Photo Op - Vintage MLB Baseball Game (4/30/11)

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Hi All,

I'm shooting a MLB Alumni Vintage Baseball Game this Saturday at Dr. Pepper Baseball Park in Frisco and thought it might make a great shooting opportunity.

The event is for charity, here are the details:

Get in the Box Vintage Baseball Game

Flyer: http://www.getinthebox.org/pdfs/Flyer.pdf

Quickly:
Game is Sat 4/30 from 1pm to 4:30pm, gates open at noon

Why it's unique: First off you have real MLB players (alumni), second they are playing the game according to rules from the 1800's! Third, they are using equipment (bats/balls/gloves) from the 1800's!! It's going to be cool!

Photo Gear: Bring it all. I've confirmed with the organizers that you can bring in whatever gear you want. Not sure I'd bring a tripod or something that could obscure anyone's view but big glass and moving around the park is OK!

Cost is $15 per person and it all goes to charity.

Post any questions here and I'll do my best to answer.

Best,

Joe

[Wil_Bloodworth]

I'm IN!

- Wil

[Huck]

Just curious if you guys got any shots from the event.

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Yeah, it was great! Working on the edits now, will post in a few...

[princer7]

Look forward to seeing your photos, Joe. Sounds like it was a great opportunity.

[Wil_Bloodworth]

Yes, but I haven't had time to get to them yet... work! I'll try to get to them tonight.

- Wil

[Wil_Bloodworth]

This was an amazing event from beginning to end! The day started out around 9:00am with a pseudo training camp for kids where there were about seven different stations where the MLB Legends would teach the kids things like throwing, running, bating, fielding, et cetera.

I was only able to narrow down my photos to around 316 out of the 832 total images taken between 9:30am and 4:30pm. Oh, and it was really HOT on Saturday! In addition to the awesomeness that is meeting MLB legends, we got to meet a legend of a different stripe... Mr. Brad Newton... the Texas Rangers' 27-year veteran photographer. Brad, Joe, and I were the only photographers there. Actually, there were a few others there for a bit but mainly just we three for the entirety.

Here are just a few images, processed to MY liking and how I felt they would be best portrayed... you may have a different view. I'm approaching this thread with a documentary-like feel instead of "these are the best images" feel.

Oakland A's veteran Bert "Campy" Campaneris teaching some kids how to play short stop:


Autographed, hand-made, vintage baseballs that were used to raise money for the Get In The Box charity... notice the date and location on the ball:


Oakland A's veteran Rollie "Rolaids" Fingers in contemplative thought:


Manny "Scraps" Gonzalez of the Vintage 9 team. I processed this image to how I felt it would appear if it were in the 1880s... of course, I'm just guessing!


Vernon "Rembrandt" Wells was quite active as you can see from the next few shots:




Bill "Spaceman" Lee was a serious character and could almost never be seen without a smile on his face!


Umpire Shane Sellers... a real stand-up gentleman!


There are just too many amazing shots of this day to show in a single thread... I'll let Joe chime in and show you his side of the story.

Hope you enjoy!

- Wil

[princer7]

Wow! These are great Wil. Sure would hate to be on the receiving end of one of those balls. Catching them looks down-right painful.

[Huck]

Very cool indeed. Wish I had been able to attend.

[Wil_Bloodworth]

Thanks Jennifer! The balls were a LOT softer than a modern baseball... but I'm with you on catching them by hand.

- Wil

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Just saw these, wow! Fantastic stuff. I have to get them from you to pass on to the charity organizers. I'm glad you got the closeup of Rollie!

All of them are very well shot considering the hot, bright sun and backgrounds we had to work with.

I like the vintage look!

I'm done with the dinner, the clinic and pregame photos. I'm working on the game photos themselves (the players each want shots so it's taking a bit of time).

Joe