or should I say why I don't any emotions towards this, but I that is my beast to carry and get through.

This post is about showing the love two people can have for each other while going through a very hard time in their lives.  I've been wanting to take some pictures of my parents for some time now and it sucks it takes my mom getting cancer that gets me off my ass to get it done, but either way we made plans to get out for some portraits.  My mom is still a little weak from chemo and was a trooper while taking these portraits.  Prior to taking these shots I asked my mom if she wouldn't mind taking a shot or two without her wig, one of the side effects of having cancer and chemo and without hesitation she said she didn't mind at all.  So with that my daughter, mom, and dad went to a local park to get some shots.

Other than the lack of hair, you'd never know she had cancer.  What I see is a couple who love each other very much and are living their life and not letting what's been put in front of them take their happiness away.

Keep the Love

Cal State Long Beach Men's Volleyball vs UC Irvine

I am so behind and not keeping up on my blog posts.

A couple of weeks ago I was asked to cover the Cal State Long Men's Volleyball vs UC Irvine game.  Its been quite some time since the last time I shoot a volleyball game and I did feel a bit sluggish in my shots.  I was very limited on where I could position myself so I just moved around from the side, to the end of the court, then I moved up into the stands for a few shots.

In the end I was happy with what I got, but know I need to shoot more variety in my sports, but until I can get a camera upgrade shooting indoors is still something I'm going to avoid if possible.  Only for the reason I don't want to give bad shots to the paper.

For this game I used my Canon Mark IIn along with my Canon 70-200 f/2.8 L IS lens.  Please enjoy my shots.

Poly Boys Varsity Soccer vs Cabillo

I'm quite a bit behind here and haven't posted in some time, so about two weeks ago I was asked to cover the varsity Poly boys soccer game against Cabrillo at Poly High.

This was a very close game and a fun to shoot.  I am happy with what I ended up with, but felt I didn't do as good as I should have, but that is just me.

The game was tied 1-1 during the last few minutes when Cabrillo made an attempt on Poly's goal.  I was able to get the shot just as it was called a non-goal due to off sides.  You can see in the shot (last shot) that the ref was blowing his whistle calling hte foul.  Not the best angle, but a good shot.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the shots.

Long Beach Middle School Girls League Track Meet

This past Saturday I covered the Long Beach Middle School Girls League Track meet held at Lakewood High School.

I've been covering Long Beach Middle School sports for almost 12 years now and still love it.  Its not about money, because to be honest I make very little if any from covering these events, but I still love getting out there to shoot.

Its great watching these athletes mature in the young adults I also get to shoot when their competing in high school.

Below you'll find some of my favorites from this past event.