District hoops are winding down

Third day at Hershey’s Giant Arena. Tonight is Red Lion girls and York High boys.  Both should be good games.

Here are a couple of photos from last night’s Eastern York loss to Wyomissing and York Suburban’s victory over Susquehanna Township.

Time for Hoops

It’s District basketball tournament season and I’ve covered 6 games in the past few days. Finally got my radio slaves working last night, what a big difference. I’m waiting for the new RadioPopper Jr.’s to be released, they will make my life a lot simpler.

Getting board………

So, it’s been a few weeks since I came back to work. As you’ve seen, I haven’t been really inspired to keep up with my posts, we’ll try to change that for the rest of the month.

Wednesday was absolutely beautiful here in York, about 60 degrees and sunny so I was sent out to shoot weather art.

Ended up at the new skate park.

Back to work

Well, after two weeks recovering after knee surgery, I’m back to work three days this week. The boss has been gentle, giving me a light assignment load to work me back in. Monday I shot wrestling, basketball last night and today I went to the Farm Show. Each day I’m feeling better and the strength in my knee is returning.

It’s amazed me how much I’ve lost on my timing when shooting sports after not shooting for a while. I’m late on everything, but still managed to get a nice shot or two from the basketball game last night.

Favorites of 2008

It’s that time of year again when we start to prepare to enter contests and update portfolios.  I’m currently on sick leave for about another week after having my knee operated on so I’ve been using my free time organizing photos and files and trying to get ready for the new year.

The gallery linked above (click on photo) represents my past year as a photographer for the York Dispatch. I think it was kinda an off year, though I made a couple of really nice images, overall, I could have done better.

An afternoon with SWAT

Over the past two years I’ve had the privilage of being welcomed into the York County QRT Team to photograph training scenarios and play the occasional bad guy. Through the team, I had my very first magazine article published, along with several photos in a national SWAT magazine. While most of what I shoot is not for general public viewing (so not to divulge tactics and special equipment) I have been working on some “artsy” images.

Goodbye to a friend

This past weekend our friend Justin Swartz left the earth at too young an age. I’ve known Justin since he was knee high and was honored with the opportunity to photograph his marriage to Erin in May of this year. We’ll miss you Justin.

The Thrill of Victory……… A weekend of Soccer

Yesterday saw me standing on a turf field at Hershey Stadium covering Susquehannock High School’s PIAA state title game against Pottsgrove. A day that started sunny and near 65 degrees, turned wet and raw. Pouring rain and winds that had to be gusting near 60 mph brought a temporary halt to the game in the first half. I really didn’t get any game action photos that were worthy of publication but I happened to be at the right spot for the celebration that ensued following Susquehannock’s second half goal, that would end up meaning the first state championship victory in boys soccer for any York County team.

Today started and ended brisk but dry, cold, but at least not wet. Borrowing my buddy’s 400mm 2.8, I shot over 1,000 frames during York College’s NCAA mens soccer match against John Hopkins University. Both teams played hard and exceptional work by both goalies put the match into double overtime and then into a shoot-out.

York ended up loosing the match, not by an error on the goalie, but by a shoot-out kick that completely missed the net.

Ryan and Jess Levendusky

Our friends Ryan and Jess tied the knot this weekend at Christ Lutheran Church in downtown York. Everything worked out perfectly and we had a wonderful day of shooting photos. A quick stop at Farquhar Park provided the images of the day.

Congratulations Jess and Ryan!

Congrats to Silvana and Chad!

This past weekend I was privilaged to photograph Silvana and Chad’s wedding at Heritage Hills Golf Resort and Conference Center. They are a wonderful couple and Steve, Sara and I had a great time covering their special day.

Congratulations Silvana and Chad!