Anthony Dal Porto of Petaluma plays goalie with the help of his 3-year-old daughter Gabriella on his shoulders while playing soccer with his 6-year-old daughter Cecelia at Grupe Park in Stockton. Dal Porto and his family were in Stockton visiting family for the holidays.
Our dog, Lucy, is about 5 years old now and is pretty well-behaved. When she was a puppy she was pretty good, but she was a bit excitable and flighty. She once chewed through the wires to the sprinkler valves in our backyard. Now, although she still has a little trouble with heeling, she sits […]
Coincidences happen. In sports alone I’ve shot opposing players with the same numbers, jersey numbers in sequence, even twin brothers tackling the same ball carrier at the same time. I recently shot a women’s soccer game between University of the Pacific and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo at Pacific’s A.A. Stagg Memorial Stadium in Stockton, […]
As I mentioned previously, my son’s soccer team participated in a tournament over the Halloween weekend and while they didn’t observe Halloween on the field, there were a couple of other teams that did. One sported tie-dyed T-shirts but another team was truly eye-catching. The Thunder, an under 14-girls team from Sacramento, who took the […]
I had an assignment to shoot a Delta College soccer practice when I got to the college’s field and saw two teams playing a game. They were club teams and Delta was nowhere in sight. I called back to the office and talked to Record sports editor Bob Highfill. He put in a call to […]
I know go on and on about not having enough light at sporting events. I moan and groan about inadequate lighting at area stadiums and gymnasiums ad nauseam. True, it’s nice to have a lot of light to shoot with for higher shutter speeds to stop the action, or smaller apertures for more depth of field […]
“…I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty Oily, greasy, fleecy Shining, gleaming, streaming Flaxen, waxen Knotted, polka-dotted Twisted, beaded, braided Powdered, flowered, and confettied Bangled, tangled, spangled, and spaghettied…” – Hair by James Rado & Gerome Ragni Stagg’s Leonardo Molina, left, and St. Mary’s Joseph Grider fight for the ball during […]
(Camera: Canon 20D. Lens: Canon 300mm w/1.4 extender. Exposure: 1/500th sec. @ f/7.1. ISO: 200) My 14-year-old daughter’s soccer team played its first scrimmage this a couple weekends ago. It was played in a game format with two 40-minute halves. Her team won in convincing fashion, 5-3. (Camera: Canon 20D. Lens: Canon 300mm w/1.4 extender. […]
(Camera: Canon 20D. Lens Canon 16-35mm @ 16mm. Exposure: 1/800th sec. @ f/ 8. ISO: 200) The other day I shot my daughter’s rec league soccer game. It was an early morning game and I usually wear a big hat to shade myself from the sun. The sun was at my back and I looked […]
(Camera:Nikon D2X. Lens: Nikkor 80-200mm @ 80mm. Exposure: f/5.6@ 1/250 sec., ISO 400) Sometimes there are things that are just kind of strange. I’ve seen athletes celebrate a score in a number of ways: high fives, flying chest bumps, spiking the ball, even strutting victory dances. But when veteran player Enrique Tovar did this little […]