"Arizona Diamondback second baseman Orlando Hudson comes up short on a foul ball off the bat of Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzski in the bottom of the sixth inning of opening day at Coors Field Friday, April 4, 2008 in Denver, Colo. The Diamondbacks beat the Rockies 8-1."
Today I played with the big boys and let me tell you that it was a fantastic experience. However, I was up at 7:30am and I'm exhausted to I'll go more into detail on Sunday and explain the whole experience.
I'm the low man on the totem pole so after shooting features and pre-game my job was to shoot all the corporate signage in the stadium. No it's not a glamorous job but as a Marketing major I know how important getting those shots are. Without corporate sponsors the team wouldn't make the money it needs to run a successful franchise. The images that I made will be shown to sponsors so they can "see" the bang they get for their buck and with an attendance of 49,223 plenty of people saw the advertisements. To be completely honest a day shooting corporate signage on the LED boards is better than any day sitting in an office. I'm just appreciative of the opportunity.
I was stuck in a photo well right next to the right field foul pole so I was pretty limited in what I could shoot from that distance however I did manage to make the resulting image above. For where I was at I'm pleased with that image.
I'll be back at the park at 3pm to do it all over again and I can't wait. Depending on what images we have to get I may get a little more freedom but I won't know until I get to the park and talk with Trevor.
My mom has planned a secret project with the neighbors family to clean up their yard and garage starting at 8am. She's calling it "The Edmonds Big Give," apparently she's been watching a little too much Oprah. I told her that I would help since tomorrow is a night game so I'm going to try and get some sleep before then. Hopefully I'll make a little bit stronger image tomorrow night.
-JCE
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