I think baseball is hard. Especially hard. I don't really like shooting it. I don't know the game all that well, and it's just difficult. Yesterday though, I think I started to 'get it.' My hardest time with some assignments like this is to really, really focus and give it full attention. I know that sounds terrible, but the sooner I admit it, the sooner I can work on getting my head around that block and making better pictures. 

After a less than great week in and out of work, it felt really good to focus in on shooting and just do it. It's nice to always be able to fall back on your camera. Even if you're overwhelmed with taxes, things at home and all those little things that wear you down, you can always focus in and control how you shoot. It felt good to exercise that yesterday.

Now I have more action and stuff to fill out a gallery on my computer, but a friend of mine told me that a previous staffer here at the Herald shot every single prep baseball game like a portfolio, so I wanted to work on that. Try to see a bit different and not focus solely on covering my ass for web and print. 

Here are some features and an action shot or two from yesterday.

Thanks for looking,

Grant