I've discovered and followed a few photographers on Twitter while looking for advice and ideas. Most of the photographers I've found are wedding photographers (which is obviously not my field aside from shooting my brother-in-law's). And I had certainly not run across any other female sports photographers. So this is the coolest ever -- a couple photographers were hired by SNY to photograph the Mets on portrait day at spring training. Dream assignment! Maybe MASN will hire me one year ... Continue Reading

[Photoset] The game started out easy enough and coasted for several innings. I heard some fans complain it was boring -- but when you're winning, nothing wrong with that! In fact, I could hear what every fan was saying. I would guess there weren't more than a couple hundred people at the exhibition game with Team Italy. John Lannan pitched three scoreless uneventful innings, aided by a pop foul catch over the tarp by Ryan Zimmerman. The only threat of ... Continue Reading

It is spring training! [Photoset] I'll get a full post up in the morning. I'm so frustrated with the WiFi here and how long it took (and how many attempts) to get the photos up that I'm done for the night! Nats win (barely) over the Italy WBC team in an exhibition. But yay! A game! Continue Reading

[Getty Images] ...Yesterday. And man, I wish I was there to participate. Maybe one of these years! What do they do with these confessional pictures anyway? Media guide? Just for fun? Aside from Dmitri above, nobody appears to be having any fun with it (aside from bloggers, of course). Oh I get it - the guys are putting on their game faces. I think the locker and side grill with plywood as a backdrop was used last year as well. ... Continue Reading

a thousand words One Bat. [Photoset] Not just any bat, but my favorite player this season, Wil Nieves' (Ice Cream!) bat. And he was rolling it across the dugout roof right to me. Caught in my middle world of fan and photographer, I had the camera to my face and didn't look down until I heard the distinct sound of wood rolling on concrete. There it was - black and battered, rolling straight to me with Wil smiling on the ... Continue Reading