Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Snow; the Blog Must Get Through

Yep, those were just about all the conditions that the PSO crew and I had to work with last weekend.
The first game that I worked at was the St. Rita vs. Brother Rice game where I was accompanied by Hafeez as the videographer. The biggest struggle for this game made itself very aware to us as we rolled up to the stadium...the rain. Luckily Fiz and I had our high-tech, state-of-the-art, modern marvel of rain protection for our equipment...trash bags. With these weather conditions, it became very difficult to get into the game and look at it with a photographer's eye. It was very easy that night to get caught up in the elements and just worry about trying to stay warm and dry, but after a little pep prayer with Fiz, our minds were back on the field and good to go.
As for Saturday night, it was just the same old story just a different day. This time, I was paired with Owen for the Mt. Carmel vs. Loyola game. Going into this game, I was unusually nervous due to the fact that it would be the first time since week 1 that I would be responsible for the article afterwards. I would also be taking notes on the voice recorder for the first time, so there were a couple of factors that were there to add to the already present stress of covering the game. But the night before, I Fiz gave me some great advice and helpful pointers on using the voice recorder and what kind of notes would work best for the article. After the first quarter, I was feeling a good rhythm with the recorder and photography, and the ever present difficult climate conditions were a lot less of a worry this game than the night before, despite the fact that Saturday's game gave way early to a half-hour rain/lightening delay. But these weather conditions also brought on a photographer's dream...fog. Although the fog only lasted for a couple of minutes, and in some very unpredictable and mysterious patches during the third quarter, it was a great challenge to have encountered for the first time. With the hurdle of garbage bags on cameras and camera lenses fogging up, I feel that these challenges only helped to sharpen some of my skills as a photographer. So while it may have seemed like a royal pain at first, I realized shortly into the games that ths weather was a great way to test myself as an artist and push myself to overcome the new and unpredictable hurdle that is...EXTREME PREP SPORTS ONLINE