Looking Back on 2009
Here is a quick slideshow of some of my pictures from 2009. For lack of a better term I’ve titled them my best but that may not be totally accurate nor would calling them my favorites. I suppose when I think of my experiences in 2009, at least as far as the paper goes, these pictures come to mind.
Winter All-Area Sportraits
2008-2009 All-Area swimmer Meredith Cavalier
North Stafford's Megan Melendez, All-Area Gymnast
2008-2009 All-Area basketball players of the year, Courtland's Josh Hairston and Colonial Beach's T.T. Carey
Mountain View's Thomas Porter and Kaitlyn Davis are the 2008-2009 All-Area winter track athletes of the year.
Colonial Forge senior Mike Garafalo is the 2009 All-Area Wrestler of the Year.
2008-2009 All-Area co-swimmer of the year Trevor Carr
Stafford High School's Marquel Davis,
Well, it’s that time of year again – All-Area Sportraits. I’ve been shooting a ton of these lately and I was hoping I could pass these to a coworker to see what he could do with them. Sadly he got laid off and bought a plane ticket to China. I remained in Fredericksburg to herd cats coordinate with high school kids to shoot some pictures. I’ve been running on fumes when it comes to these shoots but I think a couple of these turned out OK, aside from one kid not showing up and another refusing to put on a uniform. Nothing makes me feel better than getting big-timed by a teenager! We also have to shoot group pictures of the All-Area teams. I will be the first to say if portraits are a weakness of mine, then group portraits are the weakest of all. The lighting is no problem but I always have trouble organizing the shape of the group. As the seasons roll on, we tend to switch between mugshots of each athlete or a group shot. I think the group shots look better but the mugs are way easier.
All-Area Gymnasts
