Family Reunion Video

Every year my wife's side of the family likes to make silly family reuinion videos. This is our attempt at a 70s cop show spoof. It is pretty lame, and there are a lot of inside jokes, but perhaps someone might think it's funny. Summer blockbuster it is not.

Egads! An Eagle!

Three boys I worked with for several years in the Young Men's program at my church recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. I was asked to participate in their Court of Honor, so I did. One of the mothers hired "Wildlife Images" to come up with a live Bald Eagle to be a part of the program. It was very cool to be so close to a real Eagle, so as soon as the ceremony was over I scurried home to get my son. When we returned, they had already put "Defiance" (the eagle) back in his box, but my son was so cute, the trainer brought him out again. I then took these pictures. (Well, one of them was taken for me, 'cause I was in it.)




Just for the record - I was not shorter than the lady in this picture. I was sitting down, because my son was scared. So stop making fun.

If you are interested in "Wildlife Images," visit thier website: www.wildlifeimages.org They offer free tours of their facilities, and it looks sweet. Unfortunately, I think they are in Grant's Pass - not exactly a day trip for us.

Fisherman Foto Fun

Okay, so I wanted to post more sports pictures. So sue me. I have nothing witty or interesting to say about them. You probably should not look at them at all. Try one of the many blogs listed to the right. They are worth your time.


I feel badly for subjects of sports photography. It's hard not to make a weird face when you're playing sports.


Even if your face is not visible, sometimes you can get in weird positions. Poor girls.


Sack on the 10! Fourth down, time to punt, Vikings!


Here you can see the continuing sad saga of our injured fisherman. It sucks watching a game from the sidelines when you should be playing, but it's even worse when you're all alone.


More motion blur. I just like the fact that there really is no main subject in the picture.
That's all.

AHS Fall Sports

School is almost back in session, but the sports teams have been hard at work for several weeks. Volleyball and Football got a chance to test their mettle this Friday, and I was there to document the action for the Astor Post. I will never be as good at sports photography as my predecessor, Cam McFarland (I mean, come on - his name is 'Cam') - who has left AHS for bigger and better things, but I'll give it my best shot. By the way, I love puns.


Coach Hunt giving her girls a pep talk - I like that you can tell all of her girls' eyes are on her - even the ones whose faces we can't see.


The lighting is bad in our gym - so I had to crank the ISO rating way up to get this shot. It's still a little fuzzy, but I'm glad for the zoom lens.


On to Football! I was pacing the sidelines with my camera and saw all this stuff set up for me - as pretty as a picture! So I took one.


This was pretty heartbreaking. This kid hurt his knee on the first play of the first game of the season. He's a Senior. I hope he heals up quickly.


Ahh. . . the thrill of the hunt! I know some people don't like my blurry photos, but this time I think it really adds an element of motion and excitement to the shot. Plus, it was really dark by the time I took this picture, so I didn't really have a choice. By the way, #54 smashed this guy into the grass about .5 seconds after I snapped the shutter, so that look of "I want to destroy you" is not faked.

Hopefully I'll get some Soccer and Cross Country pictures up soon - though I do have to go to their games/meets first.