Always read the fine print

A year or two ago, I took a few pictures of my pastor Clark Cothern so he would have something to submit with the articles he writes for various publications. Eventually I forgot about those pictures, but then a few months ago, he let me know that one of the pictures would be accompanying an article in Discipleship Journal. I never did get my own copy of the issue, but my sister is a subscriber, so she scanned the article for me; sure enough, right there on the second page of the article is my photo.

And just so all you skeptical readers out there believe that it’s actually mine:

Photo of the Variable Time Period, vol. 132

Portrait: Jennifer Jones (16 March 2008)

Ann Arbor musician Jennifer Jones stopped by for a portrait session. And if you’ve paid attention to some of the photos I’ve featured — like the one on the cover of the hockey book — my choice of the above photo as my favorite of the session should not come as a surprise.

Photo of the Variable Time Period, vol. 131

Newspaper shoot: CHS Faculty and Friends Concert (7 March 2008)

The Musical Cohorts

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This Week In Chelsea Sports Photography: 2 Mar – 8 Mar

All Week: A Tragic Feeling of Emptiness

That’s right: This Week In Chelsea Sports Photography is devoid of content. In a few weeks, these doldrums will be broken by baseball, soccer and water polo; for now, just hold on. I know it’s hard, but together, we can make it through.

Book ’em, Danno

The recent end of Chelsea’s hockey and basketball seasons brought the beginning of a new season for me: book season!

Each book, available in both hardcover and softcover, features more than 100 pictures from throughout the 2007-2008 season. For pricing and ordering information, visit my book page.

This Week In Chelsea Sports Photography: 24 Feb – 1 Mar

This week marked the beginning of playoffs for both basketball and hockey; thanks to wins by both teams, I had a game to shoot every day from Monday through Saturday. So yeah, this is a long post.

Monday: Basketball
In Milan’s recently-built but dimly-lit gym — why is it that several of the area’s newer high school gyms also are some of the darkest? — Chelsea defeated Milan, 76-49. In a fun coincidence, Chelsea beat Milan by 27 in the first round of last year’s playoffs, too. (That score was 63-36.)

Tuesday: Hockey
Chelsea defeated Gabriel Richard, 9-1, probably because GR’s jerseys bore a bit too much resemblance to the previous generation of Dallas Stars jerseys. If you’re going to pattern your jerseys after a professional team, follow the good example of Canton and use a real hockey franchise.

Also notable: senior Kyle George scored four goals. This makes me wonder: if three goals is a hat trick, then what would four goals be?

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Some question’s are more relevant than other’s

At a recent basketball game in Chelsea, the opposing student section displayed a sign directed at not-so-tall Chelsea senior Elliot Marshall (who contributed five points to the Chelsea victory):

As I was getting a picture of the sign, the student holding the sign turned around to talk to some of his friends; when he did so, he inadvertently displayed the back of the sign:

There are two potential explanations for the presentation of a question that has no apparent relevance to high school basketball:

The sign-maker actually intended to ask the question, “Whose house?”
The sign-maker really, truly wants to know about Hugh Laurie.

This Week In Chelsea Sports Photography: 17 Feb – 23 Feb

Tuesday: Basketball
In a nailbiter that wasn’t much like the Bulldogs’ earlier double-digit victory over the Dreadnaughts, Chelsea defeated Dexter, 47-45.

Wednesday: Hockey
Chelsea traveled up to Flint’s Perani Arena and tied Davison, 5-5.

Thursday: Basketball
Chelsea traveled to Ann Arbor Huron’s strange round gym and lost, 57-62. I blame it on the gym.

This Week In Chelsea Sports Photography: 10 Feb – 16 Feb

Monday: Hockey
In a game that was rescheduled due to a snowstorm, Chelsea lost to Saline, 5-6.

Wednesday: Hockey
Chelsea defeated Dexter, 3-2. This game was notable for Chelsea’s quick response to both Dexter goals; Chelsea’s second and third goals each came within a minute of Dexter’s first and second goals.