Words and Light

Last night, I was supposed to shoot girls basketball. I arrived early — and saw wrestlers on a wrestling mat.

Turns out they rescheduled the girls basketball game to tonight, and the paper hadn’t been notified. I called the reporter, he called the sports editor and soon we were rushing over to a boys basketball game going on a few miles away.

I’ll say it now: I had a pretty rough off-night. This was not one of my best games. In fact, this was probably my worst game. This happens to every photographer, though, so I’m not concerned about being in a rut or out of shape. That said, here’s the shot that ran:

© 2011 by The York Dispatch. Dallastown's Cori Ebersole drives the ball past Red Lion's Mike Fox and Tanner Klinefelter during the second period at Dallastown Area High School on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Dallastown defeated Red Lion 43-36.

…And here are shots that would belong only on a blog, if anywhere at all.

First: layers. Oh my goodness, layers.

If you look closely, you can even see another photographer way in the back.

Second: oops.

Would've been better if his head had been replaced instead by the basketball.

Yep. Pretty rough off-night. John, who shot the night’s other game, said he had an off-night, too. There must’ve been something in the water.