PLAYOFFS?!?!?!?

.......Well the UIL softball playoffs beginning tonight and Keller has three teams in the first round....tonight Keller is action vs. Hebron and Central hosts Marcus, both games are at 7:30pm so I have opted to shoot the KCHS Chargers game because its closer to my house and Keller has a great chance of making it to state finals; so they should have many more games in the offing...Fossil plays Coppell tomorrow afternoon at 2pm. I have not shoot a winning playoff game since May 17, 2008 when Fossil Ridge beat Birdville. The following week Ridge lost to Cannon to end their playoff run. So, there it is two games this weekend...Central tonight, Fossil tomorrow...will I get happy faces for the first time in nearly two years? Here is a pair from 2 years ago win and lose!

Paulie....

......Paulie Konerko! Everytime I see him playing all I can think of is sitting in an empty upper deck of new Comisky Park with Brittany on a rainy Chicago June day....and over & over & over again in her best over exaggerated Chicago accent she keeps saying, "Paulie. Paulie Konerko. Konerko-ders. Hey Konerko. Hey Paulie! How's yer Konerko?" Well, the White Sox were in town last night playing the Rangers not much for action, 4-2 but I shot Paulie, Ozzie and Vladie! So here's three "ie's" for ya!! You think Ozzie knew I was a Cub fan, he looks pissed?!?!

Internet....

.....is back up!! Plus, something was wrong with the router as it took 30 minutes to upload 27 pictures via a wireless connection. Well, shoot a little Rangers vs. Detroit last night. Not there yet shooting wise on baseball, but nevertheless made some decent file images which always seem to get picked up. Love the pix of Johnny Damon...Time for coffee, ohhh wait coffee is for closers only! Here's 3.....I went portrait like...

Mo!!!!

.....Well I can honestly say that I am not a huge Dallas Stars fan, but I have to admit tonight I witnessed one of the saddest nights in the franchises history.  Mike Modano who moved with the than Minnesota NorthStars to Dallas back in 1993 to become the Stars might have played his last game for the only franchise he ever has known. The first time I saw Modano play was back in 1992 with Bob Chwedyk at the old Chicago Stadium as the Blackhawks were the one seed and the NorthStars the eighth and moving to Dallas, Minnesota won that game seven as the old barn saw it's last hockey game. I guess it's ironic Dallas fans tonight may have seen #9 for the last time and I was there....Here's 9....

Shooting.....

....golf, one of my favorite things! Just got done making 1200 images today of the 5-5A district golf meet up in Fort Worth. It was a wind day, but very beautiful  nevertheless. So guess I get to do tomorrow? EDIT!!! Off to go get Kate and have fun at the Blackhawks-Stars game. Here's 3!!! Hey I like to get creative on the course.

NO.........

......MAS!!!! Please wind; stop blowing.....Well 3 1/2 hours at the Keller Invitational Track meet was enough for me today. I got there at 4pm to shoot pole vault and the 3200m. That was cool, but as the day wore on the wind from the southeast kept getting stronger and stronger, (ok, fellow photographers get ready to laugh) it was actually hard to hold the 300mm lens that the wind gusting so hard! I guess I am wimp.....In a great mood but I felt like going old school tonight all b&w's for the old blog. As always.....here's 3! Damn, my face hurts.

It was a.....

.......beautiful night for soccer albeit a tad windy! The Keller Lady Indians took on the Plano West Wolves in Flower Mound on Tuesday night for a berth in the Regional Semifinals in Midland on Friday. And can you believe it my streak continues as Keller loses 4-1....and they were even up 1-0 early in the game. So, the last KISD playoff victory I shot was Fossil Ridge Baseball almost 2 years ago! It looks like Fossil and Keller will make the playoffs in softball and Central and Keller in baseball....so I got 4 teams in the month with a chance to break the losing streak!! Here's three....nothing special.....

HI BLOG!!!

