Does your child play high school sports in the Nashua area or Milford? Are you wondering what to get them for Christmas? How about a print of them on the court or in the field during a game?

Are you one of those parent’s walking the sidelines trying to capture an image of your son’s football game? Or, maybe your sibling is playing ball. Canon is sponsoring a photo contest for amateur photographers who enjoy shooting football games.

It is a small world…I received an email recently from a player who’s football game I photographed 20 years ago for the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Practices are usually uneventful to shoot for the paper. But when I pulled up the pictures on my laptop and saw the ball on a players’ nose, it stood out to me.

Should a state athletic association of public school sports be allowed to sell rights for one media to cover a high school event, and ban another? That’s exactly what the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is trying to do.

There’s no better time of year to be shooting outdoor sports than in the fall. It may get a little chilly covering games in late October and November, but the colors around the fields are so brilliant.

Do you wish you could take better photos of your child playing sports? Check out my tips on sports photography.

For parents of athletes, pictures are a way to capture moments on the field, and save them to share with family and friends. Sports photography is not easy, and takes a good camera and quick reaction time [...]

Your child goes down on the playing field and does not get up. You break into a cold sweat and your stomach feels like it’s stuck in your throat. How do you know if it’s just a boo-boo, or if they’re really hurt? The image on the next page will tell you, but don’t look [...]

Very seldom do I run into parents of athletes I’ve photographed while working here at The Telegraph. It’s even more rare to meet the parent of a player who remembers my name 8 years later.
 
I have to write down people’s names with my memory. A couple weeks ago I met the mother of a former Alvirne High School soccer [...]

In the blink of an eye, the play is over, and dust fills the air. Did the umpire see it? Will he make the right call? “He’s out,” I said to the parents around me, showing the images on the back of my camera. My son, Brandon clearly put the tag on the runner during a [...]