last saturday, back out on the road for sports - this time, not nearly so far as last, thankfully, and even more so, it was a day game to boot - haven't had one of those in a long time - our sole remaining team in the state semi-finals, and what a crazy game - they were down, then tied, literally going into the final seconds of the game - i was convinced that they were going into overtime, and then they decided on their last play to go for the field goal kick 30+ yards to win - all with the kid who'd never made a kick that far and who'd missed the kicks after the td's - the sideline was crazy, so much energy, the guys all linked arms, swaying back and forth before the kick, and from each of them, utterances of "c'mon, seth, c'mon seth, do it, do it"- even i had so much adrenaline pumping just watching them and awaiting the reaction shot that i think i was literally shaking (and i don't even really LIKE football!), and he makes it - but the umps throw a flag, and they have to re-do the kick - so now, the kid who'd never done this before, not only did it once, but he has to do it again! so, same thing all over again, more adrenaline, more heart pumping, and he makes it again! frickin nuts! then the other team fumbles on their first down with like 10 seconds left and they recover and actually end up getting another touch-down....i didn't even know that happened til later, because i was just focused on the sidelines the whole time at that point - i just knew everyone was going nuts, and then it was mass chaos at the end, which makes getting stuff either really easy or really hard, and in this case, it was more like the latter, but it was cool nonetheless, and sadly, since i have to go cover the wackos lining up at 3 am to do the black friday shopping, i'm not on-shift to cover their finals game at Ford Field in Detroit late that afternoon....i'm seriously thinking about going anyway - and that's saying a lot for a girl who really doesn't dig the sport - but, i really love everything that surrounds it - all the emotion, the intensity....i may just have to whip out the press pass and go anyway
sunday was the annual holiday parade thru downtown monroe - i had to shoot a chorale rehearsal beforehand, then i drove down to the pre-parade line-up after i ran into the paper to dump my cards (just in case i needed all of them for the parade - 256 mb cards don't go too far in the D3) - there was a girl scout troop putting the final touches on their costumes - pin a green fleece blanket around a kid, and viola, you've got a little walking xmas tree!
and then, i jetted up to the paper, parked, then walked back down the street in time for the parade start.....i'm sure i've posted this before, but, man oh man, these are tough to shoot - you'd just think it's absolute gravy with portfolio images round every corner, but they're really kind of hard....particularly when you factor in the whole getting id's thing...but they are where all photojournalists master the great skill of walking backwards, which, given michigan streets, full of cracks and potholes, becomes more than a tad bit dicey! anyhoo, here are a few from the event
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