little league

lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
edited August 28, 2011 in Street and Documentary
I am no longer coaching my kid's team, they have outgrown me by far.
Now I get to shoot photos (through the chain link).
I will be documenting the whole travel season and his first time as catcher. This was all from the first game,and I hope to get a little of the rest of the 12 games or so. Thanks for looking.

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4. Yes, I too commit this sin--I got his attention for this shot--typical mom moment for me--could not be helped.
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Liz A.
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  • SyncopationSyncopation Registered Users Posts: 341 Major grins
    edited July 13, 2011
    Liz,

    I love these and think you have the makings of a great series here especially if you're able to document the majority of the season. For future games I'd like to see some of the emotions associated with winning and losing.

    I'm unsure about the colour processing. I think it works for some one-off shots but I'm not sure whether it would work for a series headscratch.gif

    Look forward to seeing some more as the season progresses.
    Syncopation

    The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking. - Brook Atkinson- 1951
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited July 13, 2011
    Great stuff, Liz!! Really like these. I agree about the color processing--for me, it works well with #3. I'd like to see #4 in full color simply so your cute son stands out. I'd like to see #2 and #5 (and future action shots) in full color also--it makes me feel like I can really sense what goes on on the field. Having spent lots of time on ball fields as a player, I found myself hesitating with the muted colors in #2 and #5 because it isn't how I remember the game. I'm afraid neither #1 nor #6 do much for me. The cookie shot is a good concept but something about it doesn't work for me. I agree about wanting to see more emotion. This will be a great series, and even better if we see some dirt, some sweat and (probably) a few tears.

    I'm glad I stopped in here today. I'll be looking for more.

    Lauren
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited July 13, 2011
    Liz,

    I love these and think you have the makings of a great series here especially if you're able to document the majority of the season. For future games I'd like to see some of the emotions associated with winning and losing.

    I'm unsure about the colour processing. I think it works for some one-off shots but I'm not sure whether it would work for a series headscratch.gif

    Look forward to seeing some more as the season progresses.

    Thank you Scott,
    I will definately be shooting some more of the emotion (hopefully anyway) but you know the limits a chainlink can impose on you, not to mention all the parents gathered around the fence to root for, or yell at their kids lol. and the best spot for me to shoot is usually crowded by coaches blocking my shots! I'm hoping that "away" games will present easier shooting possibilities.

    This game I had to take my little girl to the restroom in the final inning and completely missed the winning hit and celebration--I was so mad, but parenting comes first :)

    I usually get a little bit of hell for my color processing--I toned it down a smidge, but not enough :) I have to get out of this phase of loving this processing, I'm the only one that does.

    For the future shots I will likely use some regular color shots and more b &w.


    More shots coming in the next few weeks. Thank you.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited July 13, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    Great stuff, Liz!! Really like these. I agree about the color processing--for me, it works well with #3. I'd like to see #4 in full color simply so your cute son stands out. I'd like to see #2 and #5 (and future action shots) in full color also--it makes me feel like I can really sense what goes on on the field. Having spent lots of time on ball fields as a player, I found myself hesitating with the muted colors in #2 and #5 because it isn't how I remember the game. I'm afraid neither #1 nor #6 do much for me. The cookie shot is a good concept but something about it doesn't work for me. I agree about wanting to see more emotion. This will be a great series, and even better if we see some dirt, some sweat and (probably) a few tears.

    I'm glad I stopped in here today. I'll be looking for more.

    Lauren

    Thank you Lauren.
    I've spent the last few years in the field and I love it. I want to give the parents and coaches the shots at the end of the season, so I will be weeding some out and adding more in--hopefully more w/ more emotion, but this game everone kept their cool.

    The last shot, I so wanted it to work--but it looks posed! grrr.


    FWIW--my very favorite shot and any player and parent of a player should get it, #3, the dreaded line-up. Last year Jacob was at the bottom, this year he's worked his way up to 5-6 position, but I still see when the line up gets put up how the kids flock to it to see where they are or rank really, it's heart breaking for me and I love their little fingers on it as they read it.

    I am excited about this series and its potential. Thanks guys.
    Liz A.
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited July 13, 2011
    Thank you Scott,
    I will definately be shooting some more of the emotion (hopefully anyway) but you know the limits a chainlink can impose on you, not to mention all the parents gathered around the fence to root for, or yell at their kids lol. and the best spot for me to shoot is usually crowded by nervous coaches blocking my shots! I'm hoping that "away" games will present easier shooting possibilities.

