For Independence Day this year, I ventured down to watch the pyrotechnics from my fiance’s brother’s place, which is about half a block from Lake Superior. My fiance Kristin, her brother Jake, their parents and Evan took in the show from the rocks along the shore as the rain cleared out for one night that...
This past weekend marked the end of my month-long swing through the state tournaments of Wisconsin and Minnesota as I traveled down to Minneapolis to shoot the Grand Rapids boys basketball team play for the Class AAA championship. The Thunderhawks, despite being ranked third, did not earn one of the top four seeds. The logic...
A lot of what makes a good sports photograph comes from the athlete’s face. You might have an awesome shot of a point guard flying through defenders, hands everywhere, player frozen in the air, but if the face is blocked, it more often than not ends up in the circular file. The face is one...
At its most basic level, cauliflower ear is the result of blows to the ear damaging the cartilage and allowing fluid to collect. The cartilage separates from the skin and dies, the ear becomes permanently swollen and deformed and resembles a cauliflower. However, for those in sports such as wrestling, cauliflower ear is almost like...
