Fact: The boys’ face-off isn’t nearly as much fun to shoot. But again, I love that they utilize more of the behind-the-goal space, because then they get closer to me!
Motionblurred from handholding, but something about the way they’re running makes me laugh anyway.
Still working on my lacrosse shooting. Still prefer shooting the girls’ game to the boys’, although I do like the way the boys tend to make more use of the space behind the net.
Both teams had home games this week, so I got to do extra practice. Yay!
I’ve photographed boys’ lacrosse twice, but yesterday was the first time (besides practice) that’d I’d shot the girls’ game. It’s…different. In a good way. It was easier for me to pick up on the flow of the game and follow the players around; it also helped that the varsity girls are a much more experienced team that the boys are and are scoring machines (the final score was 14-12, Vineyard).
Lacrosse puzzles me somewhat because on the one hand, it amazes me that the offense can score in such a small goalspace, and on the other, it seems like the goalie just doesn’t stand a chance once a shot’s coming at them. I can’t think of another sport with this strange balance.
(it went in)
In addition to the photography job with the Gazette, I’m also the high school sports reporter. I spent most of this past week chasing down the coaches so I could write previews of the upcoming season, but also squeezed in some photos at lacrosse practice before deadline.
(this also went in. the game was pretty back-and-forth…)
