National Goof Off Day
I'm starting to feel the itch again... Minor League Baseball here in Hickory kicks off on Thursday, April 3rd, which is less than two weeks away. I'm going to be spending most of the day on Saturday at the stadium for "National Goof Off Day" with my camera and camcorder. There should be some fun photo opportunities and it will give me a chance to meet some of the new faces in the Hickory Crawdads organization.
I went to the stadium Friday afternoon to meet Mike Janela, the new director of broadcasting and media relations. He's new in the organization and he won't be around on Saturday, so I took the opportunity to meet him prior to the start of the season. We spent a little time talking about what he wants this coming season as far as images are concerned, and it seems like the organization may want to make more use of photos this year than they have in the past, so I'm happy about that too.
Of all the sports I photograph, baseball is one of my two favorites. I enjoy being outside at these games between the first of April and the first of September. The Hickory Crawdads have 70 home games this season, and I expect to attend at least 55 of them, and also go to a few games on the road. I'll be doing my regular routine of providing images for the club for publicity as well as making the team's baseball card photos for the season.
Another fun project I do during baseball season is another blog around this team's activities. I don't post much in this blog about baseball or sports in general, but my Crawdads Blog will contain a lot of information and images again this season. Since I picked up a cheap camcorder back in December, I'll probably be posting occasional video clips from these events as well. I do plan to shoot some interesting video on Saturday, so check back for that...