Hockey Fisticuffs

They never fight when I cover hockey. Last night was a nice exception. I ran down to the press room to transmit my images after the first period. My deadline was 8:30. After I got my initial images in I went out to see what more I could come up with before deadline. Shortly after I got back to my shooting position Phoenix Coyote Paul Bissonnette and Montreal Canadian Jay Leach decided to duke it out. I rattled off a few frames and headed back down to the press room to send them to the photo desk. I got the photo in with a few minutes to spare.

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Watching the Game

I spent the afternoon covering a high school baseball game yesterday. The action got a little slow so I tried shooting something a little different.

Alien Jellyfish Lands in Phoenix

Today I photographed the opening of Phoenix's new Downtown Civic Space Park. The main feature of the park is a big sculpture of hanging nets titled "Her Secret is Patience". You are welcome to make your own decisions about the art. This was our first chance to make images of the new artwork with people around it. The first photo shows the sculpture with the Valley Ho in the background. The Ho is a well known old feature in downtown Phoenix that at one time was a hotel that presidents stayed while visiting AZ. The other shows the park with people.

Field View

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I did a pano last night as the Dbacks lost to the Dodgers. I wanted to do a photog's view from the field. I plan on doing more at Chase FIeld. Maybe I'll do one this summer from the pool out in right field.

Happy Easter.
Pat

Concert Pano

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Last night I tried doing panos from the pit at the Tempe Music Festival. The two main acts were Kid Rock and Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. It ended up being harder than I thought. Concerts have a lot of changing variables such as lighting and tons of movement. I wasn't abel to get a full 360 degree pano, but I was able to put together about 280 degrees of viewing. These were all shot on a monopod with a 8mm lens.

Pano from Tom's Thumb Trail

On Tuesday, I was able to hike the new Tom's Thumb Trail in the McDowell Mountains. The trail is part of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. A team of trail builders spent 6 months working on this trail, camping out at the base of the mountain. It's a good hike. It will get your heart pumping. The first pano is taken from about half way up. The second pano shows the view from next to Tom's Thumb.

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Bball

U of A catcher is knocked down by an ASU runner in a home plate collision. ASU scored on the play.