    This game I had to take my little girl to the restroom in the final inning and completely missed the winning hit and celebration--I was so mad, but parenting comes first :)

    I usually get a little bit of hell for my color processing--I toned it down a smidge, but not enough :) I have to get out of this phase of loving this processing, I'm the only one that does.

    For the future shots I will likely use some regular color shots and more b &w.

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    More shots coming in the next few weeks. Thank you.

    For whatever it's worth, Liz - First, I'd speak with the coaches, parents, whoever is making decisions, and try to get full access to document the season - you belong on the business side of the chain link. Tell them you'll do a blurb book that tells the story of the season. Then I'd decide whether you're going to do this project in color, or black and white - NOT in Lizcolor. There are strong arguments for both color and black and white, but when all is said and done, I think black and white wins - if for no other reasons than these: First, the often garish color will not draw viewers away from the kids, who are, after all, the real subjects; and second, between artificial lighting, wildly varied times of day, shaded/unshaded fields, etc., I think you'll go nuts working on color correction.
    But as I said - for what it's worth. mwink.gif
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited July 15, 2011
    bdcolen wrote: »
    For whatever it's worth, Liz - First, I'd speak with the coaches, parents, whoever is making decisions, and try to get full access to document the season - you belong on the business side of the chain link. Tell them you'll do a blurb book that tells the story of the season. Then I'd decide whether you're going to do this project in color, or black and white - NOT in Lizcolor. There are strong arguments for both color and black and white, but when all is said and done, I think black and white wins - if for no other reasons than these: First, the often garish color will not draw viewers away from the kids, who are, after all, the real subjects; and second, between artificial lighting, wildly varied times of day, shaded/unshaded fields, etc., I think you'll go nuts working on color correction.
    But as I said - for what it's worth. mwink.gif


    "Liz Color" :)
    I will be doing the set in black and white, but there are a couple of sunset shots I have already that look nice in color. I will see how to tackle the shots at the end of the season when I weed out the good from the mediocre.

    As for talking to the coach, there are a lot of politics in little league and "rules" etc. and misunderstandings. I will still take photos but I will not ask to be in the dugout--Idon't know that they really see the value of the photography and probably wouldn't "get it" until years down the road. So I am looking at this as a challenge, shooting through the links--also, some of the away games have no fencing seperating the parents from the kids and it's a mix and mosh and I am able to shoot better then.

    I want to do this, and I hope I can pull it off:)
    thanks B.D. I will continue to post to this particular thread throughout the season.
    Liz A.
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  • NmahoochNmahooch Registered Users Posts: 220 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2011
    nice shots. I like the processing
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2011
    "Liz Color" :)
    I will be doing the set in black and white, but there are a couple of sunset shots I have already that look nice in color. I will see how to tackle the shots at the end of the season when I weed out the good from the mediocre.

    As for talking to the coach, there are a lot of politics in little league and "rules" etc. and misunderstandings. I have what I thougth was a good relationship w/ the headcoach who decides these things and I approached him about it in an email and he thought it was a good idea, but then his email reply continued on about how "parents are questioning where he's placing their kids" and it turned into a mini sermon and had nothing to do w/ photography. Next thing you know, Jacob got sat out for three innings and moved down in the batting order--coincidence, probably, but it made me hesitate. I will still take photos but I will not ask to be in the dugout--I know that they don't really see the value of the photography and probably wouldn't "get it" until years down the road. So I am looking at this as a challenge, shooting through the links--also, some of the away games have no fencing seperating the parents from the kids and it's a mix and mosh and I am able to shoot better then.

    I want to do this, and I hope I can pull it off:)
    thanks B.D. I will continue to post to this particular thread throughout the season.

    So sad that kids sports, which used to be about learning sportsmanship as much as anything else, have turned into parents working out their weird issues. Sigh.....Good luck Liz. I know you'll do a good job with this one way or the other.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • NyarthlopicNyarthlopic Registered Users Posts: 274 Major grins
    edited July 16, 2011
    Hey, Liz. I'm looking forward to seeing the set, both because I like your work in general as well as the fact that I am a baseball fan. I'm really excited to see what it looks like through the fence and how you work with that.

    The coach in number 1 looks really competitive. Seeing his left fist in his right palm screams intensity to me, and the Under Armor shirt & Gatorade Towel just add to it knowing what the brands stand for. To contrast that, the look on his face says "coaching" more than "yelling" to me. The undivided attention of everyone around him adds to the shot for me, as well.

    For some reason, I also like number 4. The look on your son's face is priceless.

