Dobson Soccer Classic - Basha Girls Soccer 1-0 over Campo Verde Girls

This afternoon on the last day of the year, I went to the Championship game of the 2013 Dobson Soccer Classic. Basha High School's girls soccer team took home the trophy with a 1-0 victory over Campo Verde. 

Day games are much easier to photograph with the long lenses because you have decent light. Most high school fields are poorly lit. So at night you need at least f/2.8 to get a decent shutter speed. At day games I can put on the 2.0x extender and shoot f/7.1 or f/8 with fast shutter speeds. Anyway, here are some of the images from the game. 

You can see more images at http://www.azdewphoto.com/Sports/High-School/Soccer-/2013-2014-Girls-Soccer-Campo

You can see more images from this game at azdewphoto.com. 

Gilbert AZ – Crossroads Park - Color in Motion Fun Run 5K

Over the past couple of years I have noticed some great pictures of 5K color runs. “Races” where runners are more worried more about being covered in color then they are about running. Volunteers with huge supplies of brightly colored powder share color liberally with the runners as they pass by. It actually looks like being a volunteer would be as much fun as running in the race!

A few weeks ago I noticed there was 5K run and fund-raiser (I Love Lucy Project) put on by Color in Motion and scheduled for Gilbert, Arizona. When I clicked on the map I found it was going to be at Crossroads Park. That’s my neighborhood! I put a reminder on my phone (and it worked). When the reminder went off Saturday morning I stopped what I was doing (really important stuff) grabbed my camera and walked over to see what was happening.

I arrived as many of the participants were crossing the finish line. The organizers had a stage setup with music playing. I was a natural gathering location where more color packets were passed out to the crowd to do with as they please. It was a grand finale with energy and a good dose of color for everyone. They were all having a great time. It was pretty much head to toe color for the crowd. 
 
I managed to keep my distance and watched the wind direction enough to keep my camera fairly clean. Dust, even if it’s organic, safe, cool, bright, colors, is not a cameras friend.

I posted all my random pictures at www.azdewphoto.com and a few examples of the “fun” and color here.

These and many more pictures are posted at www.azdewphoto.com.