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Featured Photo Shoot
This is Sled hockey and Sled Hockey allows people with disabilities
to enjoy the awesome sport of Hockey. You can see the sleds in this
picture, but it’s important to note that the sticks that they hold
in each hand have very sharp stainless steel teeth on the bottom,
that allow them to dig into the ice and propel themselves. Three or
four hard pushes from a good player and they’re flying pretty fast.
Lean to the side at speed and the skater carves a graceful arc on
the ice. Unless they slam into another hockey player that is!.
I’ve been involved
with this organization for many years now and I’ve become the team's
unofficial- official photographer. I have an awful lot of photos of
sled hockey on file, but this is one of my favorites. It was 2006 (I
think) and the team was in Aspen for a tournament. I didn’t bring
any lights with me as I was informed this small rink had a strobe
system hanging from the rafters. I was given permission to use the
in- house system, which I soon discovered was badly set, with lights
set too high on the beams causing big shadow areas all over the ice.
This goal was fairly well lit, so I found a ladder and pushed my
50MM lens through the hole in the netting just above the doors. This
image was my reward!
By the way the puck was
going into the net already and wasn’t visable, so I cut one out of
another photo and carefully pasted it in. Thank goodness for
Photoshop!
Colorado Sled Hockey always appreciates seeing new players and of
course donations and volunteers.
http://www.coloradosledhockey.org/
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