Tonights game was more of the same from a photographer’s perspective: Shoot warm ups, read through stat sheets, shoot game, go home and process. It was an unusual 3pm Sunday game so getting everything done early and not working until 2:00 in the morning was refreshing.
The LumberJax lost tonight, and luckily, that was the worst thing that happened. During warmups, a lacrosse ball nailed the wall right next to my head–and more importantly, right next to my camera. I was less than two inches from losing $2500 worth of camera gear. Luke Forget and Bruce Alexander stopped dead in their tracks and were amazed that I didn’t get smashed.
I could stay off of the floor during warm-ups, but getting close to the players and not having to shoot through the glass is too good to pass up. I bet I wouldn’t feel the same way if my camera body and Canon 70-200mm F2.8L IS lens were destroyed.