Robin Gets Hit by a Ball

That's right, last night I got hit by my first ball. After narrowly escaping being hit from the front thanks to my quick reflexes, it bounced off the boards behind me and hit me in the back. Luckily, by that point it had lost much of it's momentum and didn't hurt. But the fact that it came inches from hitting my camera, which would have then hit me in the face, did shake me up a bit. As I result, anytime the action got anywhere near me again, I was too busy making sure the ball wasn't coming my way to take any pictures!

That, combined with the fact that Salford played poorly and were defending more than they were on the offense (which meant they were all the way at the other end of the field where even a 300mm lens can't reach) meant I did not come away with many photos.

But here they are - this was an away game so that's why Salford are in black instead of red.





And now, I'm off to lounge in the rare English sunshine!

Ugh, they're SO grainy!

Well, the last two games before last night were on saturdays so I stupidly got used to the daylight meaning lower ISO, meaning little to no noise/grain.

Last night, I had to bump up to 3200 which is BAD because the noise is so terrible, my camera doesn't even like to go into ISO 3200. I have to set it through the custom functions, otherwise it will only go up to 1600. It's like the camera saying "Noooo, don't do it! You really don't want to use 3200 so I'll make sure you can't ever accidentally choose it, I'll make you work to set it that high!"

It makes me want the 1D Mark III even more *sniff*. Not only the fastest camera on the market but also handles noise at high ISO's like no other *cry*. It's only the greatest sports camera ever made *sob!*. And only about £3,000 *wail!* Okay, tantrum over.






I can't leave it on that grainy note so I will instead leave you with a picture of Paul and a Miss England Hopeful who was apparently so drunk she could not stand on her own like this for more than 30 seconds (very professional, no doubt she'll win Miss England).

My photo featured in national newspaper!

I've had some of my photos featured in the local magazine, Manchester Evening News, which was exciting but still on a local level. Yesterday, my photo was featured in The Sun, a national newspaper. Unfortunately, we got confused and thought it was going to be in todays paper so I missed seeing it BUT it is available online:

Paul's beef to settle with Bulls

Lots of new stuff...

First new hair, now a new website! I've revamped my photo gallery: robinbauerphoto.com and the new domain might be working by the time you read this: robinmcnallyphotography.com

I basically wanted to add more info rather than just have a gallery because I've had some offers recently to do work outside the Reds. So I'm hoping this will help encourage more outside offers (hence the availability calendar - seriously, how awesome is google?). I also wanted to change from Bauer to McNally. Even though I officially haven't changed my name because it'll be such a pain to do from here in England, everyone in England knows me as McNally, not Bauer. So it just makes sense to call my business name McNally.

I know that linking to the Picasa galleries isn't the most professional looking but it's the quickest and easiest way to upload new photos. I'd say I'm lazy but I honestly spent several hours redoing the rest of the website! Oh, and the first gallery (not the sports gallery) isn't up yet but that's all I have left to do - it'll be up soon.

And now I'm off to see Angels and Demons! Ewan McGregor - yum!

In Honor of Nan

Well, we lost this time but at least the sun was out and I got a few good shots.

But it occurred to me while I was watching the game that Nan would have really liked the players tight shorts. I remember she used to love watching Baseball just to see the athlete's "cute butts" lol. And I really had to laugh and think of Nan when this happened:



Sorry, Malcolm! (That's the player). It was too amusing not to take the picture.

But now for some normal photos:





And I'll leave you with a link to one of my photos used on the Official RFL (Rugby Football League) website.

It's pouring down but we won!

It was pouring rain today (of course, because it was a game day) so I spent most of my time trying to shield my camera from it. Even worse, the hardest part was trying to swap lenses without getting water IN the camera. I think I managed it because the camera appears to still be operating fine, lol. I got a few good shots despite the rain and even better, while I was attempting to dry my hair with the hand drier in the bathroom and injuring my neck in the process, the Reds won! Bring it on Salford!