The Winter sports season has been underway for a little while here in the Cincinnati area.  One of the first basketball games I photographed this season was Colerain at Mason High School.  The Freshmen, JV and Varsity teams played on a Saturday the first weekend in December.  Below are a few of my favorites from all the games.  You can view all the images from the games by clicking the Game Images link above.

Corralling a rebound.

Some tough defense on a post up.

Loose ball that ended up being a jump ball.

Diving after another loose ball.

Just getting her fingers on the ball to block the shot.

The coach tries to light a fire in the player.

She responds with a block shot.

Tough post play.

Trying to keep her balance to stay in-bounds.

I want to wish all of you and your families a wonderful Thanksgiving!

We managed to squeeze in this session during the week.  It was a gorgeous Tuesday evening with some great natural light.  We met up at the Lakota West football field and then headed over to the Square.  Here are a few of my favorites from the session:

Made use of the empty stadium.

Great eyes.

It was nice to incorporate the high school in the background.

Showing his confidence.

Loved the car and was excited to include it at the end of the session.

White shirt against shiny black car, great combo.

The tournament soccer game between Lakota East and Mt. Healthy occurred back in October.  I previously posted a few images from the very wet night.  The game was delayed one day because of lightning on the originally scheduled date.  While the storms stayed away the next evening, the rains continued.  The forecast was for them to let up or completely stop by 8pm.  I can confirm that the weather reports were wrong.  Rain continued throughout the entire game and I am not sure it really let up at all.  I have great rain gear for both myself and my cameras but my hand on the mono-pod definitely got cold.  I have yet to find a good way to keep it warm in the rain.  I was not the only one trying to stay warm.  The amazing fans that showed up for the game were all snuggled up under umbrellas.  The Lakota East players not in the game took refuge in the press box.  Here are a few images from the game:

Pregame warm-ups.

The first half the rain was blowing at my back so it does not look as bad as it was in the images.

Making a move.

A header.

The second half I shot a lot into the rain.  The keeper waits for his players to make a move.

The coaches by themselves on the bench.

Challenging play throughout the game.

For this high school senior session we met up at Spring Grove Cemetery.  Which may not sound like a great pictures but it is an amazing place.  Beautifully maintained with a lot of great natural backgrounds.  I love that we started out with a pretty formal outfit and ended up in casual.  Here are a few of my favorites from the session:

All dressed up.

Even without the coat he still had a business air about him.

The sweater was perfect for the colorful backgrounds.

We were under a tree for this image.

The peacefulness of the water is perfect.

Showing his Chicago pride.