    Number 3 may have looked better in B&W (you are still the B&W process goddess IMO). I find the red helmet distracting. Going with B&W would probably remove that distraction. As an aside, and this has nothing to do with your work, but I'd love to have seen the look on the boy's face as he found his name on the lineup. Again, there's nothing you could have done about the other boy's head being right there. So I'll give you a pass on the latter ;-).

    My take on "Liz Color..." Are you doing the shots for you or to sell? If they're for your enjoyment, by all means, process them the way you like it. If you're going for the sell, then do what you think would sell best. Besides, you never know; Liz Color may turn into the big thing in 5 years. ::shrug:: Maybe pepper in that color processing throughout the project. Not as the predominant kind of processing, but as a one-off it could be cool. Love the term for it, BD! Laughing.gif
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2011
    bdcolen wrote: »
    So sad that kids sports, which used to be about learning sportsmanship as much as anything else, have turned into parents working out their weird issues. Sigh.....Good luck Liz. I know you'll do a good job with this one way or the other.


    To document "parents working out their weird issues" I would have to write a book about it:) There is so much to tell. It seems to bring out the best and worst in parents. Last year I shed a few tears over it I'm a little ashamed to say--it just gets very emotional, specially when you perceive your child as getting unfair treatment and I want to protect him. But it's part of growing up and not everything goes their way.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2011
    Hey, Liz. I'm looking forward to seeing the set, both because I like your work in general as well as the fact that I am a baseball fan. I'm really excited to see what it looks like through the fence and how you work with that.

    The coach in number 1 looks really competitive. Seeing his left fist in his right palm screams intensity to me, and the Under Armor shirt & Gatorade Towel just add to it knowing what the brands stand for. To contrast that, the look on his face says "coaching" more than "yelling" to me. The undivided attention of everyone around him adds to the shot for me, as well.

    For some reason, I also like number 4. The look on your son's face is priceless.

    Number 3 may have looked better in B&W (you are still the B&W process goddess IMO). I find the red helmet distracting. Going with B&W would probably remove that distraction. As an aside, and this has nothing to do with your work, but I'd love to have seen the look on the boy's face as he found his name on the lineup. Again, there's nothing you could have done about the other boy's head being right there. So I'll give you a pass on the latter ;-).

    My take on "Liz Color..." Are you doing the shots for you or to sell? If they're for your enjoyment, by all means, process them the way you like it. If you're going for the sell, then do what you think would sell best. Besides, you never know; Liz Color may turn into the big thing in 5 years. ::shrug:: Maybe pepper in that color processing throughout the project. Not as the predominant kind of processing, but as a one-off it could be cool. Love the term for it, BD! Laughing.gif

    Boy did you nail the coach! and the whole little league experience. I'm very happy to hear that you also like the sport as I think it adds a little something if you are familiar w/ little league baseball.

    Shot #4, my son had just taken off his catcher's helmet and his hair was sticking up, that's why I took the shot, as a mother I love the way he looks.

    I am working on getting the "line up" shot just right. That's my goal for this summer, in addition to more emotion and better processing.

    More coming soon.
    BTW, not selling any of these shots to the parents and coaches. It's something I want to share.

    B.D. had the idea of the blurb book, but I remember when the forum first started, they put a blurb book together which Rutt (who I miss) worked on forever to get the black and whites to print right--I don't have that in me, not tech savy in that way. So I will just share my shots.

    Thanks for the interest all.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2011
    Game 2
    B.D. posted a series of his friend's "last day" and said how shooting helped him as he kind of gets unattached a little from the situation. This is the same on a much smaller scale. As a parent I get wrapped up in the game and when my son hurts so do I, but when I shoot, I find myself trying to capture it and it's easier for me. There are other shots of other players "losing it" but they were not good enough shots--still working on capturing the emotion.
    The field here is better for shooting--no fences seperate the players from the parents.

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    8. Not documenting in the "street" sense,but this shot is of one of our pitchers at an away game underneath the Throgsneck Bridge. Reading Robert Moses bio now and well, I felt like I had to add this one. It's a Queens shot.
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    9.
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    10.trying to do a better job capturing "emotion"
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    11. the kids clap as the line up is being called, that's my son as he's starting to realize he has been moved down the batting order
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    12. SOOC. Not the best story telling and not a shot that grabs you, but I like the light here for a color shot--it's a quintessential "summer baseball shot" to me.
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    Liz A.
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  • MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2011
    #5 in the first set for me. I love those pushups.

