Here are some recent photos from Plainwell Women’s Varsity Soccer game against Vicksburg which finished as a Mercy after the first half.

The Plainwell varsity women’s soccer team is off to a great start this season with a record of 7-0-1 including bumping off Division 1′s number one powerhouse early in the season.  Photos below are from their recent win (6-1) over the South Haven Rams.

Over the past 6 months I have had the opportunity to display my work at the Studio Grill in downtown Kalamazoo. Each month they display several local artist throughout their restaurant. I believe this is my fourth month of having my works on display.

Studio Grill is located at;
312 West Michigan

WOW, time passes you by when you don’t pay attention.  Each year my passion to shoot sports grows and grows.  It first started out like everyone else, your kids playing sports.  Now it’s a full blown addiction;  wondering when the next game is or wondering when you can get some new lens or camera.  Before my daughter started playing volleyball I never thought of shooting it.  But now that she’s playing and I’m on my second season of shooting Varsity Volleyball, I am hooked.  Plainwell has a great program for volleyball and their games are always jam packed with movement.  They keep you guessing so much that you miss the shot because you thought it was going somewhere else.  My initial goal was to try catching some other sports this season.  This year was a first for me shooting Varsity Football.  I had fun trying to keep track of where the ball was going and shooting under stadium lights.  Fortunately our school has decent lighting and I eventually gave up on using a flash at the games and went for the ambient light shots.  Basketball season is quickly approaching and with my daughter playing I for sure will be grabbing as many photos as I can of that.

Plainwell’s Varsity Volleyball team won the Wolverine Conference for the 6th straight season advancing to District play and winning for the 3rd straight season.  As of this writing we are headed to regional play in a couple days and I will be there to photograph the action.

All pictures from this season (including Dance Team and Marching Band) may be seen HERE.

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Since I was given the opportunity to do head shots for 2010′s Miss Allegan County I was asked to shoot the 2011 Miss Allegan County and Miss Allegan County Outstanding Teen Pagaent  this past weekend.  Fortunately I went to Friday’s rehearsal to scope out the venue some more cause on Friday they used the spot light for rehearsal and I was able to grab more pictures than at the actual pageant..  Unfortunately the lighting on stage was some of the worse lighting I’ve ever seen.  Plus the decision was made to not use the spotlight for the actual pageant so my fighting chance at decent pictures without a flash were drastically reduced.  Despite the lighting situation the show went off without any major hitches and two great young ladies were crowed Miss Allegan and Miss Allegan County Outstanding Teen for 2011.

Keisha Johnson was crowned Miss Allegan County 2011

Jessica Glessner was crowned Miss Allegan County Outstanding Teen 2011

Below are some of the other shots from the evening festivities.

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Where was I at August 7th, 2010?….at the Red Barn Spectacular at the Gilmore Car Museum.  Classic cars (and more recent as well) as far as the eye can see.  Cars I’ve never even seen or heard of.  Muscle cars that would make you teeth chatter.  What is a guy with a camera to do?  Shoot until you can’t move a muscle.  A fellow car lover and photographer and I braved the masses at the 30th Annual Show.  I don’t know the official count but the numbers on the entry forms posted in the cars were over 600 and that didn’t include the Judged cars.  For 3 hours we walked amongst the magnificent steel beasts trying to find those details that make “THAT” car the car it is.  From the tail lights of a 59 Caddy to the grill of a 1950′s GMC COE.  Here are some of my favorites from this weekend.  Hope you enjoy!

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Another one of those harsh sunlight days.   Long jump on this field was tough shooting right into the sun.

Why is it that all our track meets seem to be on sunny days?  Is it too much to ask for an overcast day?  When I am not shooting my daughter’s events I like to wander around and see what else I can capture.  He are some images from Plainwell Middle Schools recent 3 team track meet; Plainwell, Gull Lake and South Haven.   The rest of the images from that meet or from any other track meet this season, follow this link.

March 27th and 28th saw Patti Herm’s School of Dance participate in Cathy Roe’s Ultimate Dance Competition.  This competition is one of the few that allow parents to take photographs.  Here are a few of my favorites from the weekend.

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No, that’s Jupiter.  It wasn’t until I was in looking at my photos on the screen that I realized there was a star up there too.  So after some digging I found out it was Jupiter.

From Abrahm’s Planetarium Night Sky Notes:

Sunday, January 17, 2010
The thin crescent Moon is to the lower right of Jupiter. Look for the pair in the WSW at dusk. Jupiter is shining bright at -2nd magnitude. Neptune, at 8th magnitude, is to the lower left of the Moon, but requires a telescope to be seen.

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