By pure scheduling luck I’ve managed to get several assignments to do outdoor sportraits at high noon in the past few weeks. Having the sun directly above the subject isn’t the most flattering light, and also isn’t the easiest to work with, so we do what we can with external flashes to make things work.

For this one, I was able to put Justin on the shady side of the white brick wall outside the lacrosse/football field. I added a few flashes, one directly in front of him as the main light and one to my immediate right for fill light, to make the wall go pure white. After moving myself around a bit to get the best angle, this is what I came up with.

CAPTION:
Recent Westerville South graduate Justin Young, a goalie for the lacrosse team and cornerback for the football team, will play lacrosse for the Presbyterian College Blue Hose in the fall.

The state championship lacrosse game between Worthington Kilbourne and Upper Arlington provided some great shots of the players putting it all out on the line and smashing into each other. Here’s the shot I like the best.

CAPTION:
Upper Arlington’s Alex Pore (26) collides with Worthington Kilbourne’s Angelo Gutierrez (25) knocking the ball loose as Kilbourne’s Pat Riffee (2) takes a hit from UA’s Cal Case (45) during the Division I state championship game at Dublin Coffman High School on June 7.