B&W's from the Ball Park

Interesting stuff - Alfie Goodrich interview

Alfie Goodrich is a photographer in Tokyo that I much enjoy. Here's an interview at ephotos.com that I found interesting, especially where he talked about working with students:

Gear doesn’t really matter. It's your eye that does the shooting. Not that nice gear doesn’t help, but it isn’t everything and even though in the film days I knew lots of people who loved 'gear', these days people seem to get seduced by gear even more easily and high-end gear is pitched at consumers rather than just at pros, so quite a few of my students are pretty well kitted out. The first thing we work on is getting them away from P [program] mode and on to Manual as quickly as possible. That way I can actually start to teach them to understand what the combinations of aperture, speed and ISO can do for them to enable them to get a decent picture in any conditions and establish an understanding of light and how to work with it.

Hmmm. Have been using P for some time now. Maybe it's time to try the M mode. Here's Alfie's blog that I visit on a regular basis.

Erin

A Sunday evening at lakeside

Photo shot as I was wrapping up at the golf course last night. A trio of non golfers trying their luck at catching some fish as the sun was setting.

Boys of Summer and...

...one young lady. Action in the dugout at a local all star game for nine year olds this past week. For Monochrome Weekly. More from around the world here.

Rayhills down at the ball field

Carroll, with company, displaying his golf grip while enjoying his grandson playing baseball in Loogootee.

Cory was there, too, though preoccupied with a Sponge Bob thingee. The youngsters from Odon, including grandson Ian, throttled the Loogootee kids, 12 to 1, and face Petersburg later today.

Baseball on a summer night

Eric and Ian were down from Odon for a small boy baseball tournament here in Loogootee last night. I got away from the golf course briefly to catch some of the action on and off the diamond. The Odonites won, beating a Washington team, and advance to play Loogootee today or tomorrow.