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My Best Photos of 2011 Part 4: Sports

Best of 2011 Part 1: Technology, Part 2: Boy Scouts. Part 3: Personal
Best of 2010, 2009, and 2008
What a change in sports coverage compared to 2010. In 2010, I was photographing high school sports everyday with the occasional Northern Illinois University match up. Now it’s only MLB, NFL, NHL ect…
1) Probably my most intense sports [...]

Posted 06 January 2012 † Beck Diefenbach § Freelance Reporting § Sports ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Back in full swing

Shot my first high school game of the season yesterday. On top of high school sports, I am very excited to go to Iowa State to shoot NIU football’s season opener. I think I may even get to throw a Bears game in there!

Canon 1D Mark 3 with 300mm f2.8

Posted 25 August 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Soccer shadows

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When shooting soccer earlier this week I was doing the usual, sitting on the side where the ball was the most. As it got later and the Sun began to set, I started my regular grumpy face for when shadow lines start [...]

Posted 09 October 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § Sports ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Funny faces

I enjoy shooting soccer for it’s lack of helmets, hats and other things that block, or cast shadows, on players’ faces.

Posted 29 September 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § Sports ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Athletes of the year

Not many sports going on, so profiles of athletes are abound. Recently I shot the athletes of the year, which is different from the “seasonal players of the year” such as in Winter or Spring.
These kids may not be the best at their sport, but they demonstrated true athleticism and sportsmanship in multiple sports.
Tim Harrington [...]

Posted 27 June 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,