Some cool Fashion For Men images:
Magic Men vs Bulldogs, May 2011 – 02
Image by Ed Yourdon
Note: this video was published in a Nov 4, 2011 Magic Hobbygator blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page.
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Baseball’s contest-of-the-century took place yesterday on a lush green baseball field at Purchase School #2 (located, as you might have expected, on Purchase Road, in Purchase NY) between the Magic Men and the Bull Dogs. Actually, it was just one of the regularly scheduled Little League games in the township of Harrison, NY — but the kids who showed up to play certainly behaved as if it was not just the contest of the season, but indeed the contest of the century.
My grandson, Liam Coffey, plays for the Magic Men — and I must admit that I ignored whatever good intentions I might have had about even-handed, objective photographing of the event: all the photos here are of the various Magic Men players. If you want photos of the Bulldogs, you’ll have to find a parent or grandparent of one of their players. C’est la vie.
Anyway, these kids were generally in the age range of 9-10 years; and while they’ve all been playing Little League baseball for three or four years, this is the first year where the kids were considered mature enough to do their own pitching (as opposed to having one of the adult coaches or umpires throw soft underhand pitches). Consequently, there were a lot of balls (as opposed to strikes) thrown, along with a few wild pitches, and a few hit batters. But from the perspective of the batters at the plate, there were also some wild swings by kids who didn’t even realize that it was their third strike, and who had to be gently led away from home plate.
Having watched these kids play for a few years now, I can definitely say that they have improved from one year to the next. Some of the pitches were surprisingly good, and there were also some surprisingly good hits into the outfield. The level of throwing and catching has also improved considerably, and the kids on base generally knew what to do if it was a full count with two outs.
For me, it was a near-perfect afternoon for traditional "still" photography: the afternoon sun was low in the sky, and I positioned myself on the first base line so that the sun was behind me, illuminating the players in a golden glow, with the lush green of trees and outfield grass all around them. But for the first time, I bought a DSLR camera that shot both "still" and video images (a Sony SLT alpha-55, in case you care), and I switched back and forth depending on the situation.
Most of the video scenes were taken of (Magic Men) batters at the plate; and since the vast majority of the video clips were balls, wild pitches, or somewhat embarrassing swing-and-misses, I simply deleted them after I uploaded them to my computer. In my usual fashion, I shot several hundred still and video images, but then threw most of them away; what you’ll find in this Flickr set is a modest collection of 8 videos and 32 still photos.
By the way, the score was tied 2-2 going into the final inning. But the Magic Men scored a run in their final at-bat, and though the Bulldogs managed to load the bases in the bottom half of the inning, they couldn’t quite get anyone across the home plate … so our team won the contest of the century, by a rousing score of 3-2.
As usual, the score didn’t really matter. As one of the mothers of a Magic Men player remarked to me, her son was so excited to play that he generally didn’t even remember the score at the end of the game. Indeed, she had arrived late for the previous game, and when she asked her son which team had won, he merely shrugged. He didn’t know. It didn’t matter.
Whitney wowing the crowd at the Run to the Sun Fashion Show (IMG_7703a)
Image by Alaskan Dude
Run to the Sun is a cool store in Anchorage, Alaska that offers swim and resort wear as well as tanning. Every year as part of the Alaska’s Womens Show, Run to the Sun has a fashion show offering the latest fashion styles for us sun/beach deprived locals. The show is great to watch. Photographing it a bit tricky since the lighting at the Sullivan Arena is tough (for me) to shoot.
I’ve met a lot of great models through the show and hope to continue this – the women and men that Michelle uses are very classy and fun to shoot with.
FYI – the shows were in April in the past but due to scheduling conflicts the Womens Show moved to September so in 2010 we had two fashion shows. You won’t hear me complaining!
Mannequin. Free photo for your blog or website.
Image by photo-555.com
From the simplest to the most luxurious and extravagant, the dummies in the showcases display the fashion for women, men and children.
