Cheer Loud

Lake Orion State Championship Ring

It was an amazing experience to photograph the games this year. Go Dragons! Here's a shot of the championship ring.

Lake Orion vs Grand Blanc 2010

What an amazing game to witness. It seemed like Marcus Stevenson blasted through the defense like they were not there at all. Way to go Dragons.

And the band played on

Taken at the Lake Orion homecoming game last Friday.

Diving Judges

These judges gave my son (the diver) a score of 183.3 today. Awesome.

Lake Orion vs Troy Sneak Peek

I'm still editing the photos from the Lake Orion High School football game. For now, here's a shot of Phil Serzo doing what he does best.

Lake Orion vs Southfield 2009

The game began like most do in the US with the national anthem. I always sense a rivalry between the band members and the football players. It's almost like the football players have claimed this field for their sport, yet the band members claim it for their competitions. I think this photo represents that feeling the way the instruments are pointed right at the players during the national anthem.

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The defense really stepped up their game this week and dominated the Southfield offense.

Every week I have a theme for when I shoot a football game. It keeps me focused on a goal and the theme for this week was celebrations. I wanted to capture those moments of celebratory bliss, and this shot is the first of many that I captured with that in mind.

A different form of celebration, more of a rub it in your face I just scored a touchdown on you celebration.

Here's our glorious defense again celebrating another successful conversion.

The dance team works just as hard as everyone else out there, so I thought they deserved some blog time as well.

I play football on a football field, with a football.

Sophomore Quarterback Sean Charette doing what he does best.

And another touchdown by Lake Orion.

Lake Orion Wins 35-0

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Quarterback Release

One of my favorite shots from the football game last friday against Hudsonville.

You may ask, "why does a wedding photographer photograph sporting events?" What could a football game possibly have that relates to weddings? The truth is, I find football games just as challenging as weddings to photograph. They both require an equal amount of attention, and they both give the opportunity to tell a story with pictures. I think the greatest part of shooting football games is that it gets me to think creatively. Some sports shoots will point the camera at the field and that's it, but there is so much more to the story than just what's between the hash marks. There are fans, players on the sideline that will never play but continue to root on their team, cheerleaders, huddles on the sidelines, player's expressions, helmets, footballs, the list is literally infinite. All of which help me to break out of my shell and to keep my creativity flowing.

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Track Season

One of the most rewarding things that I do is to coach the hurdles for the track team. Here's a shot from this past week's Lake Orion High school track meet.

Sports Row

This hallway was begging me to take it's photograph today. This is one of the hallways in the athletic center of Lake Orion High school. I took several photos today of gymnastics and this was the shot I decided to blog about.

Lake Orion Vs Clarkston 2008

Wow what a game! Clarkston was a tough opponent. The theme for this game was bumps and bruises. The scars of a long season are starting to show, and I found many opportinities to capture the scars during this raining game. The mist changed the light dramatically on Friday refracting all of the light and making it easy to shoot this game.

Here's our quarterback throwing another successful pass.



This next shot is my favorite from the night.


Keeping with the theme of bumps and bruises:



Ok, maybe this one.


Touchtown!!!!







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Wilson Football LO

Photographing the game ball has been something I feel compelled to do when on the field during the football game. This shot was taking at the game this past Friday night, and I have to say that it is one of my favorite football pics this season. I liked the way the sepia really highlighted the detail of the football giving it a different sense of depth and dimension.

Lake Orion vs Royal Oak 2008

Wow, what a game! Lake Orion took charge this week against Royal Oak not allowing them to score at ALL. I had the privilege yet again to be on the sidelines photographing this event, and I must say it is a whole lot of fun. Everything was awesome from the smell of popcorn from the stands, to the smell of the players near me (ok the smell of the players I could do without.) The theme for today's game that I used when focusing my photographic eye was the words "high five." In some way I was hoping to capture those "hi fives", chest bumps, and pats on the back that occurred during the game as a form of celebration or encouragement. These shots tell that story in many forms.

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The game began with a beautiful sunset

Chest Bump

Low Five

This next shot is not necessarily a high five, it's an interception. It's a high-five with the football in some ways.

Sometimes you can time a shot just right. I really love how the cheerleader is in the air on as I was trying to take a shot of the lined-up cones.

He finally got a name on the back of his shoulders. Great job tonight Shawn.

There were lots of smiles at the game last night (at least if you were wearing Green and White.)

55 unanswered points.

The game and tailgate is over. See you at the next home game.

I have so many favorite shots from last night that you must view them all as a slideshow.

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Helmet Posts

Helmet Posts

This is the last shot from Friday's football game that I will post. Can someone please tell me the purpose of these helmets sitting on these posts? I think they cover the radio transmitter, but I'm not quite sure.

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