Tempted

Fans of the blog (haha- both of us....) may have noted a drop in frequency of posts in the last several months.  The truth is, there is just not the time that I would like to compose something witty to post after every shoot.  At times, I have been tempted to give it up entirely- but every once in a while I am reminded that some of you read and enjoy this.  Something, however has to give.  As I look ahead to the spring, there are as many as 14 teams that have interest in FotoFink attention this spring, plus a few weddings, parties, etc. thrown in to the mix... It should take very little time for me to fall well behind.  Hopefully to no one's surprise, I have an idea though- a compromise.  I am going to try to commit to a weekly blog post, where I will summarize the most recent shoots on the site, look ahead to what is coming up, and try to embarrass and insult a few folks as we've become accustomed to.  Use the RSS to subscribe, or check back on Sunday/Monday every week if you have some interest.

Last week saw the playoffs begin for basketball, and Holy Redeemer sent both the boys and girls all the way to the district finals.  First, the ladies-

A big thank you for scheduling these games at Wyoming Area.  Although the roof may have issues, the lighting in there is better than any high school (and many college) gym that I've shot in. In what we would soon find to be the norm, the Trojanettes pushed your Lady Royals to overtime, causing lots of stress all through the gym.  In spite of their attempt at divine intervention, Nanticoke would come up short in the extra period, moving HR to the next round.

Game 2 saw the girls face off against Scranton Prep- again at Wyoming Area, again a great effort, again overtime, and again- jubilation as Redeemer moves on.

So there is no need to worry when the district final game goes to OT, right?  We've been here before.  Besides, Gumby and Pokey are on our side. We even had Fallyn doing the three-headed finger wiggle hex...this is a lock....  Sadly, the third time was not the charm, and Redeemer settled for district silver before heading into the state tournament next week.

The boys had their own ride through districts, of course.  After winning a FotoFinkless opening round, we were able to catch up with the boys at Wyoming Area (yay!) for the second round game with Abington Heights.  Plenty of bad history here, as AbHeHi won the district from HoReHi last year, and handled them again back in December.  None of that mattered for this game though, as HR managed to power past AH to the district finals.  As a side note- Opinions will vary, but here since you are reading my blog, you get my opinion.  This  >  This.

The district final game brought the Royals to Kings College (perhaps the only better gym in the area than WA-  good choice!) for a matchup with West Scranton.  1,000 career points and Ivan Putski's belt (look it up yourself....) were still not enough for West Scranton to stop Holy Redeemer from finally reaching the top of the district.  Whether this was 1,000 or not, points like these help you win.  Santa knows this, cows know this, John Mendola knows this-  West Scranton now knows this too.

So on to states for both teams- As far as I can tell, PIAA has yet to work its voodoo to tell us the times and places yet, but both teams will likely see action this Friday or Saturday.  Depending on down and distance, FotoFink may or may not be able to be there, but best wishes go out to both teams.

We also had some fun with a photobooth shoot this past weekend-  There needs to be more of this going on.

In other FF news, we will be branching out this week to include some Irish Step Dancers on the site.  We have a Tuesday visit planned to their studio, then will catch some live performances at the Scranton Parade and then Cultural Center on Saturday.  Busy times....

Here, as always, are some links-

Girls Basketball

Boys Basketball

Mike Clark's Birthday and photobooth

All the FotoFink goodness

Enjoy!