Mandeville vs EA

Again this week I attended the Mandeville High School football game, which was played on Thursday instead of Friday night at MHS. I love being the colorguard instructor for Mandeville but I can never leave the photographer in me behind when I am with the band and guard. So, of course I brought the cameral along in hopes of catching a few nice moments. Below are my favorites from the game (with most of the photos coming from the band either in or below the stands or preparing to take the field).

Members of the Mandeville High School colorguard huddle prior to heading to the stadium at MHS on Thursday.

Members of the trombone section stand at attention as the band prepares to head to the MHS stadium for the football game against East Ascension High School on Thursday.

The East Ascension student section throws powder into the air as they cheer on their team prior to kickoff at Mandeville High School on Thursday.

Members of the MHS marching band prepare to take the field for halftime on Thursday. This was their first halftime performance for their home crowd.

Band members dance to the music being played by some of the other band members under the stands during the third quarter on Thursday against East Ascension High School. 

Members of the colorguard dance in the stands during the fourth quarter against East Ascension High School.

A Mandeville High School football player points to the MHS fans after East Ascension turned the ball over late in the fourth quarter. 

Members of the MHS colorguard dance to the music played by the band under the stands after Mandeville defeated East Ascension at home on Thursday. 

The MHS band marches back into the school following the Skippers victory against East Ascension on Thursday at home. 

The Band's Perspective - Mandeville vs Catholic

Friday, I traveled with Mandeville High School marching band to Baton Rouge for the Mandeville vs Catholic H.S. game. This was my first game as the colorguard instructor with Mandeville. As always, I brought along the camera. While the guard danced beside me in the stands to the sounds of the Skipper band, I took the opportunity to shoot photos of the band and occasionally turned the camera toward the field. Below are a few of my favorite shots from the night. (To see all of the images of the band please visit my website at: www.clphotosonline.com and look for the "MHS Band - MHS vs Catholic" Gallery)

To any MHS colorguard members who see this blog, congrats on a great first performance!!

Super Regionals - LSU vs Stony Brook

With dark clouds looming over Alex Box Stadium, the LSU Tigers took the field against the Stony Brook Seawolves on Friday, June 8 in what would be a three game series with as many ups and downs as the weather. It had been almost a year since I had shot a baseball game so I was looking forward to covering the series. Game one was one of the most exciting games I have every covered with back to back home runs from both teams in the 9th and 10th innings. The stormy weather kept it interesting forcing the 12th inning of game one to be played on Saturday before game two. LSU would go on to win game one but lose game two. The stormy weather forced game three to be postponed until Sunday evening which made for nice light in the beginning of the game. The entire series produced a lot of emotion filled images. I am always a little nervous at these types of games because you never know where exactly the final winning reaction will take place and if you will be blocked or not, either by players or other photographers/videographers (and for those photographers reading this I am sure you know who I am referring to). Since Stony Brook was leading LSU by a large margin, I setup facing the Stony Brook dugout and decided that I would stay focused on the players in the dugout and follow them out if the Seawolves maintained their lead and defeated LSU. Well, my plan worked out. I followed the players out then quickly switched focus to the pitcher and catcher and shot several frames before being blocked. Overall I was happy with my images from throughout the series. Below are some of my favorites.