On the Sidelines

As my business has continued to grow, I've been trying how to find a way to reward those teams, schools and leagues that hire me to do their sports photography.

I think I may have found a way.

Starting immediately, any photos I take for any league, school or team that hires for their posed photography business will be able to instantly download any action image from any games they play or just 99 cents. Also, I've dropped the cost of 4x6s by a buck and I am offering CDs of all the images I take of any one player in any one season for just $34.99, plus tax.

I also can do photo collage posters for $49.99. Shoot me an email - shawn@coldhollowphoto.com - if you have any interest in these unique gifts.

A couple of logistical things: I no longer edit photos before I upload them. Wish I could, but I'm far too busy at this point.

If you download an image, it will not be cropped or edited. You will have to do that once you get it. If you order a print or a CD, those images will be professionally cropped and edited before you receive them.

Here's the difference between unedited and edited photos.

This is the original image as it appears on my website:

Here's a cropped and edited version:

Here's an alternative crop:

As you can see there is quite a bit on enhancement than can occur with these unedited photos.

If your current school, team or league photographer isn't offering these services and you would like to switch to our service, please let me know. We are pretty tightly booked, but we can always find a way to make room for more customers. If you would like to see samples of our work, letters of reccomdendation and sample price lists, please contact me and I'll get them to you ASAP.

I've posted the latest Little League all-star photos from Friday on the website and should be able to get some more games in later this week.

I'm teaching a photography class in Montgomery each Tuesday in July. If it goes well, I may try to do the same in other communities. If you know of a town that might have some interest in hiring me, let me know.

My goal is to help people progress from taking pictures to making photographs by learning more about the manual settings on their camera and by using some tried and tested tips and techniques (say that three times fast!) I learned along the way.

Also, I thought I'd share a couple of photos.

One is of a good friend Jim Hill - who said he won a bet for showing up at a little league game with his cute-as-a-button daughter Lizzie dressed like the naked cowboy - only with short - thank God. This photo is apropos of nothing, but I know it will annoy Jim and I live for that.

Next, here are some fireworks photos from the Lake Carmi fireworks show. There's nothing I enjoy photographing more than fireworks. That's all I got for now - stay safe, hug your kids and keep cool --- Shawn