Handipunk accessible

The other day, I was compelled to follow a friend of mine into Hot Topic, a happily angry store that makes my bland t-shirt-and-jeans fashion sense scream and run for its life. When I looked out the front window — I think they let me in because of my bushy goatee — I noticed a small sticker that has the most awesomeness per capita of any sticker in the midwest, if not the nation.

Sadly, they don’t make those stickers available to the general public, so I couldn’t get my hands on one. So if you have connections inside Hot Topic, now is the time to use them.

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:

Davidson good

When I checked the NCAA basketball tournament scores last night, I was startled to discover Davidson’s not-so-close win over Wisconsin. I wanted to know more about the game, so I followed the link to the game recap; when the recap opened, the shortened title showing in the tab provided a good two-word summary of the game:

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?