2011 PA Ice Hockey State Championships

This past Saturday was the final day for ice hockey photos. There were three games to determine the State Champions in the three divisions: A, AA, and AAA. I shot from the penalty box for all three games - and forgot just how cold it is standing there.

Here's a few of my favorites:

Rings

Just testing out some new equipment on Beth's engagement ring with her pepper plants - two of her favorite things...

2011 Flyers Cup

The Flyers Cup was a little split up this year. Normally the three divisions championship games are on the same night. The highest division got to play at the rink where the Flyers play, the Wells Fargo Center, while the two lower divisions play at local ice rinks. I didn't have a chance to go through my photos and post any here before they were posted to the website from the game that was played at the Wells Fargo Center, but there's a link to the game on one of my favorite local sports blog websites, crossingbroad.com

The photos below are from the A championship game on March 18th at Iceline. My photography partner in the sports photos actually made it to the finals with the team he coaches. It looked like they were the dominant team, but had 8 penalties called against them. They scored a goal in the early third period to go ahead, but later gave up a goal and Springfield won it in overtime.

Snow what I'm sayin?

So we had a little storm overnight. 14" of snow was no problem for the new jeep. I even stopped off on my way to work this morning and took a few photos...




A short video from the drive:
http://gallery.me.com/dbreisacher#100016

Tom & Ashley's Wedding

This past Friday I worked with my good friend Jon Nimerfroh as a second photographer for Tom and Ashley's wedding. It was freezing cold, with temperatures hovering below freezing for most of the day. They were troopers going out to get photos before the ceremony around old city and the Art Museum. The wedding the reception was held at the Ballroom at the Ben.


They did a great job pretending it wasn't 20° when these were taken. My hands were freezing after holding the camera for only 3 minutes!

¡Pura Vida!

Sorry for the long time between posts. High School hockey has been keeping us busy this past season. We recently did just get back from a really awesome trip to Costa Rica. It was the same place as last year, except we went down for a wedding! They asked that I not post any photos from the wedding, but I can post some from around town and surfing.

The the new groom boosting a huge air just a day or two after the wedding.

The best man pulling into a little tube.

An empty lot in Playa Grande. I guess they didn't get around to building the house before all the restrictions on building.

Flower detail

Late afternoon dust and forest.

Morning rush hour traffic

RIP Mike Kench

Boat racing lost one of it's fiercest competitors last weekend. Michael and I competed at just about every race and I always knew it would be a good race when he was there. Sometimes I thought he'd drive right through me to get ahead, but he was always a gentleman off the race course. Thanks for all the great racing 6J...