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ElizaBeth can take sports pictures too!

Mike — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:19:54 +0000

I had to go home in the middle of the Raider/Elkton-Lake Benton VB game last Friday night. I had a taken a few images and was just finding the rhythm again. Taking great volleyball pictures takes practice. It’s hard to get the ball at the point of contact without the arms being in the way of someone’s face. I handed the camera over to ElizaBeth and she took more images during the next couple of games. Sure enough, come Monday as I processed the images for submission to the Madison Daily Leader, I found the shot I liked the best was taken not by me, but my very talented wife ElizaBeth.

Softball Banners

Mike — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:55:44 +0000

We photograph many sports teams during the year. Right now it’s softball season. The Trojans wanted a banner for their team. Here is what we came up with. It’s 3 ft by 8 ft. Coach Jerry Seitz loved it.

Alex’s sports poster

Mike — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:06:27 +0000

Alex is a great all around athlete. When he isn’t getting it done on the football field and basketball court, he’s giving it all he has on the track.

Carly – 100 Meter Dash Class B State Champion

Mike — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:39:02 +0000

Just down the road lives one of the fastest girls in the nation. Carly Carper has dominated the 100 meter dash since she was in 7th grade. She has 4 consecutive titles in Class B with 2 years to go before graduation. Here she is crossing the finish line in the 4×100 Relay which helped ORR secure it’s first ever State B Track Championship.

Makayla – MHS GBB action

Mike — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:46:36 +0000

We are making sports posters up for some of the local teams. Here is one of Makayla that is hanging up at Classic Cuts in Madison.

Lori and Mike

Mike — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:36:47 +0000

We should all aspire to be more like Lori and Mike Waldner. The are always there for their kids. This last Saturday, they were out working at the track meet at Trojan Field. I watched Lori cheer her son on as he approached the finish line in one of the heats of the boys 400 meter race.

Mike and Lori are in maybe the best shape of their lives. Lori quit aging 15 years ago and is training for a marathon. Mike is into triathlons and is training for a HIM this Fall.

They are always upbeat about life and willing to give you a helping hand or cheer you on to the finish line.

ORR Sports Posters

Mike — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:52:42 +0000

The ORR Sports Banquet was held this last Monday in Ramona. We always bring some sports posters of the best shots of the sports seasons. This year we included a few composites. As usual, time constraints and too many great images limited the number of posters produced this year. We have several on order right now to finish up. If your son or daughter wasn’t featured on one of the posters, we can still create one for you. Just call us at the studio.

Girls Basketball: MHS vs Howard

Mike — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:16:00 +0000

Playing catch up on some more blog entries…

A while back Dacey and I headed over to Howard to photograph the MHS girls bame as they played the Lady Tigers. Here are a few images from the game.

MHS State A Champs

Mike — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:19:23 +0000

The MHS Bulldogs were crowned State A BB Champions on Saturday night in the Sioux Falls Arena.

State A BB: Madison vs MCM – Semi-Finals on Friday

Mike — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:11:21 +0000

Friday night’s game was a real nail-biter, but the Bulldogs again prevailed in the end. Here are a few images from the game.

Madison at the State A’s – MHS vs Crow Creek

Mike — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:12:26 +0000

Check out Friday’s Madison Daily Leader for pictures from today’s game. Here are just a few from this afternoon’s game against Crow Creek. Madison had a huge crowd cheering on the Bulldogs. See you at the Arena at 7 pm Friday night.

Madison High School Bulldogs – Elmen Center Basketball Action Pictures from Regions

Mike — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:33:18 +0000

The Bulldogs are State A bound. Here are more than a few from their win over SD Christian at the Elmen Center on Tuesday night.

MHS vs SF Christian: Bulldogs are State A bound!

Mike — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:53:47 +0000

Great game tonight at the Elmen Center. Madison fans filled one side and spilled over to the ends. Unless you arrived early, it was a long walk from the car.

More pictures tomorrow and in the Madison Daily Leader. Buy a copy on Wednesday.

ORR vs Colman-Egan: DVC Boys Basketball

Mike — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:29:55 +0000

The C-E Hawks defeated the ORR boys in the first round of the DVC tournament. Here are a few images from the game.

ORR vs Dell Rapids St Mary: Girls Basketball

Mike — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:26:25 +0000

Last week’s DVC games were moved around due to the weather so the ORR girls found themselves playing under the funky yellow lights of the Arena in Estelline. The yellow lighting messed with your eyes and the camera didn’t care for it much either. It wasn’t the prettiest game but the Lady Raiders came away with the win.

ORR at Estelline: Girls Basketball

Mike — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:47:47 +0000

The Lady Raiders were in this one until the end when they fell short in the final minutes.

ORR at Colman-Egan: Girls’ Basketball

Mike — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:14:37 +0000

Time to catch up on posting some basketball images! The Lady Raiders won in Colman.

REVENGE! Colman-Egan vs ORR at DVC

Mike — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:02:36 +0000

The Colman-Egan CE-Hawks took away a win tonight in DVC action at the Colman gym. Foul trouble plagued the Raiders. Two of their dominate players found themselves sitting on the bench with four fouls each. Alex Waba ended his game in the second half while Blake Menor had to be careful not to add a final foul to his night. The game was back and forth until the last seconds of the game when Colman-Eagan took the lead and held on for the victory.

