"Freestyling and Moguls"...

I really enjoyed watching the Freestyle and Moguls competition the past two nights with both the Women and Men competing in successive evenings. I don't think the TV coverage truly did the competition justice in showing just how steep the course is. Obviously all courses are different to one degree or another, but generally they have close to the same angle of descent. In Lake Placid I was having quite a difficult time climbing the course as outside of the course fence the snow was up to my waist. It was great seeing Hannah Kearney win the Gold with all the pressure of being the last competitor to race. As for the Men's Competition obviously I was hoping the American, Bryon Wilson, would sneak out the Gold, but I was actually happy to see the Canadians and Alexandre Bilodeau get the monkey off their back and win the Gold. On top of that it is such a great story about Alexandre's brother who is battling Cerebral Palsy. Great stuff for sure!

For anyone out there looking for my images of Figure Skating or other Indoor events from Lake Placid I'm sorry to say you will be disappointed. Those Games were a year or two before I went Digital and thus I was still using that dinosaur known as film. Couple that with older Indoor Facilities in Lake Placid and that equals very low light and not the optimum conditions for getting great images. I then opted to concentrate on the outdoor events as best I could. Please note as well that not all of the current Olympic events were held at the Goodwill Games in Lake Placid...In any event, I'll show you some of what I managed to get.

"Love the Olympics"

I cannot help the fact that I truly enjoy not only watching all of the competition of the Olympics, but I really like hearing and reading the side stories about the different athletes. These folks have made such huge commitments with their lives to get to this point. Some come so far only to suffer an injury in the end...What I loved when I covered the Winter sports in Lake Placid was simply being on my own to choose the sport, location and angle of what I wanted to photograph. I had complete freedom to cover what I wanted, when I wanted as long as I could get to my spot which at times was quite challenging hiking through a few feet of snow...Anyway, here are a few more images from Lake Placid which somewhat correspond with the events from Vancouver today...

"Tribute to the Winter Olympics"

As many of you know, I am a sports nut and photographed professional sports for 15 years including the 96'Summer Olympics for Sports Illustrated. Schedule-wise, I was never fortunate enough to cover the Winter Olympics which is my favorite of the two, but I did cover the 2000 Winter Goodwill Games in Lake Placid, NY for Turner Broadcasting. It was an incredible experience and one that has me thinking about covering a future Winter Games as my children get a little older. But I gave up sports photography to be with my family as my kids grow up and I'm in no hurry to change that thinking as I love what I'm doing with my family and children photography.

I have decided though to post an image or two each day of the Vancouver Olympics from my lone Winter Sports photography experience. I hope you enjoy...

"Love the Snow"

I miss the snow... occasionally. There is a part of me that would love to get the huge amounts that the Northeast has received lately, but it would have to be gone in a week or two (and with no flooding). It's always nice for the kids to experience some snow at home and to go a little crazy for a while. But I too enjoy just getting out and trying to be a little creative. In fact I was out in my backyard till about Midnight walking around popping off my flash along with a flashlight working to "light" a 115 ft Oak tree. I apologize to my neighbor, Mort, for freaking him out with the late night activity. So above is my "Oak tree" along with some other images from earlier yesterday.

Also, please keep and eye out for some images to come later today and all during the course of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. I'll provide a little more details in my next post...

"Christian at Eight Months"...

I photographed Mr. Christian Lee's 8 month session recently and it is always so fun to see how he is growing and progressing. He is doing phenomenal and he has those chunky legs and arms that my wife tends to like so much about babies. He plays one mean case of forearm flute and is really starting to chatter. We had a great, relaxing session and really got a nice selection of images that I believe Mom and Dad will be quite happy with. Christian has got some amazingly cool parents that that I always look forward to seeing. They give me great freedom and are always open to the different locations or backgrounds that I suggest. I hope everyone enjoys to "teaser"images I have posted above...

RedBubble work...

I just started selling some of my images on this cool website based out of Australia. They have some amazing work and I'm happy to be a part of it. The prices are pretty reasonable too. Please note that the above slideshow is showing cropped versions of my images, please view the RedBubble site for the full uncropped versions. I'll be adding images on a regular basis so please keep an eye out. They'll be a great deal of my sports images as well as various locations and still lifes and other personal work...Enjoy!

Family energy...

I recently photographed a wonderful family that I have known for years. They are really a warm and loving family not only amongst themselves but everyone they touch. They are very active within their church and community and are generally the first to help when something is needed.

Their children, Andrew and Lauren, are vibrant bundles of energy. I know that if we get together as families that my children will definitely sleep well that night because they'll be absolutely exhausted. We love any opportunity that we get to see them and hang out unfortunately its its far too infrequent. Anyway above are a few of the images from our session...