Baseball portrait

2006-0513-0160, originally uploaded by jamest210.

This photo was taken as part of a commercial job to cover the Oklahoma State High School Baseball Championships. While most of the photographs were action shots, this turned out one of my favorites. This coach was waiting on his outfielders to get ready for fly balls. I had an SU-800 on-camera and set an SB-800 to my left on the ground. I used the flash to fill in his face from the bright sunlight. I like the side lighting offered by the off-camera flash vs just flat lighting from an on-camera strobe.

This next photo was taken during the game. I like the action and narrow depth of field. My son played baseball for 14 years so I have LOTS of baseball pictures.