Snow Storms and Basketball

For some reason I am asked to photograph results of every little storm that comes through town.

C'mon! It's winter. It snows. End of story.

And don't hold your breath if you were hoping I was done with basketball for the week, because I have three more games over the next two days.

Tonight, the T-Bird men won their game, so there is cause for much celebration.

Basketball and Snow Storms

The SUU women's basketball team won a close game today against a team they've never won before, so it was pretty intense. They won by one point in the last few seconds.

I had to shoot some last-minute snow photos, too.

Vintage Santa

Happy Holidays! Here's a creepy, vintage Santa doll for your Christmas pleasure and delight.

What Makes Up a 10 Hour Day

I've been having long days at work lately. Today it was 10 hours. Here is some of what I shot:

A Christmas party at an assisted living facility where family members attended and Santa brought gifts to the residents.

A middle school choir performance.

Two basketball games. One high school, the other college.

A house fire.

And, rainy weather photos.

Faces

People whose paths I crossed today:

Eagle Point

Spent the morning at Utah's newest ski resort.

Christmas Joy and Tragedy

Two stories of Christmas gifts. One joyous, the other tragic.

These pilots were delivering gifts to poor communities as part of the annual Santa Flight:

The elderly couple in this car was taking gifts to their family in Vegas:

In Lieu of Basketball

I shot basketball again today, but seeing as that is all I've posted recently, here are some portrait photos I shot yesterday instead:

A Night of Basketball

Apparently, I'm a sports blogger this week. Two basketball games today.

SUU Women:

SUU Men:

"It wasn't me, ref! It was him! ...but don't tell him I told."

More Sports

Another swim meet:

Another basket ball game:

On The Job

Some stories I covered today:

Flashing High School Basketball

As I've said, I don't have much experience using flashes and usually try to avoid it whenever humanly possible. However, I do want to become a better photojournalist, so I promised myself I would pull out the strobes for this year's high school basketball season since high school gyms have notoriously terrible lighting for action shots.

Tonight, I set them up for the first time and here's what I got:

Roll Over

Car accident.

Children and a Viking

Delighted children:

And a delighted viking: