New York State Lacrosse Championships

I was able to shoot the boys semifinals and finals for NYSPHSAA this year at St. John Fisher in Rochester, NY.  It was a couple of full days and weekends of Section V playoffs all the way to the state championships.   I was there for both boys and girls sectionals in Section V.  Each game had a lot of great action and celebrations.  Here are some of my favorites from the few weeks of sectionals and states.

May 28, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Dan LaCrosse (25) of the Canandaigua Braves celebrates an overtime goal against the Victor Blue Devils to win the Class B Section V Lacrosse Championship at Growney Stadium.

May 29, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Lindsay Igoe (5) is all smiles as the Penfield Patriots defeated the Pittsford Panthers for the Section 5 Class A Girls Lacrosse Championship at at East Irondequoit H.S.  

May 28, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; The Penn Yan Mustangs celebrate their Section V Class C Lacrosse Championship over the Geneva Panthers at Growney Stadium

May 29, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; The Honeoye Falls-Lima Cougars celebrate their Section 5 Class C Girls Lacrosse Championship against the Waterloo Indians at East Irondequoit H.S.

May 28, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Liam Guiton (24) celebrates the Penfield Patriots Class A Section V Lacrosse Championship over the Webster Thomas Titans at Growney Stadium.

May 29, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Meaghan Bowen (1) and her Brighton teammates celebrate their Section 5 Class B Girls Lacrosse Championship against the Canandaigua Braves at East Irondequoit H.S.

May 29, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Brighton celebrates their Section 5 Class B Girls Lacrosse Championship against the Canandaigua Braves at East Irondequoit H.S.

June 5, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Connor Russell (3) of the Penfield Patriots wins the faceoff during the Class A Lacrosse State Semifinals against the West Genesee Wildcats at Growney Stadium.

June 5, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Ryan Durkin (20) of the Jamesville-Dewitt Red Rams controls the ball against Ben Ott (6) of the Hamburg Bulldogs during the Class A Lacrosse State Semifinals at Growney Stadium.

June 5, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Connor Cannizzaro (3) of the Cazenovia Lakers battles Nick Skorusa (26) of the Penn Yan Mustangs during the Class C Lacrosse State Semifinals at Growney Stadium.

June 8, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Lucas Johnson (2) of the Jamesville-Dewitt Red Rams protects the ball from Jack Metzler (2) of the Garden City Trojans during the Class B Lacrosse State Finals at Growney Stadium.

June 8, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Jack Worstell (8) of the Garden City Trojans celebrates their Class B Lacrosse State Final victory over the Jamesville-Dewitt Red Rams with his team managers at Growney Stadium.

June 8, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Brian Badgett (11) and Justin Guterding (1) of the Garden City Trojans celebrate their Class B Lacrosse State Final victory over the Jamesville-Dewitt Red Rams at Growney Stadium.

June 8, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; The Cazenovia Lakers lift their coach and celebrate their victory over the Bronxville Broncos for the Class C Lacrosse State Finals at Growney Stadium.

June 8, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Ryan Cook (22), Conor Race (5), AJ Davis (23), Travis McGrath (15), and Trevor Cross (4) of the Cazenovia Wildcats celebrate their Class C Lacrosse State Finals victory over the Bronxville Broncos at Growney Stadium.

June 8, 2013;  Rochester, NY; USA; Thomas Kellerman (33) and David Gibbs (2) of the Ward Melville Patriots jump in a victory celebration over the West Genesee Wildcats for the Class A Lacrosse State Championship at Growney Stadium.

Here is the link to my High School Lacrosse galleries:   CLICK HERE

2012 Brockport College Celebrations

Arnold De La Cruz (77) of the Brockport Golden Eagles, hoists the I-90 Bowl trophy over his teammates at Eunice Kennedy Shriver Stadium, in Brockport, NY. The Golden Eagles defeated the Buffalo St. Bengals 38-24. September 8th, 2012.

Brockport Golden Eagles Senior Karen Bianchi (24), celebrates her 3rd goal against the RIT Tigers at the RIT Turf Field in Rochester, N.Y on March 21st, 2012.

Kody Vaisanen and Mike Hayward of the Brockport Golden Eagles, celebrate a goal against the Western New England Golden Bears in Brockport, N.Y. September 8th, 2012.

Nick Tata (10) airplanes towards his teammates after scoring his first goal of the season for the Brockport Golden Eagles against the RIT Tigers at RIT College in Rochester, N.Y. August 31st, 2012.

Brett Jendra (16), of the Brockport Golden Eagles, celebrates after scoring against the Western New England Golden Bears at Brockport College in Brockport, N.Y. January 12th, 2012.

Brockport College Sophomore, Chelsea Ross (1) celebrates with her teammates against the Nazareth Golden Flyers at SUNY Brockport in Brockport, N.Y. September 26th, 2012.

Brockport Golden Eagle Defender, Nikkia Russell (15), celebrates her goal with a heel click against the Nazareth Golden Flyers at SUNY Brockport in Brockport, N.Y. September 11th, 2012.

Jean Farrell celebrates after the Brockport Golden Eagles take the lead against the Fredonia Blue Devils in Brockport, N.Y. April 27th, 2012.

Senior Jordan Hogan (5), gestures to his teammate for a chest bump after scoring against the Buffalo St. Bengals at SUNY Brockport in Brockport, N.Y. September 8th, 2012.

Ben Woolston (52) screams after his team scores against the Buffalo St. Bengals at SUNY Brockport. in Brockport, N.Y. September 8th, 2012.

2012 Athlete Portraits

It's been over a year since I have blogged but while I have some time to organize my photos I thought I would throw a few up here from the year of 2012.  I will start with some of my favorite portraits of athletes moving onto the next level...college.

Amanda Roosa from Allegany- Limestone, moving on to play softball for Wesleyan College

Casey McClaren, pitcher from McQuaid, moving on to Cazenovia College

Kayla Brahm, point guard from Churchville-Chili, going to Wilkes University

Leah Saavedra, softball player from Wayne, heading to Cortland State

Markell Collins from Brockport, moving on to Edinboro University

Brockport Team and Individual Photos

The start of the college year also brings about team pictures and head shots for media guides.  The fall teams are usually shot in mid-August and include big sports like football and soccer.  Here are some of the individual photos for the Brockport athletics website and media guides.

Here is the setup, a classroom is used in the athletics building.  Photos taken with my blackberry.

The team photos were all done at a rushed pace so no lighting or flash was used.  Most were outdoors except volleyball.

Alternate volleyball team photo

Football Coaches

Men's Soccer

Fall Brockport Sports in Full Effect

The first couple of weeks of fall sports has been hectic.  Shooting these events as early as possible for SUNY Brockport is essential for their college athletics website.  They need art for each article that goes up after every event.  Shooting each sport early can usually fulfill their needs for the first 3 or 4 weeks of photos to match articles.  They also need photos early for media guides which includes headshots for their staff and athletes.  Having the opportunity to shoot both headshots and sports for Brockport athletics keeps me very busy in late August and early September.  High school sports take a back seat early in the fall season due to the many events for my contract sports.

I am hoping to be a little more informative of working both with a college photography contract and shooting on spec with high school sports and the differences between the two throughout this year.  I will post some setup shots and head shots in the next blog.  Also, I will add some of the team photos.  Here is some of the early action from the first couple of weeks.  If you would like to see the rest of the photos of the Golden Eagles in action click on this link:  SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles