The youth hockey games was part of the "Growing with the Griffins", a youth hockey initiative. The game was played between GRAHA Teams squirt teams 1 and 4. As part of this special day the players and their families were given tickets to the Griffins game later that day.
What follows are some of my favorite photos from the youth game. I was not allowed to take pictures at the Griffins game because my camera and lens "looked" too professional. The following images were shot with my Pentax K10, in RAW format, with a 1600 ISO, a shutter speed ranging from 250 to 350, and f4.5-f5.6 the lowest my lens would go. Eventually I will have a camera that can do these type of images justice but for now "the best equipment to use it the equipment you have". By shooting them in RAW I was able to adjust the exposure later. It is a little more work but a great tool to have.
Sometimes the background gives the photograph a new meaning.
To quote my husband "Cool, he has wings."
This is one of the coaches making sure the kids stay hydrated.
Cummings, number 5, in a white helmet and with blue laces on his skates, is in each of these images. Here he is headed to the bench looking up at his family. I was a guest of his family. I have the team rosters but was unsure of publishing the rest of the children's names so they are not included.
A little air time.
They play like little pros.
The challenge here was the low light conditions, distance from the subject (I used a 300 mm zoom for most of these), the speed of my subjects because they are very fast 9 and 10 year olds, and the limits of my ISO and aperture. For my first time attending and photographing a hockey game I found this it be a very fun day.
