[PaulHoule]

Photography. For a long time I wasn't really progressing with it, I even had a long period where I carried a mirrorless everywhere I went but didn't really take any pictures.

About two years back I was feeling with bored looked out the window of my office and looked at the sports complex and thought that would be an answer, it turned out to be a real adventure getting good at that, last summer I also discovered a brandable approach to landscape and architectural photography.

A year ago I went to an indoor track meet and got 1000 images but none usable mainly because a collegiate track meet is like a three ring circus but rather it's the other way around, I couldn't find good locations.

I volunteered for a local organization that put on a really intimate meet where I could find good locations, I was warned that I probably wouldn't be able to "get pictures of people running" because of poor light conditions but I wasn't intimidated at all because... I shoot basketball. Faced with the need to cull and process 2000 images I figured out how to use a game controller so I could sit back and scan through photos quickly in Lightroom. I got this

https://www.yogile.com/february-flash-dash-2025#21t

I did another shoot for them last weekend which will turn out quite different, not least that I discovered a few places that have really meaningful backgrounds, not just piles of unused track equipment or trash can arrays. It was gratifying that some of the people pictured there told me they were happy with how they came out.