MJPhotos24
30th of May 2007 (Wed), 05:41
Well my schedule starts to get insane soon so not sure how much I'll be able to post, so thought I'd get one last series of the reason I have gray hair during the spring that magically goes away in the summer when the season ends - the team I coach. Lately we're lucky to get enough to play, in fact one showed up after the 1st inning had started just to give us 9. Anyways, after getting up 9-1 I decided to stop coaching 'em and do some pics...result was a 27-7 win to improve to 5-3.
All at 400 ISO, 2.8-3.2 because of the noisy background of parents on the hitters shots. Lesson #1 I didn't do was pay attention to your light, shooting towards the field I was shooting pretty much directly into the sun, shooting the hitters the sun was harsh on them and the overexposure didn't treat there skin tone well - so remember to always check the view finder!
#1 - Here comes the 4-seam FB...our starting pitcher, sun was up a bit behind him but that didn't last long as it set directly from this angle as the game went on. His first start of the season, usually comes in relief - leadoff hitter as well.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan001.JPG
#2 - DUDE, That is not going to get here in time! Our catcher watches a loop throw from the OF on a play at home, and it shows the overexposure of not paying attention to the light as you can see it's blown out. Kid could be a pretty good catching prospect, great receiver, great arm, but gets lazy at times. Also our ace right now on the bump while bumping his average up big time at the plate lately with multi-hit games.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan002.JPG
#3 - Aww crap! Our centerfielder has a bit of trouble coming up with a ball in the dirt while playing first, a duty he took over after our starter broke his arm scoring a run earlier in the season....
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan003.JPG
#4 -....but he has no problem tracking down a fly ball in foul territory...these coaches should teach 2 hands, oh wait I yell that every day! Odd question, anyone ever seen a kid steal 2nd....while he was on 3rd? I gave him the stay signal and he stole, so I made him go back on the next pitch. Listen to your coaches kids, or it's going to result in embarrasing moments.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan004.JPG
#5 - Overexposure again, washed out face big time....our SS finally breaks out of his slump and rips one in a gap, just as we do in practice.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan005.JPG
#6 - "Ok, 2 seam and 4 seam from the stretch every time, thats all you have to do". My words of wisdom for a kid who never pitched before but has a wicked arm, everyone there was wide eyed watching him wondering why he wasn't on the mound earlier in the season, well he didn't do well in pitching tryouts - my bad.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan006.JPG
#7 - Face of determination! Sun was to harsh to shoot where I was from in the above pics so had to move down and throw the convertor on. This kid never pitched before, but threw strikes in practice while teaching the above kid how to pitch, so hey give him a shot as he approached me and asked to pitch. 3 batters faced, 1 K and two ground balls - not to shabby for a rook...and nice to see him ask, a lot of kids dont have the courage to take the hill.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan007.JPG
#8 - Floppy arm...I hate the dead arm look of when the ball is gone but it was the best shot I got of this kid, another newbie pitcher that faced two batters to end the game, a ground out and K. Actually hasn't played in 2 weeks but went 4-6, played four different positions and got to see the mound for the first time. You can see the harsh shadow from the light, should have went manual to shoot this and get better exposure on him but was still in AV mode +2/3.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan008.JPG
C&C welcome...and learn from my mistakes of not taking the time to get to the right settings! Though not to bad in these examples, it's the difference between a shot parents go "thats good" to a shot that parents go "HOLY CRAP!!"
All at 400 ISO, 2.8-3.2 because of the noisy background of parents on the hitters shots. Lesson #1 I didn't do was pay attention to your light, shooting towards the field I was shooting pretty much directly into the sun, shooting the hitters the sun was harsh on them and the overexposure didn't treat there skin tone well - so remember to always check the view finder!
#1 - Here comes the 4-seam FB...our starting pitcher, sun was up a bit behind him but that didn't last long as it set directly from this angle as the game went on. His first start of the season, usually comes in relief - leadoff hitter as well.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan001.JPG
#2 - DUDE, That is not going to get here in time! Our catcher watches a loop throw from the OF on a play at home, and it shows the overexposure of not paying attention to the light as you can see it's blown out. Kid could be a pretty good catching prospect, great receiver, great arm, but gets lazy at times. Also our ace right now on the bump while bumping his average up big time at the plate lately with multi-hit games.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan002.JPG
#3 - Aww crap! Our centerfielder has a bit of trouble coming up with a ball in the dirt while playing first, a duty he took over after our starter broke his arm scoring a run earlier in the season....
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan003.JPG
#4 -....but he has no problem tracking down a fly ball in foul territory...these coaches should teach 2 hands, oh wait I yell that every day! Odd question, anyone ever seen a kid steal 2nd....while he was on 3rd? I gave him the stay signal and he stole, so I made him go back on the next pitch. Listen to your coaches kids, or it's going to result in embarrasing moments.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan004.JPG
#5 - Overexposure again, washed out face big time....our SS finally breaks out of his slump and rips one in a gap, just as we do in practice.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan005.JPG
#6 - "Ok, 2 seam and 4 seam from the stretch every time, thats all you have to do". My words of wisdom for a kid who never pitched before but has a wicked arm, everyone there was wide eyed watching him wondering why he wasn't on the mound earlier in the season, well he didn't do well in pitching tryouts - my bad.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan006.JPG
#7 - Face of determination! Sun was to harsh to shoot where I was from in the above pics so had to move down and throw the convertor on. This kid never pitched before, but threw strikes in practice while teaching the above kid how to pitch, so hey give him a shot as he approached me and asked to pitch. 3 batters faced, 1 K and two ground balls - not to shabby for a rook...and nice to see him ask, a lot of kids dont have the courage to take the hill.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan007.JPG
#8 - Floppy arm...I hate the dead arm look of when the ball is gone but it was the best shot I got of this kid, another newbie pitcher that faced two batters to end the game, a ground out and K. Actually hasn't played in 2 weeks but went 4-6, played four different positions and got to see the mound for the first time. You can see the harsh shadow from the light, should have went manual to shoot this and get better exposure on him but was still in AV mode +2/3.
http://www.knockoverrecords.com/hooligan008.JPG
C&C welcome...and learn from my mistakes of not taking the time to get to the right settings! Though not to bad in these examples, it's the difference between a shot parents go "thats good" to a shot that parents go "HOLY CRAP!!"