Long time no see! Yeah, I guess I went thru one of those stretches again when I don't blog...been busy and life is good. Well, I shoot my first baseball game in quite sometime last night and now I remember why I get so excited when I get a play at the plate or something great. Baseball is alot like golf......you get to be a bit artsy while trying to capture action. So, I tried my best with 9-0 game won by Keller Central over Fossil Ridge.....I am sure with acouple more games under my belt the images will get better and better..along with longer daylight...love the 7:15pm light a pitch facing the southwest though. Here's 3....

BYU....

....the 14th ranked team in the country was in town to play TCU tonight and they showed why they are ranked 14th as they defeated the Horned Frogs 107-77 tonight in Forth Worth. These same two team will hook up on Thursday at the Shark Tank in Las Vega$ in the quarterfinals of the MWC tournament...and YES, I will be on hand! Here's three.....should I walk to Papa's? I think so!!!!

WHAT A.....

....DAY!!!! It's was quite the day an emotional roller coaster for old Ray Ray! Some good, some bad, some ugly, some sad...but I guess as I write this about 10:49pm....it boils down to ONE thing when I am in the right frame of mind making images I am my happiness. It was a rough day early on and its got worse as I drove to TCU for tonight's woman's game vs. New Mexico which started at 6pm. Traffic was heavy and looked to take back roads; well it back fired and I ended up about 8 miles west of TCU....I couldn't cross the damn railroad tracks! I finally got there as they announced the starting line up's....but than I forgot to have a CF card in my one camera and then when I figured that out I forgot to format it....so I am done editing...TCU win's the MWC regular season championship....and as always here's THREE!!!

Four, three, two........

.....One! I figure I only have about 4 more basketball games to shoot this season. Thursday, UNT; Friday, FWC; Saturday, TCU and Tuesday, TCU woman....and to be HONEST...I am glad. Kinda hooped out! Ready for March Madness on my couch but other than that NO MAS! Last night night Keller played Marcus in the first round of the playoffs and came up short 53-36. It was a decent effort by the Indians and their fans who brought out the "war paint"  and crazy hair cuts....but just couldn't score! Only 6 and 4 points in the 2nd and 3rd quarters respectively. Here's three............

It's another....

....playoff loss! The UIL girls basketball playoffs began here tonight in the State of Texas; I shot the Fossil Ridge vs. Southlake Carroll game at the new Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club....yes, it's named after the golfer Byron Nelson, you think there will every be a Tiger Woods High School? Well, for a new high school the lightening SUCKED....the lights where bright, but some genius painted the ceiling of the gym and beam all BLACK!!! It sucked up so, so much light it was joke....so 3200 iso, 500 shutter, 2.2f with the 100mm and long 500, 2.8....Ohhhh yeah Fossil lost....so I think it's been now almost 22-months since I shot a winning team in a playoff game, the last was Fossil Ridge baseball! Still game up with a decent pair...

Never say....

NEVER! I never thought I would see too much color at a basketball game, but today was the case...TCU vs. Wyoming and The Lady Frogs sported PINK uniforms...or should I say HOT PINK! WOW!! What color.....I guess I should have enjoyed it...up to North Texas in a few, for poor flat light! Here's three....one doesn't show much color, but I like the image....

OHHH NO....

....SNOW! For the second time this winter the DFW area has gotten snow....took the kids to school and than drove around for awhile, here's my take on it....here's a few!

Chicks, Sticks and......

.....Dicks!!! But I have to admit I love the fights makes a hockey game much more fun. This Stars vs. Coyotes game would have been a bore if it wasn't for the early third period fight. Stars won 4-0 and controlled throughout. The image of the stick in the middle of the frame was shot with my 11-16mm and I swear the stick must have been 4 inches from my lens! Nothing special, but it's pretty cool knowing how close it was.....Chicks, Sticks and Dicks, here's all three.....

Two nights....

....in a row!!! WOW, how's that for bloggin? Well, shoot in the dungeon called "The Super Pit" up at UNT tonight, which I guess is a fitting name since it's dark like a PIT!!! Mike Jarvis, former St. Johns coach was in town now as he is the head coach at Florida Atlantic University. FAU they call it.....it's located in Boca Raton, FL...and their nickname "Owls"....so there's useless college  info for tonight! Here's a couple of pics of a VERY ENTERTAINING Mike Jarvis