Sledgehammer

For the second time in recent weeks, Wyoming Area's girls visited Holy Redeeemer for some basketball.  Although more was at stake this time, the result was similar- HR came down like a.......  you guessed it..... Sledgehammer.

A little experimenting there- If that worked out, that opened in a new window.  If you want, you can continue to enjoy Peter Gabriel while you read.  I am always thinking of you....

Some Wyoming Area parents have expressed some interest in photos, so may plan was to shoot this game with both teams in mind- and save all that work of walking down the the other end of the court.  There ended up being a few hurdles to get past (more on that in a moment), and the end result was a pretty small set of some pretty average pictures, in my opinion anyway.

The first issue that I had was that I knew I was leaving a little early- 7:05 hockey game, that I resigned myself to be a little late for, but did not want to miss.  Apologies to the boys, who played right after this game, since I missed all of that.  Hopefully, there will be a few more games from here for them as well.

In addition, for the first time ever, I had a complaint about the lights that I set up for the pictures.  First and foremost, I do not ever want to affect a game, so of course, the lights went off, and the pictures were.... less good.  Here's an example- This shot was without the flashes, this is a similar shot with them.  I know that the flashed shot has kind of an odd look to the background, but the colors are so much more vivid, and the detail is so much greater- it's hard to settle.  The games, of course, are not about me, or the pictures, but since this is my platform...

Let's put it out to you- first off- does anyone else have strong feelings about the pictures?  Flashed better than non-flashed?  Other way around?

Second, and more importantly- for the athletes- Is the flash distracting?  When I have asked before, I've been told no- for the most part, the players don't notice it going off at all.  If it is a distraction- please let me know!  My guess it that in this case, it bothered the bench more than the players.  If I am wrong, I truly want to know.  Feel free to drop a comment here (which you can do anonymously) or at my email- sfinkernagel@hotmail.com.

Enough- let's enjoy the shots I got, shall we?

The game

The site

Enjoy!