Park Bracket NAIA Softball

It's spring sports playoffs season. The first round of the NAIA Softball Championships are played at regional sites around the country. Four teams met in St. Joseph, MO

Park University was the second seed and the host for the event. It was the first warm week of the spring and it made for good softball and good photography.

Here are a few images from the action!













California State University San Marcos was the first seed and won the bracket with a 3-0 record. They move on to the Championships in Columbus, GA

Gear: Nikon D7000 w/ 300mm f/4 (and sometimes the TC1.4II); Nikon D90 w/ 70-200 f/2.8

Lots of sunscreen between games !!

Enjoy !

Park University Men's Volleyball

Park University is a local school which is one of my primary sports clients. I have been covering events for Park over the past three years.

The Park Univ. Pirates won the 2012 NAIA National Men's Volleyball Tournament, and entered this season as the #1 ranked team in the country.

They opened the season the weekend of January 17-19 with their home Pirate Invitational tournament. I covered several games during the weekend. Here is some of the high-flying action

Park finished the weekend play 4-0, dropping only one game along the way.

If you have the opportunity go take in a collegiate men's volleyball game. The action is fast and high-flying!

All images taken with a Nikon D7000 & Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8, post processing in Photo Mechanic and ACR 7

A New Season

With November here football is wrapping up at the small college level. One more week for NAIA schools and the playoffs begin the following weekend.

The first games of the basketball season began over the past week. I had my first opportunity to cover a game this weekend. Here are a few images from the game. Enjoy!

The details: Nikon D7000 & Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8. Post in Photo Mechanic and ACR 7

More Weekend Sports !

I've spent another weekend shooting college sports. My photographic favorite for this weekend was the Park University @ Benedictine College Women's soccer match.

These ladies played an up-tempo and aggressive style of football. And the weather and light were perfect for shooting the game. Enjoy the images!

I've added a 300mm f/4 prime telephoto and a Black Rapids camera strap to my gear so I am shooting with two cameras at these activities. In this set there are images from both the D7000/300mm and the D90/70-200mm rigs. Post processing in PhotoMechanic 5 and ACR7

Park University Volleyball

I've continues taking opportunities to photograph various sports events. A relatively unusual event is Men's college Volleyball. Not many schools in the mid-west have men's teams.

I have been shooting some events for Park University in Parkville, MO. Their Men's Volleyball team was ranked Second in the country when I took these images this week. Enjoy!

Images taken with the D7000 & 70-200mm f/2.8. PP with ACR, CS5 and C eFx 4