Far Post action photos at Nordic Cup info

I shot almost every team in Far Post Soccer at Nordic Cup over the weekend. Congrats to all teams for a competitive showing - I was very impressed with your play.

At the bottom of this blog post are links to all of the galleries of all of the games I shot. They are listed in order of the age group of the teams from youngest to oldest. If I have labeled a gallery wrong, let me know and I'll rectify the situation.

Any photo in any of the galleries is available to purchase either as an instant download or as a print. The instant downloads are just 99 cents each and are downloaded right to your computer and are large enough to print as an enlargement up to 8x10 without losing image quality. They will be uncropped.

If you order prints, which start at $1.99 for a 4x6, I will crop and edit the image and make sure it looks its' best. We also offer merchandise through the website like T-shirts, mouse pads, mugs, etc ... Any print or merchandise will be mailed directly to you. You do need a credit card to make the purchase. All prints are done through my website partner www.smugmug.com - they are a national company that works with thousands of small businesses like mine and are extremely reputatible and their quality, in my opinion, is unsurpassed in the industry.

That said, I do not have time to edit the 5,300 photos I took this weekend. This means that some photos are out of focus, have obstructions in them, etc ... Also, some are shot from a distance. You can zoom in to see the quality of the photos on the website and if they look sharp, you can still get a good print even if the subject matter is small in proportion to the entire image.

Here's an example.

Here's the unedited version of a photo.

Here's a cropped, edited version of the same photo. As you can see, just because the subject of the photo is not close in the uncropped version, the quality will be very good when you crop it. Questions? Email me at shawn@coldhollowphoto.com or call me at 782-5317 - Thanks for visiting my site - Shawn Corrow

Here's the list of the galleries I shot this weekend - most have around 200 photos, some have less (especially the U-16 girls second gallery when I showed up minutes before the end of the game, unfortunately. Some have more and some teams have more than one gallery. I tried my best spread myself as much as possible, but I could only do so much, I'm afraid.)

Far Post U-10 Girls Gallery

Far Post U-10 Boys Gallery 1 Gallery 2

Far Post U-12 Boys Premier Gallery

Far Post U-12 Boys Club Gallery

Far Post U-12 Girls Club Gallery

Far Post U-12 Girls Premier Gallery

Far Post U-13 Girls Premier Gallery 1 Gallery 2

Far Post U-13 Boys Premier Gallery

Far Post U-14 Boys Club Gallery

Far Post U-14 Girls Club Gallery

Far Post U-14 Girls Premier Gallery 1 Gallery 2 Gallery 3

Far Post U-14 Boys Premier Gallery

Far Post U-15 Boys Premier Gallery

Far Post U-15 Girls Club Gallery

Far Post U-15 Girls Premier Gallery

Far Post U-16 Boys Premier Gallery 1 Gallery 2

Far Post U-16 Girls Premier Gallery 1 Gallery 2

State cheerleading photo list and links

Based on the fact there has been a record 33,518 photo views on my website tonight (amazing since the first photos were uploaded around 6 and the last around 10) I'm guessing people are aware there are lots of photos from the state cheer championships on my website.

But just in case you have stumbled upon my blog, here's a list of the galleries, sorted by school.

Winooski
Vergennes
Rutland
Richford
Poultney
Otter Valley
Mount Anthony
Milton
Mill River
Green Mountain
Fair Haven
Essex
Brattleboro
BFA-St. Albans
BFA-Fairfax

We got your cheer here

I will attending the Vermont Cheerleading championships Saturday in Vergennes once aagin. This is the third straight year I've shot the event. I also wrote a preview article in today's Burlington Free Press and will provide coverage in Sunday's Free Press, as well.

Of course, there will be tons of photos on my website from the event, as well. I will start uploading the images Sunday and will post on Facebook (Shawn Corrow) and Twitter (@scorrow) when they are finished.

You can also check the scroll to the right of this article for my latests Tweets if you are not a Facebook or Twitter kinda person.

Prices start at 99 cents for an instant download (unedited and uncropped) or $1.99 for 4x6s (which are cropped and edited).

Also, I have taken photos at several cheerleading events over the past three years.

To view photos from the 2008-09 season, including the State championships, click here.

Teams include: BFA-Fairfax, Mount Abraham, Milton, BFA-St. Albans, Richford, Rutland Junior, Rutland Youth, Academy Cheer Challenge pods, Academy Cheer Challenge top guns, Fairfax Patriots, Milton Broncos, Blue Mountain youth

To view photos from the 2009-10 season, including the State championships, click here.

There are separate galleries for each team. Teams include: Vergennes, Vergennes Flyers, Vergennes Minis, Richford, Rutland, Poultney, Otter Valley, Milton, Mill River, Lyndon, Green Mountain, BFA-Fairfax, BFA-St. Albans, Essex, Fair Haven, Mount Anthony, South Burlington, Brattleboro, Winooski, West Rutland youth, Rutland M.S., Peak Performance, Essex JV, St. Albans Youth All-Stars, Milton M.S., BFA-Fairfax JV, BFA-Fairfax MS, AD Lawton, St. Albans 5/6, St. Albans 7/8, St. Albans Steelers

To view photos from the 2011 NVACs, click here.

