4.9.11 - Spring means Sounds Baseball is here!

One of the things I am learning to love about Spring is the return of minor league baseball right in my backyard.  (Well, if my backyard was 40 miles away).  I'm a fan of the game, but I am also a fan of what it brings to our city, and to the families in it, my own included.

It started on one warm night in April.  My family and my best friends piled down to see the opening weekend game at Greer.  Though the pollen was thick and the stuffy noses' ran high, the evening was perfect.  I was surrounded my most closest and favoritest people.  Lemonade, funnel cake, cold drafts.  It was a great way to kick off Sping in Nashville.

Another thing that comes to mind was around this time last year was the premiere of my zoom lens.  It's not a break-the-bank lens, but it serves me well.  I first broke it out at a Sound game last May, and I was not disappointed.  It has made plenty a run since, but I appreciate it much at these games, it really helps me capture all the things that surround baseball and what makes it great.

Nashville Sounds | April 9, 2011

5.30.10 - Pulling out the Zoom Lens

So, when I purchased my camera back in December, the bundle I bought came with an 18mm-55mm lens in addition to the regular lens.  I had played with it briefly, but hadn't actually switched it over for a long period of time.  I found the perfect opportunity to do so at a Nashville Sounds game over Memorial Day weekend.  We were sitting in the second row, and were very close to the players, the field, but when I got that zoom out...wow.

I really enjoyed getting shots that I wanted to get.  Shots that were not tainted by people's heads, objects that stood between the target and myself.  It was the first time I saw the advantage of having another viewpoint.  I mean, com on, how many of us just move closer to our object.  It takes only a second, and it works just fine.  But what about those moments where you can't step any closer.  It was great.

It reminds me of when I was a sportswriter for my high school newspaper.  I always wished I had the picture that was in my mind of the game I attended to go along with my story.  Hey, Nashville Sounds, call me :-)