Quote of the day: "The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then--to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn." --T. H. White, The Once and Future King
Sports photography is one of my favorite types of photography. It is very challenging because of time pressures, poor lighting, and especially with my old non-autofocus equipment. It can also be very frustrating when you miss a shot that you know would have been great, but just didn't happen. But it can be rewarding as well.
I started doing sports photography when I was a photographer for La Vie--the weekly campus newspaper of Lebanon Valley College, my undergrad Alma Mater. I photographed almost every sport at LVC, and soon became somewhat obsessed with sports photography. When I arrived at Dartmouth College I continued shooting sports, something that may not have been wise since it was my first year in the Computer Science graduate program (homework, homework, and more homework). But it was nice to have a diversion... I worked for The Dartmouth and The Sports Weekly to support my sports photography "jones." Lately, I haven't been doing very much photography (trying to finish my Ph.D.) but every once in a while I still indulge myself.