In first half action senior Dylan Reaves (20) goes to the basket surrounded by Alex Waba (22), Logan DeRungs and Austin Jensen. This is the one for tomorrow’s Madison paper.

Check back on Tuesday for more images from tonight’s game and Saturday games against Estelline.

ORR Raiders at Colman-Egan – Boys Basketball

Mike — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:58:53 +0000

The Raiders pulled off a convincing victory over the C-E Hawks in Colman on Friday night. We like BIG pictures. Here are a few for you to enjoy from the game.

Relax Coach, you’re ahead!

Mike — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:38:18 +0000

ORR Raider Basketball Coach Larry Malcomb really gets into the games. He has a hard time relaxing even with a comfortable lead. Here’s a few of his expressions from the ORR at Colman-Egan game from Friday night.

ORR vs FIS Girls Basketball

Mike — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:08:00 +0000

It was a blowout as the FIS girls came to Rutland to face the Lady Raiders.

Double Overtime! ORR vs Elkton Boys Basketball

Mike — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:24:53 +0000

Elkton came to Rutland confident in their abilities. Coach Malcomb had another plan. Seniors dominated the Elkton roster. Their size, speed and experience seemed to seal the Raiders’ fate before the jump ball. The ORR crowd was pleasantly surprised starting right away in the first quarter as the Raiders opened up a lead on Elkton. The score was close the entire game with ORR ahead for most of it. Coach Malcomb’s stress grew towards the end of the game. Regulation time ended with the score tied. It came down to free throws. The Raiders couldn’t seal the win. The game continued to a second OT. The crowd held their breath as the fouls added up and then erupted into celebration as the final buzzer blew.

ORR Girls’ Basketball: Chelsea

Mike — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:58:29 +0000

What can we say about Chelsea? There is fire in those eyes.

Raiders at Canistota

Mike — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:51:30 +0000

I’ve spent some time in Canistota working with Matt and Wendell Anderson at the Canistota Clipper newspaper office. We’ve also photographed several Canistota seniors. We like Canistota – it’s just like home. Now I’ve known Matt and Wendell for years and years back from when I worked at the Madison Daily Leader where Matt and Wendell printed their newspapers. As the transition to digital photography came about I helped set up computer systems and troubleshoot problems at the Clipper office. On occasion I have covered events when Matt was busy. Saturday was one of those days. Because of the holiday, the Madison Daily Leader already had all of the ORR sports images it had room for so I concentrated on Saturday afternoon’s game on the Canistota players. I haven’t seen the Canistota paper yet so I don’t know which images were used so I thought I’d put a few on the blog for you to enjoy.

What about Mike?

Mike — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:22:22 +0000

Some people just grow on you and you’re not really sure why. Mike is in our son’s Dacey’s class in Rutland. What Mike lacks in size, he makes up for in participation and attitude. He is always out there trying his best especially in basketball. Mike plays on the JV team which doesn’t always get recognition in the local newspapers. Here are a few images of Mike at the Canistota game last Saturday.

Entringer Scholarship Classic: ORR vs Castlewood

Mike — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:08:30 +0000

On New Year’s Eve, scheduling for the Entringer Scholarship Classic had the Chester vs Madison and ORR vs Castlewood games starting at about the same time. We photograph many seniors from both Madison and Chester and ElizaBeth and I are MHS alumni so I stayed most of the time in the main gym and then walked across the hall into the auxiliary gym to see how the Raiders were doing against Castlewood. I wasn’t the only one going back and forth between the two gyms.

Here’s a few from the ORR/Castlewood game.

More from the Swiftel Classic: ORR vs Summit

Mike — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:46:44 +0000

A few more images from the Swiftel Classic in Brookings.

More Madison vs Chester Boys Basketball

Mike — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:00:34 +0000

We are in the middle of a tidal wave of basketball. Here are a few more images from Chester vs. Madison in the Entringer Scholarship Classic.

This is intensity!

Mike — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:40:49 +0000

The Entringer Scholarship Classic is held at the Brookings High School every Christmas break. What a great way to spend New Year’s Eve! In the auxiliary gym, the ORR Raiders played while in the main gym, Chester and Madison faced off against each other. While the contract photographers shot from under the basket, I opted to hang out on the corner of the floor. As Mitchell White went up for this shot showing the same intensity as his brother had last year, he drew a foul from a Chester player.

Going through all of the images of last night for the paper, this is the best one I’ve found so far. Check back tomorrow to see more images.

Swiftel Classic: ORR Raiders vs Summit Eagles

Mike — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:18:59 +0000

Here’s a happy accident that you rarely see: the flash from the contract photographer’s strobes went off the same time I pushed the button. Cool effect. I almost always shoot basketball with available light, but his time we will take the additional lighting help.

Logan always has the best facial expressions when he takes a shot. The ORR Raiders were well on their way to victory over the Summit Eagles by this second half shot.

Our family loves basketball. Dacey is an ORR cheerleader and Rachel is a future Lady Raider. Love can be very expensive though. Dacey got in for free. I had to fork out $10 to get Rachel and myself through the gate. Of course the kids did not eat before we left home so their hands were out for cash to buy something to stifle their rumbling stomachs and satisfy their thirst. The concession stand was plenty spendy and the kids kept coming back for more dollars. You would think that all of that money would fix their hunger. After the game was won, Dacey delared his continued intense over and over again all the way home. I came with $50 and left with less than $10.