Uploads from Ben Kimball

aww YEAH!

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:05:34 -0700

=)

another shot from the 2013 Holyoke St. Patrick's Day Road Race/Walk

cold ride

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:00:25 -0700

near the end of the bike leg of the 2013 Berkshire Highlands Pentathlon

full gallery here

on the challenges of shooting this race

last gate

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:34:21 -0700

Ben Kimball posted a photo:

a racer finishes the 2013 Berkshire Highlands Pentathlon

full gallery here

on the challenges of shooting this race

Happy St. Patrick's Day

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:05:45 -0700

Ben Kimball posted a photo:

This is probably my favorite shot from the Holyoke St. Patrick's Day Road Race last weekend. I dare you to look at it and not at least smile.

blog entry about the event.

water girls

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:20:24 -0700

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These two Girl Scouts tirelessly handed out water bottles at mile 5 of the 2013 Holyoke St. Patrick's Road Race 10K last Saturday. Almost 6,000 runners passed by!

blog entry about the event.

exertion

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:10:13 -0700

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One of the lead racers sweats it out near the finish of the 39th Annual Holyoke St. Patrick's Road Race 10K last Saturday.

My blog entry about the event.

7-UP

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:03:32 -0700

Ben Kimball posted a photo:

took photos at The Harbour Shamrock Shuffle 5 Mile Run in Winchendon, MA this past Saturday

full album here

full flight

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:22:21 -0800

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I love how little kids come way up off the ground when they run. This girl flew past fast at the 2013 WAMDA 5K race in Northampton, MA last weekend.

I'm experimenting with crops to see if there's any way to make race photos seem less, you know... cookie cutter. They always seem to have an individual runner, slightly framed. It gets a little dull. What do you think? Does putting her off to the left and cropping slightly add any sense of speed or forward motion? Or does it just go against every convention for which there is a good reason to have a convention?

the full race gallery

road trompers

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:15:21 -0800

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my friend Patrick (#7521) gaining speed at the 2013 WAMDA 5K in Northampton, MA on Saturday, March 2.

snowstompers

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:32:57 -0800

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at the start of the 2013 Hawley Kiln Snowshoe Race in Hawley, MA

(coming soon: my blog and... more?)

deep thought

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:36:58 -0800

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snowshine

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:54:01 -0800

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february flow

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:30:18 -0800

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on a mid-winter snowshoe trek, looking out over snowy fields and an icy river

a fire upon the deep

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:01:51 -0800

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farscape

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:27:39 -0800

Ben Kimball posted a photo:

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an evening walk

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:16:49 -0800

Ben Kimball posted a photo:

through the snowdrifts of the Holyoke Range up above the Connecticut River

it's not just for summer anymore

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:17:09 -0800

Ben Kimball posted a photo:

riding the rope swing on a mid-winter's eve

just another day at the office

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:48:34 -0800

Ben Kimball posted a photo:

Most of the time it's not that different from anyone else's job. But every now and then I find myself feeling ridiculously lucky to be getting paid to be doing what it is I'm doing.

Today I searched for zebra mussels (an invasive species) along the shoreline of a lake in New England. The lake gets drawn down a few feet in the winter to try to kill off the dense patches of milfoil (another invasive species) that grow in some of the coves. We take advantage of the drawdown to look for any zebra mussels that might have gotten in; they do occur in waterbodies nearby. Fortunately, this lake appeared to be zebe free.

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good dad

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:28:18 -0800

Ben Kimball posted a photo:

This father and child pair were having a great time together at the Greenfield Winter Carnival. The kid was tossing candy bits like they were in a parade. One even got lobbed towards the photographer =)

the full album here: photobucket.com/Greenfield_SB_Run_2013

fast friends

nobody@flickr.com (Ben Kimball) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:02:24 -0800

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I photographed the Greenfield Winter Carnival "Sleigh Bell Run" 4-mile road race this morning, mostly just to get some more practice shooting sports. Mind you, I did it with a lens that not only is completely inappropriate for the camera (a DX lens on an FX camera) but also completely inappropriate for the event and conditions (only an 18-55mm zoom to shoot a running race on an overcast winter day? am I stupid?). But never mind that. I'm workin' on it...

I've found that I often don't care for shots where two runners are side by side. I think it's because the framing ends up looking kind of weird (the subject is too wide for the vertical crop that way). But these two made it work with their matching strides and all-around excellent smiles.

the full album here: photobucket.com/Greenfield_SB_Run_2013

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