Santa Con

Today, I participated for the first time in a nation-wide tradition called "Santa Con". For those of you not familiar with the event, you can look it up in Wikipedia but in a nutshell Santa Con is a mass gathering of people dressed like Santa Claus who for one day roam the streets of the city bringing holiday cheer. I was intrigued by the concept and so joined over 500 other individuals and roamed the city streets of Los Angeles (in costume, of course). There were many photo opportunities most of which you can see in our 2009 Santa Con gallery; however, some costumes were not for (ahem) public consumption; I will leave that to your imagination . Nonetheless, you can enjoy the many versions and interpretations of a Santa suit. I think the women in particular were most creative but there were a few guys that showed incredible ingenuity. So, pour yourself a cup of hot cocoa, pull up the gallery and view hundreds of Santas as they wreaked havoc on a cold and rainy Saturday in Los Angeles. Ho, Ho, Ho!

Red Rock Revisited

I'm playing catchup this weekend and so have posted the last set of photos I took at the Red Rock tournament in 2007. As I reviewed the photos for posting it brought back many memories of that field and that tournament. One of my favorite tournament for many reasons: location, players, quality of game, I still miss shooting this tournament two years later. Click here to take you to the gallery of photos for the 2007 Red Rock Tournament and enjoy revisiting one of the greatest tournaments that men's fastpitch has to offer. Let's hope we can one day soon return to this beautiful venue.

Field of Dreams

I was in Quad Cities photographing the ISC II Tournament of Champions this past August and it just so happened to be a couple of hours from the actual Field of Dreams. So, off we went to look at this famous site and I must say it did not disappoint. It is the film site for the baseball movie of the same name. As baseball movies go, this one quickly became a classic and the field, I suppose, became a must place to visit for baseball and movie fans.

If you are not a baseball fan, this may not strike you as all that interesting, but I can tell you that if any place can convert you this one can. A pristine field of green grass against a jaw-dropping azure sky, a striking (and ghostly) corn field, visitors reverently walking and playing in the grounds, and you have a magical place. You need not be a fan to recognize that.

So, as you peruse the photos, may it bring back some joyful memories of playing in your own backyard or as I did, may it help you recognize the beauty of something as simple and beautiful as a baseball field, on a hot summer day.