It Has Arrived!

Just got my prize for placing third in the SportsShooter.com clip contest. Imagine my surprise when I found out that they hadn't shipped me the 30D they'd promised, but a brand-spankin'-new 40D! Awesome. I just want to publically say thanks to SportsShooter.com for running such an awesome contest and to Canon for sponsoring said contest. Thank you guys, you rock! Keep up the good, no, great work!

R.I.P. Wall Township Speedway

Wall Township Speedway, a local racetrack, has announced (here) that it will not reopen this spring, thus ending its long run of great racing and entertainment near the Jersey Shore. Although I will freely admit that I'm not particularly fond of auto racing, I will say that I am sad to see the place go. Everyone there always looked like they were having a great time, and during the day and into the evening the light there was just great to shoot in. The article on my paper's website had over 100 user comments, a few from people glad to see the track shut down, but the majority of which recounted memories from a wide variety of people, of all ages, from all over the country. It got me thinking about my memories at the track, and I put together 10 of my favs and posted them on my SportsShooter page. Lo and behold, the next day they'd spotlighted my gallery! Here's the SportsShooter front page, followed by a slideshow of the 10 images. Thanks for looking!

Champions!

Shot a state championship football game tonight. I just love it when my teams (the teams I'm covering, I should say) win. So much better than having to shoot dejection... Here are a whole bunch of pics from tonight. The first game I wasn't shooting for work, but I arrived at the stadium early and decided to take some chances since I wasn't on the hook for these pics... I shot from up high for a lot of the game to see what it would look like. The first photo's of a pass that was caught at midfield and then run roughly 53 yards for a touchdown. The second one's a holding penalty... I think the flag looks pretty cool from this angle...




This one's just a fun one I shot of our reporter watching the game from the press box. I love that he's still got his hat on even though he's inside. It was actually quite warm in the press box, now that I think about it...



Then came my game, and it was a blowout. 46-13. So my photos ended up being less about the action than about the celebration. Here they are, in no particular order...

It was so cold tonight, that of the "REBELS" guys in the above photo, only "B" and "L" were still shirtless (below) by the end of the game. Now those guys are fans...

I shouldn't like this next image, because #21 ran right between me and the action, but for some reason, he doesn't bother me as much as I thought he would when it first happened...







One last thing, on an unrelated note. It's now the first of December, and that can mean only one thing: SportsShooter.com's monthly clip contest's winners were announced today. I'm proud to say that I placed. First place, as a matter of fact, in the sports action category. You can see the image here. Talk about a good "day at the office..."

Anyway, I'm beat... it is almost 2:30AM as I post this, so I'll say goodnight. Thanks for reading... Oh, and be sure to stay tuned, my next post will most likely be from Florida, where I'll be covering the roughly forty Shore area teams competing in the Pop Warner Cheer and Dance National Championships at the Wide World of Sports complex at Walt Disney World in Orlando.

Brad.

A Nice Surprise!

I woke up this morning and made my usual morning web stops: app.com, weather.com, a couple of blogs that I read regularly, and then sportsshooter.com... and much to my surprise, my Breeders' Cup gallery was being featured, right on sportsshooter's masthead!





Man do I love my job!