Rain-out
All of today’s games are postponed till tomorrow due to rain. I can see softball but what’s the problem with playing some soccer in the rain? Bad weather would have made for some interesting pictures. Now I might be stuck here till Sunday…
Doing More With Less in Radford
I’m in Radford, VA for the annual VHSL spring sports championships. My allergies are kicking up (or I caught the swine flu), and the forecast is fairly ugly. I decided to skip trying out any remote cameras as I have had little to no success with them this season. Might as well keep it simple. Today is tennis. Tomorrow is 2 softball games and a soccer match. The best part – all 3 games start at 10 and I am on my own. A couple of years ago we would have had 2 shooters down here but not anymore. As newspaper managers across the country have said in the face of crushing layoffs, do more with less. I’ll let you know how that works out for me…
The Daily Grind
A few weeks back after seeing another photographer do this, I thought it would be a good idea to just put up a picture from every assignment, not just the very best. The idea essentially is to push myself to do better daily work through an exercise in public humiliation. In my case only a handful of people see this thing, so there really isn’t much pressure! Anyway, I did indeed find myself thinking about it more often while on assignment so I guess it was working in some ways. Clearly by looking at the work I may disagree with myself on that statement too! Anyway, here is a slideshow of the Daily Grind posts:
