3-1

Tonight we knocked off the last unbeaten team in the league and now are in first place with a 3-1 record. I thought we'd get rained out, but the weather held off and we played great. What was even better is that my Dad is in town from Vegas and he played with us too, and pretty good I might add, he had a really nice catch in the outfield and managed to get his old behind around the bases a few times too. I wish he lived here still so he could play with us every week. Nice job Pops!

Jordyn - Super Assistant

Jordyn came along to PGE Park with me this morning to try out for the team while I shot mugs of some new players.

After she was told she is too short to play soccer professionally, she went with plan b, which was to assist her dad.

She made an excellent stand in, much better looking than any of the Timbers players! It's crazy, but this post was just 1 year ago...she could only crawl around, my how time flies!

3A Baseball Semi Final

Shot Marist vs Sherwood 3A baseball semi final today for the Register-Guard in Eugene. Good game. Marist was up 1-0 in the 6th when an error with 2 outs allowed 2 runs to score. Sherwood held on to win, as Marist had the tying run in scoring position, but they struck out to end the game. The second picture above, was theone and only run scored until the 6th and would have been a great photo of the play of the game....but that sure changed quickly.

State Track

Spent Friday and Saturday in Eugene covering the State Track and Field meet. Its always my favorite event of the year. Hayward Field in Eugene is a great venue. I shoot it for 4-5 different papers around the state. It was sunny and showers on friday and Saturday we just got drenched, but it was still fun. The top photo was the last event of the meet, the 4x400 relay. Henley (left) and Marist were tield going into the event, with the winner winning the team event as well. It was a dramatic finish as Henley's runner dives across the finish line, but it was not enough and Marist wins...I'm so pissed at myself for screwing up this shot. I shot it horizontal and too tight, cutting off her hands. I'm such an idiot. Oh well. Next time I will know to shoot it lose or better yet vertical. You live you learn. the paper in Klamath Falls ran it as the lead though, so that is good. I put more photos from the event on my sports shooter page, click on the link above or to the right.

1st Dance

2 images I really like from yesterday's wedding both came during the first dance.

Tennis

Shot this today at the 4A girls state tennis tournament. It is really hard to shoot tennis. Sure, its easy to get a publishable photo, but its hard to get a great photo. I think this is an ok photo. The light and background are nice, but the action is not the best and I shot it a bit too tight (cutting off her fingers).

2-1

Our softball team won a close one 11-10 last night. I would never have thought we could win a close game, seems we always give up a run or two every inning, but we held them scoreless for the last 2 innings and came away with the victory. Our team is starting to look pretty good, we have a solid defense and our hitting is not too shabby either.

Jordyn on the Beach

Went to the beach for a few days over Mother's Day weekend. This is Jordyn having fun in the sand.

Election Night

Dan Saltzman celebrates his victory in the City Council race with his sister Julie Leuvrey (right) and mother, Marjorie Saltzman (left) at Billy Reeds in NE Portland on Tuesday May 16, 2006.

Last night was election night. I was sent to cover incumbant city counsler Dan Saltzman for the Portland Tribune. I love to cover politics, even though the photos on election nights are not always great. Lots of media and people all surrounding one guy who is trying to stare at a TV. At 8pm sharp, right when the polls closed, he was declared a winner, he smiled a bit, his mom and sister were happy and the party was over.....

So long Freddy

I shot this photo Beavers centerfielder Freddy Guzman ready for action as Pitcher MIke Thompson throws a pitch in the game Tuesday night. I was mostly just playing around with the little tiny bit of light left on the field and it turned out pretty good. It was going to be used somewhere in a program or online or somewhere for a feature about Freddy.....but the Padres traded him to Texas yesterday, so now it will only be published here. Guzman was one of my favorite guys too. Nice guy, and a good player. He had 269 stolen bases with the Beavers and it was always nice to know he was going to steal whenever he got on. He played a bit at the end of the 2004 season for the Padres and I'm pretty sure he will be in Texas' lineup before the end of the season.

Prep Softball

Shot a prep softball game today. I've shot at this field a few times now and keep waiting for the right play/moment and light to shoot from the high angle I found. This is not bad, but I will keep trying until I get all the elements together for a really nice photo!

1-1

Softball game today. We won 15-3 and are now 1-1. Our defense was solid. I was 3-4, in fact, most of our lineup was 3-4 or better.

Wedding 05.06.06

Funny little moment at a wedding I shot last weekend. They were walking to the car, she was holding up her dress to not get it dirty....I almost missed this, glad I was paying attention :)

Timbers Opener

Shot the home opener for the Portland Timbers last night.

0-1

We lost. 18-14. We gaveup 12 runs with 2 outs in the top of the 5th. Get rid of just half those of we win. The team we played finished 9-1 last year and we played great defense until the 5th. LE injured himslef on the first play of the game, I hope its not too bad.....Chip had a frozen rope put out throw from center field to me at third and our offense looked decent....next game, next Wed. Stay tuned.

Leftovers

Couple more images from Monday....

On a side note....tonight is the opening night for the Mitchelldyer Photography Softball team. We picked up free agent LE Baskow from the Portland Tribune, who claims to have game. I will let you know how we do.

Leaving Lake Tahoe....

Today was my final day of shooting here in Tahoe. I'm tired from working a couple of 14 hour days back to back and ready to be home to my wife and kid (who has been sick since I left and I feel so bad for her......). This frame was by accident. I overheard a couple of kids saying they were going to go play volleyball and thought it would make a nice photo to go with the rest of the package, so I went too. Man, they have it rough. Snowboard in the AM, beach volleyball in the PM, Tahoe is such a cool place.

And yes, this photo is not that great...turns out beaqch volleyball is not something students in Tahoe excel at!

Lake Tahoe

I am currently in Lake Tahoe doing a PR shoot for a college here in Incline Village on the north side of the lake. It is really nice here. My job is basically to drive around and take nice photos of the lake and students enjoying the lake, the buildings at the school, etc.

More shots from this evening....

Kids at the school enjoing the sun: