I really like baseball not as a fan, but as a photographer. It’s nice to shoot. There are no poorly lit gyms, territorial cheerleaders on the sidelines or loud bands. Even better: the players never come crashing into you at full speed. Although in baseball you occasionally have to duck, dip, dive or dodge those heat-seeking foul balls that tend to come directly into the dugout. For the most part, baseball is relaxing. You have to be on your toes the entire time or you might miss a double play, which really trains you to have quick timing. The light for the evening games is almost always incredible. That helps as well. Tonight I got to shoot my first baseball game of the year, the first since working at the Austin American-Statesman last summer. Not surprisingly, I was extremely rusty today. I didn’t get that shot of a play at home plate or at second base. Instead, I shot a lot of the pitchers.
