rebel yell

I love how surfers run into the water, like they just can't wait to plunge into the freezing cold surf. When I used to live by the beach on Fulton or Taraval or Balboa, I would often see surfers running down the sidewalk in their wetsuits.

when photographers bowl

Or, your Friday vertical!

7-10 split

Check out this perfect bowling form:





I'm not criticizing. She still beat me.

keeper of the goal

solitaire

It was so windy at the beach on Saturday that Juan could play frisbee with himself.

hands up

I watched the game at this little bar on Polk Street called Cresta's. One woman in orange was discarding peanut shells on the ground and drinking white wine.

The Sideline's Shadow

The Friday before I left Illinois, I shot this photo story for Norman Einstein's sports monthly.

world series

The World Series starts tonight!

We ended up watching the last few innings of Game 6 of the Giants-Phillies at Kennedy's in North Beach Saturday evening. It was very exciting.

sunday props

I just want to say that shooting football is incredibly difficult. I only managed to shoot three photos all night of someone carrying the ball, and this was one of them. I think of all those photos in the sports section of the Chicago Tribune...and my hat goes off to them. My proverbial hat.

rah rah rah

I shot a high school football game last Friday in Wheaton, Illinois. It was a pretty big game--the reigning state champions (Wheaton Warrenville South) v. their rivals (Wheaton Warrenville North). It was only the second football I've ever been to. I found the cheerleaders sort of fascinating.

petanque players

Happy October! All of my camera bodies are at Canon for repair right now. I finally got around to processing some of these mediocre petanque shots from Madrigal de Las Altas Torres. Petanque is like bocce ball. And they play it for hours.



What a boys' club, right?

All-Stars in the Stands

Last year I shot a story on beer vendors at Wrigley Field. So when I went to last week's shutout I couldn't help but shoot a few more.

front row disaster

Through the Limpire network, I ended up with third-row box seats for the Cubs v. Giants game last Thursday night at Wrigley Field. It was 90 degrees that day. On September 23rd! It was something amazing.



The Giants won 13-0. They scored 9 runs in the second inning. It was the biggest farce I'd ever seen. Well, until Saturday when I ended up at the University of Michigan v. Bowling Green game...where Michigan won 65-21.

flashbox

I was redoing my website and came across one of my old favorites from the summer, when I shot this amateur boxing match in New York. These were adolescents, and while some of them were quite fearless, I think the huge crowd (a warm evening on Pier 84) made a lot of them nervous. And the horrible bankers there screaming obscenities at the kids fighting probably didn't make it any better. I had some sweet press access--elbows on the ring--and their anxiety was palpable.



This was my first photo assignment for Issue 3 of Norman Einstein's Magazine.

a toast to the roast

The last time I was in the Bay Area, back in November, my friend Suze and I tailgated before a Raiders' game back. Those are some serious fans. Check out more of my photos in Issue 7 of Norman Einstein's Magazine. It was my first time tailgating but probably not the first time I've been drunk by noon.



Raiders fans have kind of a scary reputation, but everyone we met was so friendly and willing to share food and drinks with us. When does football season start again?

the kids are all right

I loved this scene of boys playing soccer in this small, fenced-off courtyard smack dab in the center of the Parte Vieja in San Sebastián.

some kind of celebration

Yes, we were in Spain for the finals of the World Cup--but only sort of. We were in San Sebastián, which is in El Pais Vasco (Basque Country), which has a long history of separatism. They have their own language (Euskara) and all. There was no real celebration in San Sebastián for the victory, just a bunch of dazed tourists from other parts of Spain looking to party. And here they are, celebrating under a separatist banner.

the view from my window

This is a photo from the summer. We live on a pretty lively street corner. I'm amazed at how fearlessly boys play soccer in the streets with the traffic.



This was shot for a series called Soccer On Holiday for the June issue of Norman Einstein's Magazine.

say it ain't so

Passersby in the Parque Centenario react to Germany's third goal in Argentina's loss in the World Cup quarterfinals Saturday.

Uruguay ftw

I was in Montevideo when the national team defeated Korea to qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Cup.



I shot the festivities for Norman Einstein's Magazine. The July issue is out today, and that's where you can view more photos.