All teams that competed are included in the order they competed - I shot the entire competition, including the youth divisions and the top guns.

To view photos from the 2011 Academy Cheer Challenge, click here.

There are separate galleries for each team. Teams include: AD Lawton, BFA Alumni, St. Albans 5/6, Essex MS, Vergennes Minis, St. Albans Varsity, St. Albans Youth All-Stars, Georgia MS, BFA St. Albans Varsity, BFA St. Albans JV, Blue Mountain MS, Blue Mountain Minis, BFA-Fairfax JV, BFA-Fairfax MS, Richford, St. Albans 7/8, Vergennes Flyers, Vergennes Minis

To view photos from the 2010 Fall Academy Cheer Challenge, click here.

All teams that competed are included in the order they competed

Hard'Ack Alpine ski race photo sales info

Thanks for checking out this link that aims to explain the ordering process for these photos.

First, if are visiting this link before 11 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 then you can still get instant 99-cent downloads or $1.99 4x6s of any image from this event.

After that time, you will only be able to purchase prints and the price of the 4x6 prints increases to $2.99 each.

Why the difference? I typically offer 99-cent downloads and $1.99 4x6s of images to school's that use me for their team and individual photos. Unfortunately, BFA-St. Albans is not one of these schools. That said, as a personal favor to a couple of the organizers of this event I agreed to bend the rules and allow a short window where those truly motivated to get their hands on these images can do so at a reduced rate.

If BFA-St. Albans ever choose to use me for their sports team and individual photos then any photo I take of any of their teams (and their opponents) will be available for 99-cent downloads.

I took over 2,000 images of this event. I don't expect you to weed through them all to find your favorite skier. And you shouldn't expect I would edit these photos individually before they are posted to the website.

That said, these images are high-quality and you can really zoom in the subject and see them clearly (unless I wasn't properly focused, which does happen). However, you can check the quality of any image by enlarging it on the screen. If it looks in focus, it will print in focus.

Here's a example.

This image - chosen at random - includes the original view as it appears on the gallery and a cropped version, equal to a 5x7. As you can tell, there's a lot of room to crop these images to make them look better.

Here's another randomly-chosen example - not all photos are taken from long range. I began shooting each skiier about 100 feet from me and continued until they were within about 25 feet. I'm guessing on average there are between 6-10 photos of each skiier on each run.

 

If you download an image, it's going to be uncropped. You will have to crop it to make it look better in most cases. If you order a print, I will crop it and it will be mailed to you. To purchase any photo from www.coldhollowphoto.com just choose and image, click buy and you have countless options for sizes, shapes, merchandise, etc ... and if I do say so myself, it's very reasonably priced.

If you have any trouble using my website, just email me: shawn@coldhollowphoto.com or click the 'email me' link at the top of page. I'll respond promptly.

Finally - to simplify the viewing of these photos - I've divided up the images into different galleries. Click here to see what they are named and how many photos are in each.

High school skiers decend upon Hard'ack

For the second year, the ski, snowboarding and sledding hill at Hard'Ack in St. Albans hosted a slalom ski race. Sure, the course is a little short - the best skiers could make the trek in about 20 seconds - but it was techincally difficult and very fan friendly.

I was stunned at how many parents were able to attend and the skiers didn't disappoint. Neither did the weather ... nor did the cheeseburgers and hot dogs. But I digress.

All in all it was a great day to spend outside photographing a sport that has never been included on my Cold Hollow Photo website. Boy did that ever change today. I have 2,150 images from today's event.

I arrived at the end of the boys first run and took 85 photos. (I missed the girls first run, but I made up for it, believe me.)

The girls second run gallery has a shade under 600 photos in it. I took photos of every skier as they came through the flush (look at me talking like a ski bum - actually I just learned that term yesterday from starter Matt Crawford.)

I maintained the same vantage point for the boys second run, the gallery from which has 587 photos - I got a little more judicious with my shots for the boys because I began to run out of memory card space (silly photo boy left his camera bag in the car, but then again I thought maybe I'd take 1,000 photos).

For the girls third run gallery (there are just over 400 photos) take from a bit higher on the course.

I moved to a lower vantage point for the boys third-run gallery (483 photos). I left before the end of the run to start the editing and uploading process - that will likely take about five hours when all is said and done. That said, I'm confident I the guys I missed in the third run are the guys I shot in the first run. Confused, don't be. Just look through each gallery (the photos are posted in the order the skiers came down the hill) and eventually you'll find the skier you are looking for.

If you are interested in ordering photos - here's a link explaining the process, some notes on cropping and a special offer that ends at 11 p.m on Saturday night.