    Keep these coming...
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2011
    #3 and #5 in the second set. Liz, you are well on the way to grabbing the nuances and emotions of Little League baseball. I think #6 is a nice addition--players goofing around on the bench is part of the game at that age. I'm guessing at least one of them ended up with juice or water on his head. :D

    Lauren
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited July 19, 2011
    Kudos for you for taking on this series. Quite a challenge and it will make lifetime memories for your family and son. I shot my first baseball game last week-end - ever. My brother coaches a team (older kids) and asked me to come and see what I could do. They're ok - but definitely not "Sports Illustrated" material that's for sure mwink.gif I posted a couple in the Sports section along with a link.

    It's a total learning process for sure. I think you are onto a good thing here!
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  • NyarthlopicNyarthlopic Registered Users Posts: 274 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2011
    I like the emotion you captured in #4. The only "catch" in this shot is that there's too much going on. Maybe if you had a tighter crop/zoom on the boy it would have pulled me in better.

    #5 is a good capture. I don't know that I would have seen the real emotion on your son's face without your caption. It's thisclose to capturing what I think you were trying to get. Without your caption, I think what I see is "hopeful." With your caption, I see "n..n...no.." Also, is the boy behind your son crying?
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2011
    Mitchell wrote: »
    #5 in the first set for me. I love those pushups.

    Keep these coming...

    Thanks MItchell.
    You'd love this team then--they do a whole lot of them.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    #3 and #5 in the second set. Liz, you are well on the way to grabbing the nuances and emotions of Little League baseball. I think #6 is a nice addition--players goofing around on the bench is part of the game at that age. I'm guessing at least one of them ended up with juice or water on his head. :D

    Lauren

    Thank you Lauren,
    It's exactly what I want--the nuances-you nailed it.
    I think parents think that I may be taking "sports illustrated" type of shots, boy won't they be disappointed rolleyes1.gif.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2011
    ok so the team is now 6-1 which means that there are few emotions to capture other than happiness, playfullness and boredom (we've had some crazy 17-1 wins etc.) so those darn tears are few and far between--look at me hoping for a loss just so I can capture some tears.

    So today's post will mostly be about the coaches.

    13.
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    14.
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    15.
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    and this one just because I like it.


    16.
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    I'm about to go through my entire post and number all of them in order.

    Thanks all

    Three regular season games left and then the playoffs.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2011
    I like the emotion you captured in #4. The only "catch" in this shot is that there's too much going on. Maybe if you had a tighter crop/zoom on the boy it would have pulled me in better.

    #5 is a good capture. I don't know that I would have seen the real emotion on your son's face without your caption. It's thisclose to capturing what I think you were trying to get. Without your caption, I think what I see is "hopeful." With your caption, I see "n..n...no.." Also, is the boy behind your son crying?

    oops I missed yours.

    I will be recropping #4 (now renumbered #10) tighter and eliminating the parents to his right. You are definately right about that one.

    BTW that line up shot eludes me still!
    Liz A.
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    Nice additions, Liz. I like 14 and 16, with 14 being my favorite of the new group. I think it does show emotion and mood -- and I like that you shot it through the fence, which is also part of the game and which you have said is part of the challenge of this series. Here, you made the fence work for you and not against, IMO. I like #16 but I do find the blurry spots on the right to be a bit distracting. I really like the DOF in this shot, as you've put attention on the subject but let in enough of the surroundings to really convey the LL setting.

    Lauren
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • NyarthlopicNyarthlopic Registered Users Posts: 274 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    Hiya Liz.

    I'm really digging this series. :-)

    The coach in #13 seems to be almost belittling the boy in front of him. "Use your head, kid!" But his face does not reflect that. Pulls me in wondering what the coach is really saying. 14 pulls me in, but in a really odd, repulsed way. The expression on the coach's face makes me think that he's trying to intimidate his player. The fact that the player is leaned against the fence only adds to that. It's a great shot and makes me want to have a 'conversation' with that coach about intimidating children. Very well done. I also really like #16. The 5 boys sitting there and the one on deck, patiently waiting...that really tells a story, I think.

    Liz, I can't thank you enough for sharing!
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    Nice additions, Liz. I like 14 and 16, with 14 being my favorite of the new group. I think it does show emotion and mood -- and I like that you shot it through the fence, which is also part of the game and which you have said is part of the challenge of this series. Here, you made the fence work for you and not against, IMO. I like #16 but I do find the blurry spots on the right to be a bit distracting. I really like the DOF in this shot, as you've put attention on the subject but let in enough of the surroundings to really convey the LL setting.

