 |
| David Chodounsky skis through the course during the first run of the men's slalom at the U.S. Alpine Championships on Sunday, April 3, at Winter Park Resort. Byron Hetzler/Sky-Hi News |
It's been a while since my last post...again. That just seems to be inherent for the time of year...again. As a reminder not only do I work as the staff photographer for the Sky-Hi News, I am also coach soccer at Middle Park HS here in Granby. And our spring soccer season is well under way for the high school girls--we actually started practice at the end of February. We are off to a good start and will be getting back to work tomorrow as the girls return from spring break.
It always seems that as I transition from winter into spring, adding coaching on top of my regular photo work, it takes some time to figure out how to fit everything in again.
A little information about the image that accompanies this post. Winter Park Resort hosted the U.S. Alpine Championships last week for the first time since 1994. It was a treat to have America's best skiers in Winter Park for four days of racing again.
Normally I concentrate on getting tight action shots, but lately I have been looking at new ways of photographing events thanks to inspiration from looking at the work of photographer brethren from around the country. I challenged myself to not only shoot the traditional ski racing images, but also look beyond those and see something new.
While shooting the first run of the men's slalom, I noticed the scene above. I liked the way the skier was just starting to come into view behind the rise and all of the gates in the background. This was my favorite frame, because of all the attempts I made to capture this, it was the only one where there was just one course worker in the background. The other images had multiple people working in the background and were really distracting.
