Scrimmage Time

While the fall sport teams are preparing for their regular seasons so am I. I took the opportunity to get a little pre-season shooting practice in by catching the Corning District at Bath boy's varsity soccer scrimmage on Thursday. The action was typical of the preseason, but I will say that both teams played hard and certainly both wanted to win. The final score was 1-0 with Bath getting the lone goal. There was actually two other scores for Bath that didn't count: Jon Smith, who does an awesome flip-throw actually sent one directly into the goal which doesn't count as no one could get a touch on the ball first. Bath actually had another score, but were called for being off sides. In the picture above, Bath's Justin Sherwood get his shirt pulled by a Corning player. You can see the full set of pictures by clicking on the pic above. Good luck to both teams this fall.

Buffalo Bills Training Camp

I had a chance last week (thanks to Chris and Michael at the LCN) to attend one of the Buffalo Bills training camp sessions at St. John Fisher College. This was my first time shooting a professional level sport. It was a great time, but gave me a feel for what it is like battling with several other photographers all at the same time. By the time you factor in the photographers, television cameras and reporters in addition to being limited in the space where we could shoot from, there was a lot of jockeying around to get shooting angles. Regardless of that, it was a great time and something that I'd like to try again. The picture above is starting QB, Trent Edwards. I've got to tell you this guy has a great touch on the ball! Unfortunately for me, Terrell Owens was out with a toe injury and wasn't at practice so I missed him. You can take a lot at the entire gallery of pictures by clicking on the picture above.

4th of July, 2009

I tried something new for me this past 4th of July--I tried taking pictures of fireworks. After doing a little research on settings and techniques to try, the family and myself heading down to Corning, NY to watch and try to get some pictures of their annual fireworks show. After a little trial and error I came away with a gallery full of pictures with a couple of moon shots thrown in. You can view the gallery by clicking on the picture above. This was fun to do and I look forward to trying it again next year.

Arkport 9U Softball Tournament Champs

Congratulations to the Arkport 9-Under all-star softball team as they swept the competition in their own tournament in route to winning the championship trophies. Despite some spitting rain spread over the last couple of innings, Arkport stayed focused and used some timely hitting to secure a 5-0 shutout over Wayland. Other teams in the tournament included Dansville, Alfred-Almond and Wellsville. You can see pics from several of the tournament games by clicking on the picture above.

Arkport 12U Softball Tournament

After covering the NYSPHSAA Softball Championships on Saturday I came right back the next day and shot a few games at the Arkport, NY 12U softball tournament. The action was definitely a change of pace compared to the "big" girls, but it was refreshing to see the girls having a great time. Congratulations to Dansville for winning the tournament with Wayland-Cohocton coming in second place. Stay tuned for more action as I'll be returning to Arkport for a 9U tournament in another week. In the picture to the left a Way-Co player is wondering if someone checked the opponents birth certificate as there was a large height difference. You can see more pictures by clicking on the picture shown here.

NYSPHSAA Softball Championships

Our Action-Pics staff have the pleasure of covering the New York State softball championships on June 13th. It was a long day starting in nice sunshine, moving through hard rain and finally ending with overcast skies and sprinkles. Despite it all five teams were crowned champions. Congratulations to Brentwood (Class AA), Floral Park (Class A), Mechanicville (Class B), Rhinebeck (Class C) and Afton (Class D). In the picture above an Afton players slides into home vs. S.S. Seward in the Class D semi-finals. Full galleries of pictures can be found by clicking on the picture above.

Champs!

Congratulations to the Haverling baseball team as they captured the 2009 Class BB sectional title with a 12-3 victory over Attica. The Rams used some timely hitting and several Attica errors to repeat as sectional champs. Senior, Montana Yastremski, threw a complete game on the mound and was named the finals MVP. The Rams will move on the play the Class B champion, Holley for the right to advance to the state regional game. A full gallery of the sectional final game can be found by clicking on the picture above.