    Lauren


    Thank you Lauren.
    Shooting through the fence is very challenging indeed but it makes it worth it when I'm able to nail despite the obstacle or maybe because of the obstacle.

    Thank you for your continued interest.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    Hiya Liz.

    I'm really digging this series. :-)

    The coach in #13 seems to be almost belittling the boy in front of him. "Use your head, kid!" But his face does not reflect that. Pulls me in wondering what the coach is really saying. 14 pulls me in, but in a really odd, repulsed way. The expression on the coach's face makes me think that he's trying to intimidate his player. The fact that the player is leaned against the fence only adds to that. It's a great shot and makes me want to have a 'conversation' with that coach about intimidating children. Very well done. I also really like #16. The 5 boys sitting there and the one on deck, patiently waiting...that really tells a story, I think.

    Liz, I can't thank you enough for sharing!

    Thank you!
    I have to say I'm loving documenting the season, my biggest obstacle is going to be narrowing down to I'm not sure how many images. I want to make sure I include all the kids which is also tough as I realize I seem to have my favorites. Some kids are such characters that I naturally gravitate towards them.

    Ok I have to tell you the story of the coach on #14 because I'm debating using that one because it does come off like he's intimidating. Quick background, it's a father/assistant coach and his son one of the pitchers. Sometimes the pitcher will have a meltdown and I think this was the coach's way of averting a possible meltdown. The kid was doing great but he needed to be saved for the next game (keep the pitchcount down) and his dad was letting him know "look the headcoach may pull you next inning, don't take it personal, he just wants to save you for the next game". He's trying to make eyecontact w/ his son. I still find it kind of a powerful shot because I know the dynamics. I also know that this set of photos/album will get passed around for many to see, so I'm debating pulling this one and your reaction tells me I might be right.

    Thanks again for the continued support. I will leave you with two new ones from the last game. Today's game was cancelled, the other team forfeited--darn it!
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    17.
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    18. Not street really but it says summer ball to me and this is what I think of when I think of summer games.
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    Liz A.
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  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    Not sure how I missed this thread.... headscratch.gif

    I've read the posts/comments and propose a different approach with mine. As a whole, I think the entire series is awesome. I see no need to dissect each image when taken as a whole. Your own personal culling process, to me, is telling me an entire summer's story of a team - your team and I feel as though I've got a ticket to every game you post. So in my simplistic analysis of the series, I've got a smile on my face.
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    "Right field, it's easy, you know.
    You can be awkward and you can be slow

    That's why I'm here in right field
    Just watching the dandelions grow


    ...I don't know the inning, I've forgotten the score.
    The whole team is yelling and I don't know what for.
    Then suddenly everyone's looking at me
    My mind has been wandering; what could it be?
    They point at the sky and I look up above
    And a baseball falls into my glove!
    ...."

    Song by Willy Welch, sung by Peter, Paul & Mary

    BTW, enjoying the series and your travails... Like #s 9, 11 & 16. Leave #13 in -- kid will need some evidence later for his therapist...:cry
  • rdallandrdalland Registered Users Posts: 150 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
    I really like what you have captured here, Liz. Looking forward to more!
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2011
    M38A1 wrote: »
    Not sure how I missed this thread.... headscratch.gif

    I've read the posts/comments and propose a different approach with mine. As a whole, I think the entire series is awesome. I see no need to dissect each image when taken as a whole. Your own personal culling process, to me, is telling me an entire summer's story of a team - your team and I feel as though I've got a ticket to every game you post. So in my simplistic analysis of the series, I've got a smile on my face.

    Scott,
    I read your comment when you first posted it and it stuck with me.
    The fact that you had a smile on your face was just a priceless reaction. I feel so good about this project, I have from day one, but the comments I'm getting as well as your reaction, well, I'm pretty proud of it. Thank you.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2011
    rainbow wrote: »
    "Right field, it's easy, you know.
    You can be awkward and you can be slow
    That's why I'm here in right field
    Just watching the dandelions grow

    ...I don't know the inning, I've forgotten the score.
    The whole team is yelling and I don't know what for.
    Then suddenly everyone's looking at me
    My mind has been wandering; what could it be?
    They point at the sky and I look up above
    And a baseball falls into my glove! ...."

    Song by Willy Welch, sung by Peter, Paul & Mary

    BTW, enjoying the series and your travails... Like #s 9, 11 & 16. Leave #13 in -- kid will need some evidence later for his therapist...:cry


    thanks for the song quote :)
    Outfield is a bummer, I know I would fall asleep out there.

    Thank you.
    Liz A.
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