Friday, June 27, 2008

Recent Stuff

I've been all over the place the last few weeks, and even managed to sneak in a short vacation. Anyway, here is a sample of some of my favorites from recent assignments.



June 15, 2008 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr., cheers in Winner's Circle after winning his first race on NASCAR's premier racing circuit, the Sprint Cup Series, in more than two years (since May 6, 2006), by holding off Kasey Kahne on a restart to take the checkered flag at the LifeLock 400 on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
Photo by Chad Ryan




June 17, 2008 - Midland, Mich. - Fort Wayne Wizards first baseman Felix Carrasco hits a one-out double in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the East team runners on second and third. East couldn't get a run in, and Clinton Lumber Kings outfielder Tim Smith hit a solo blast in the top of the 10th inning to give the West team a 5-4 victory in the Midwest League All-Star Game at Dow Diamond, home of the Great Lakes Loons, on Tuesday in Midland, Michigan.
Photo by Chad Ryan




June 17, 2008 - Midland, Mich. - Fort Wayne Wizards pitcher Derek McDaid throws a pitch in the Midwest League All-Star Game at Dow Diamond on Tuesday in Midland, Michigan.
Photo by Chad Ryan




June 17, 2008 - Midland, Mich. - Dow Diamond, and the Great Lakes Loons, hosted the Midwest League All-Star Game on Tuesday in Midland, Michigan.
Photo by Chad Ryan




June 25, 2008 - Fort Wayne, Ind. - Bishop Luers coaches, from left, Matt Lindsay (football), James Blackmon (basketball), and Gary Rogers (baseball), achieved a feat this year that had previously been unmatched in Indiana high school athletics by winning state championships in each of the three major sports in the same academic year. The Knights' basketball and baseball titles were the first in school history, while the football team won it's seventh championship.
Photo by Chad Ryan.




June 26, 2008: Fort Wayne second baseman Andy Parrino makes a play on a ground ball hopper in the Wizards' 6-5 loss to the West Michigan Whitecaps on Thursday at Memorial Stadium.
Photo by Chad Ryan.




June 22, 2008: Laura Wilkinson breaks the surface of the water on one of her dives in the platform finals at the Team USA Olympic Diving Trials at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana on Sunday, June 22. Wilkinson won the event and will represent Team USA for a third time in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Photo by Chad Ryan.




June 22, 2008: Nick McCrory performs a somersault during one of his dives in the 10-meter platform finals at the Team USA Olympic Diving Trials at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Photo by Chad Ryan.

2 comments:

Perry Reichanadter said...

Nice portrait. Was that drip already there or did you have someone back there making a splash? Do you work for the paper or are you freelance?

Chad Ryan said...

Wayne,

The drip was there. I knew it would give me the highlight I wanted out of my back light so I used it. I didn't realize how fast it was dripping as I would rather have had a slow drip, but I had literally five minutes to pull off a portrait of these guys.

To answer your other question, both. I am a staff sports photographer (who also writes) for The News-Sentinel, and I do freelance jobs when I have the time.

Thanks for the comment.

Chad