Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan In Pictures

So I went to the Eastern Michigan basketball game today.  I was almost thinking of not going because it was so cold out but I ended up going and I'm glad I did.

 This is probably my favorite picture from the game.  If you want to see more, go to Hustle Belt where you can see the rest of my pictures.  Eastern Michigan would beat Western Michigan by a score of 69 to 51.

 The cheerleaders during one of the timeouts.

 The Eastern Michigan dance team doing a routine.  It was pretty cool to watch.

 I think the winds picked up during the game.  The flag was almost straight out.

Because I like the look of the Michigan flag.

The Eastern flag.

Eastern Michigan didn't start the MAC season well but it seems like the may be working some of the kinks out.  I hope it continues.

Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan - In Pictures

Here are some of my pictures from the game last Saturday night.  If you want pictures of the game, go to Hustle Belt.

 the band starts to take the field.  Or at least the drumline does.

 The rest of the band takes the field.

 the Drum Major steps out.

 The color guard.

 The US flag.

 Standing at attention.

 The band's color guard.

 The eagle flies out on the field.

 For some reason, this reminds me of one of those things, "We were able to recover the pictures from his camera and as far as we could tell, this was the last one".

 The team breaking down the wall.

 And the team takes the field.

 My favorite shot of the game.  Shaq Vann stretching the field on a run.

 It was band night and that meant that bands from local high schools participated.

 The combined color guard.

 It was pretty cool.

 A majorette.

 And my other favorite shot of the game.  This was the game winning catch.

 The cheerleaders carrying their flags on the field.

 Eastern Michigan had every reason to celebrate.  They defeated their cross state rivals by a score of 34-27.

And one of the Eastern players singing the fight song.

A Return to Basketball

So I decided to go the Eastern Michigan basketball game Tuesday night.  It was actually pretty nice to get and shoot a basketball game but I'm not quite 100% ready yet.  I ended up shooting from the stands rather than my normal spot along the baseline.  I'm still not quite 100% steady on my feet but it was still okay.

 A shot of the pre-game dance routine.  For a second I forgot that I needed to set my settings for shooting indoors.  I kind of like the motion blur though.

 They dimmed the light for the introduction of the team.

 This is probably my favorite shot from the game.  As for the game itself, it wasn't very good.  Eastern was shooting about 24% in the first half and Western wasn't much better than that.  Western started the second half with about 7 three pointers in a row and never looked back at that point.

 A dinosaur brawl during the timeout.

One of the cheerleaders doing a cool flip.

Like I said, I'm not quite 100% for the games yet, so I decided to not go to the Ball State game today but I'm going to try to catch the last remaining home games.  And as always, if you want more game shots, go to Hustle Belt.

Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan Football - In Pictures

Like I said in my last post, Saturday was a game day.  It was Homecoming for Eastern Michigan and they were facing off against Western Michigan.  With their only loss in the MAC West coming against Toledo, they still had a chance at winning the MAC West (with some help).  The only problem was that they carrying a four game losing streak but each of those games was by a touchdown or less.

Anyway, these are pictures around the game.  For game pictures go to Hustle Belt.

 The band takes the field.

 Another angle of the band taking the field.

 I kind of like this shot.

 The Majorette.

 One of the drum majors coming onto the field.

 Another shot of flag carriers.

 I was trying for the reflection in the tuba.

The color guard coming onto the field.

 I finally got a decent shot of the eagle.

 I do like to post one of my favorite shots of the game.  I managed to crop out a ref to get this shot.  Johnnie Niupalau makings a pretty impossible catch.

 The Western Michigan Cheerleaders.

 Western Michigan ended up changing their mascot a bit.  He looks alot more buff.

 Part of the Eastern Michigan dance routine.

 The band taking the field for the halftime show.

 Since I had my bigger lens, I was doing more closeups than normal.

 I was trying for the triangle.

 Another triangle.

 Again trying for an unusual panoramic shot.

 For one of the songs they played, they started to dance.

 Trying the stadium shot with a smaller instrument.

 The Dance Team joines for one of the songs.

 One more shot of the band.

 And of course I get distracted by a 757.

 Swoop!

 There was a pretty decent sized crowd at the game on Saturday.  It actually made parking difficult for me.

 A 737.

 I think this was an MD-90 that was on its way to Denver.

 And of course the 747.

 Coach Creighton contemplating the situation.

 He wasn't very happy with this call.

And Fed Ex 505 as I was heading to the car.