A little of this and a little of that

I've posted the latest Little League all-star photos from Friday on the website and should be able to get some more games in later this week.

I'm teaching a photography class in Montgomery each Tuesday in July. If it goes well, I may try to do the same in other communities. If you know of a town that might have some interest in hiring me, let me know.

My goal is to help people progress from taking pictures to making photographs by learning more about the manual settings on their camera and by using some tried and tested tips and techniques (say that three times fast!) I learned along the way.

Also, I thought I'd share a couple of photos.

One is of a good friend Jim Hill - who said he won a bet for showing up at a little league game with his cute-as-a-button daughter Lizzie dressed like the naked cowboy - only with short - thank God. This photo is apropos of nothing, but I know it will annoy Jim and I live for that.

Next, here are some fireworks photos from the Lake Carmi fireworks show. There's nothing I enjoy photographing more than fireworks. That's all I got for now - stay safe, hug your kids and keep cool --- Shawn

July senior portrait special

I have just posted my new senior portrait special on my photo website. Thanks to all of you who booked for the early special in June - the response was amazing, but I still have some dates available for the rest of the summer.

If you take advantage of the July special there are a couple of things to bear in mind. First, because bookings were so numerous last month, there's a limitation on the dates that are available for the rest of July and August. That said, I'm opening up weekend dates now and will try to be as flexible as possible. Secondly, it would be helpful when you book to have more than one date and time that you think would work for you.

Thanks again to those who booked early and for those just getting around to booking, rest assured there's still plenty of time and I'll do all I can to make sure you get a sitting that works for you.

All the best!

Shawn

Summer sports photo list

These are the galleries I've posted from games played from June 21, 2010 until Sept. 1, 2010.

To see photos from the 2010 spring sports season click here.

To see photos from the 2009-10 winter sports season click here.

Little League baseball tournaments

June 29, 2010 - Milton vs. Essex District 1 11-12 LL Baseball

July 2, 2010 - Missisquoi vs. Grand Isle, 9-10 Baseball, District 3

July 3, 2010 - Milton vs. St. Albans 9-10 baseball District 3

July 7, 2010 - Essex vs. Missisquoi, 11-12 LL Softball

July 8, 2010 - Fairfax vs. Missisquoi 9-10 Baseball

July 8, 2010 - Fairfax vs. Northwest 9-10 Softball

July 9, 2010 - Fairfax vs. Milton 11-12 Softball

July 9, 2010 - Essex vs. Northwest, 9-10 Softball

July 14, 2010 - Missisquoi vs. St. Albans 10-11 baseball

July 15, 2010 - St. Albans vs. Lamoille County, D-3 L.L. Baseball

July 16, 2010 - Fairfax vs. Essex, 11-12 Softball D-3 finals

July 17, 2010 - Fairfax vs. Essex 9-10 D-3 Softball

July 18, 2010 - Fairfax vs. Essex 9-10 D-3 Softball finals

July 22, 2010 - Fairfax vs. Vergennes, 11-12 Softball state tourney

July 23, 2010 - St. Albans vs. Essex D-3 11-12 Baseball Final

July 23, 2010 - Georgia vs. South Burlington, 9-10 Baseball States

Babe Ruth baseball

July, 7, 2010 - Swanton vs. Fairfax Babe Ruth

July 22, 2010 - Champlain Valley vs. Franklin County 13-YO Babe Ruth Baseball state tourney

Making progress

Whew! What a crazy six weeks or so!

Between league shoots, processing, weddings, family portraits, etc ... and trying to carve out a personal life it's been a long time between posts. I've not forgotten about Examiner.com, but something had to give as spring turned to summer.

That said, I'm finally finding my footing (and am encouraged by the number of people calling to book their senior portraits) and wanted to touch base clean up a few things.

First of all, I'm aware that Little League tournaments are gearing up and I plan on getting to as many games as my schedule allows.

Secondly, I think I've caught up on all uploads and updates on the spring sports page, but if you think there's some photos that have been missed, please let me know.

Against my best wishes, I've opted for uploading unedited photos to get my shots up as soon as possible, but I'm going to press the point that you can crop any photo you like to your wishes. Several folks have done this, but I want to make it clear that it's easy to improve on the shots I'm posting and the quality is not compromised when you crop the photos.

I'll be creating a new summer sports photo list and will provide links to whatever Little League, Legion, Voltage, etc ... games I attend there as time goes along.

In closing, thanks to you all for your business, for checking out my blog and for your patience with the delays in uploads. We are a very busy work in progress and if I had my druthers I'd blog more, but I have to balance the time spent writing with the duties that are paying the bills.

Take care!

Shawn

Upload update

I've decided - based on the volume of emails I'm getting asking about photos and when they will be posted - to do something I don't normally do - post unedited galleries.

It's not the best way to view the photos and there will be plenty of duds in each gallery, but the alternative is another couple of weeks of waiting and this seems the better of two disappointing options (If you are wondering why I'm struggling to keep up with editing galleries and getting to games it's because I have the happy circumstance of being extremely busy with league photography projects that must take precedent.).

At any rate, I should have the backlog cleared in a few days and will continue to update the spring sports photo list as applicable.

Just remember as you look at the photos that they can be cropped in on just the action very easily before you purchase or I can do it for you.

Thanks for your patience and understanding!

Shawn