On Thursday, I made a trip back to Manchester, Iowa to shoot pictures for a feature the paper was doing on the town. The first time I drove out there the light was pretty bad and there was not a lot going on but this time the weather was perfect and I got there in time for some nice afternoon light. My assignment was pretty much to just document the town and shoot features so I drove around looking for both scenic shots of the downtown area and people doing stuff outside. I found a couple features, got the scenic shots I needed and also managed to get portraits of the two people that will for sure be quoted in the story. So, I had everything I needed except for a night shot of the theatre that recently re-opened. Since, it was about two hours before it was dark enough to get a shot of the theatre lit up, I drove around looking for extra features since the light was still nice. I was driving down a street near downtown when I found some kids jumping on a trampoline. Luckily, the parents were outside and were happy to let me take a few photos of the kids enjoying the afternoon. It reminded me of the many afternoons I used to spend as a kid playing on the trampoline in my family's back yard. All that was missing was a dog under the trampoline trying to bite at feet. Anyway, the photo of the kids on the trampoline was my favorite of the day.
After shooting the photos I headed to a coffee shop in the town to edit the photos I had and wait to get the last shot I needed, the theatre lit up a night. Apparently, the theatre lights have not been on at night. So, before even arriving in Manchester on Thursday, I knew that was a photo I needed to get. Like the trampoline photo of the kids, I ended up shooting two images that I liked. The top image below is the picture that I sent in. I thought it said "quiet small town" more than the other photo. Though I think, just as an image, I Iike the bottom photo more.
On Friday, I shot a high school playoff game again and I think the team that won should have been given an award for the team that celebrates the least. By the way the team was acting you would have thought they were the ones losing the game even though they were up by several touchdowns. So, while I didn't get any celebration shots I did get a shot of one of the players on the losing team, clearly upset after the loss.
On Saturday, I had a morning assignment which ran very long. I was an hour away from the football game I had to shoot at noon and was already 45 minutes late. With a mixture of luck and driving just fast enough to not get a speeding ticket, I made it to the game halfway through the third quarter and plenty enough time to get one or two photos for the paper. The photo below was my favorite from the game.
On Sunday, I shot the first basketball game I had the opportunity to cover this season. Both Iowa men's and women's basketball team's played exhibition games in Iowa City on Sunday afternoon. It was a great day. I love shooting basketball and thankfully the two games were the only assignments I had that day. My favorite image (below) came from the women's game.
[All photos in this post are copyright Crystal LoGiudice/The Gazette]
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