2009 Lakota East Football

So this post has been a long time coming.  For those of you who have been reading the blog for awhile, you know that I followed the Lakota East Varsity football team this past season.  It was a personal project and I learned so much from the experience.  I set many goals before starting the project.  They ranged from being a better photographer of football, producing a book and doing a multimedia presentation.  The book was for myself as well as a gift to the head coach for letting me do this project.  I never showed the book to anyone but the coach and my immediate family.  See, I lack confidence sometimes in my abilities.  I know what I am good at and what I struggle with.  Football was never a sport I was great at photographing so showing the book to others was kind of intimidating.  What if they hated it?  What if all my work was deemed crap?  What if I thought I improved dramatically over the season with my images but others told me otherwise?  Could I handle it?  Would it hurt my confidence?  I finally bit the bullet and showed it to a customer and they thought it was great.  Wanted to know if I would sell it to them and if they could tell others.  Wow!  I was blown away.  Why did I wait so long to show others?  Sometimes I could kick myself for lacking confidence in my abilities.  So I am sharing the book with all of you here.  The link below takes you to the site where it can be viewed and purchased.  You can preview the entire book.  I would love feedback.  Positive or negative.  It will only make me a better photographer so lay it on me.

http://www.blurb.com/user/store/trimphoto

The cover.