Obviously, there has been little activity on this site this summer. Working in college sports is a crazy life. I have gone through months that were so busy that I didn’t have time to get food from the grocery store. November and March are usually these months as Fall-Winter and Winter-Spring sports collide respectively in these months.<\/p>\n
Winter season around the Triangle is usually bad as that is also basketball season (not to mention NHL). With UNC, Duke and NC State playing games 2 times a week at time, it can be overwhelming and non stop work. I guess I can think of worse things than sitting on the floor, photographing ACC Basketball games. But between January 1st and the end of May, I didn’t have a single weekend off except Easter.<\/p>\n
I was in Baltimore with the Duke Men’s Lacrosse team for the NCAA tournament in the end of May. I can’t recall a weekend I have been busier. The weekend wore me out but once I was back, it was as if someone shut the lights out. Suddenly, there were no more games to photograph and I was faced with something I’ve not had since August 2006: Free time.<\/p>\n
Other than one baseball game, I’ve not really picked up the camera since the end of May. I can’t complain really. My personal life was beginning to suffer from the non-stop work. I’ve used my free time to visit my family and friends. In Wilmington I have the cutest 5 year old little cousin you will ever meet. I also have an adorable and precocious 5 year old (soon to be six in 6 days) niece in Greensboro that I don’t see enough of.<\/p>\n
Another thing I’ve used my free time for is to teach myself Russian. I’ve always been interested in Russian culture and Moscva (Moscow-not the true spelling of “Moscva” by I’m not sure how to get a little “B” in Cyrillic to work on this blog) is a city I can’t wait to visit. I’m not expecting to become fluent. Once football season hits, I’ll be photographing so much college and NFL football that I’m sure I won’t have time to continue my studies. But in the meantime, I’m having a blast learning something new. Even though I work in academia in my “real life” beyond photography, I miss learning in the classroom so this learning experience has been rewarding.<\/p>\n
Long story short: Don’t expect many postings this summer. I’m enjoying my free time too much and I’m not taking any photos to post anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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