Monday, April 23, 2012

The Weight

Since many viewers from the Ice Breaker Relays may be new all things FotoFink, it seems sensible to have a bit of a "how-to" post on the blog to guide and introduce our newest friends.  After all- the weight of learning a new website can be overwhelming.  As a side note.... that link should have opened in a new browser window-  Let it play while you read this- you deserve the break.  It's my habit to inject a little music into my posts, usually something that I've been listening to, or timely.  In this case, RIP Levon Helm.

Happily- as of Thursday night, 4/26....  All the photos are posted.  1,600 plus from the day, thanks in no small part to my second shooter for the day- Antonio.  Thanks to those of you who recognized the FotoFink T-shirt, and hammed it up for him as you usually do for me.

We did our best to shoot a wide variety of competitors- but its just not possible to be everywhere with a staff of 2 people for the day.  This event came together at the last minute after a series of complex negotiations (me-  "Can I?  them-   "Sure") so as much as I may have liked to have shooters at every event, all day- it wasn't possible for this time.  My apologies to girls' pole vault, and boys' high jump, which I am pretty sure were missed totally. Edit: There are actually a couple of girls' pole vault shots.  Hopefully, we captured those athletes in other events, and anyone who won a medal should have a shot from the podium.  If we missed you, and you would like some photos, feel free to contact me and we can talk about having us out to shoot another event.  The "Contact FotoFink' button on the website works really well for that.

Note that photos are sorted into both event and school.  Thoughtful people may wonder "My daughter was in the high jump, and she competed for Pittson.  Which gallery should she be in?"  The answer is both.  If I tagged and sorted everything correctly, then the same photos will likely appear in more than one place.  Please make sure to visit the unclassified gallery as well- for the shots where I could not identify a team or event.  As a last resort- the full gallery has every shot from the day in it- it will take a while, but you can check there to be completely thorough and find any errors I may have made.  (Thanks honey.....)

As you browse, please take note of the "buy" button near every photo. (subliminal message...  the buy button is your friend.  LOVE the buy button....)  The relays are a fund raiser, and I will be donating a percentage of sales (prior to 5/31/12) back to the cause.  You have a chance to support the team, and get some great prints as well-  Win/Win.  Note that the event will stay online until at least that time, and will be removed shortly after- buy early and often!  Note that the shots you see online are low-resolution previews- your final copies will be cropped, color corrected, sharpened, and adjusted for brightness, contrast and clarity.  Of course, the watermark will also be removed.....

Thank you again for having me out to shoot your athletes.  The weather turned out to be great, enough so that I was able to capture the newest event- the Wallenpaupack Water Crawl.  More questions?  Would you like to arrange for FotoFink to shoot your team, graduation party or wedding?  Contact me- sfinkernagel@hotmail.com, or by using the "Contact FotoFink" button on the website.  Want more still?  Ask to join the FotoFink group on facebook.  Follow me on Twitter (@FotoFink).  Teach me Google+ so I can do that too....

Enough from me-  Here's what you want-

Ice Breakers 2012

All of FotoFink

Enjoy!