Had a double Header assignment tonight and an 11 PM deadline. Well I just transmitted my files with 2 minutes to spare. My first Friday night football double header acomplished. I had always heard of big time stringers pulling double headers on Friday night and I have even heard of a few saying they have made 3 in one night. My night started at 7:30 in Round Rock at a game between McNeil and Westwood. 2 minutes into the second quarter I felt I had enough keepers on the card to head up to the press box grab a roster run back down the stairs hop in my car and head 15 miles down the road from Round Rock to Leander. I arrived at Bible Stadium by half time. I thought to myself "perfect on schedule." I ran up to the press box grabbed another roster and back down to the field. By the start of the second half it was 8:45. I was able to shoot the entire 3rd quarter and felt good with my shots. A quick look at the time. 9:40 , gotta go. In the car and headed to a local eatery I knew had wifi. I sat down at 10:00pm. Downloaded about 100 photos and quickly sorted picked best 12, narrowed those down to 6, three from each game. Wrote captions did some quick levels and 50 minutes later the FTP transmission is in to the paper. Mission accomplished. It was a fun quick paced night. One of the more difficult photographic challenges I have had. When on deadline time is your enemy. You can't wait for the perfect shot you have to make it happen. Here is a photo from each of the games I shot tonight. Look at the Round Rock Leader Online tomorrow to see which photos they ran.
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Good selections there. Pleanty of action and tension.
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