I’ve run out of images. I’ll be back as soon as I have something to post. Where can I go, what can I do?

Tee-ball seems like ancient history.

Tom needed the ball at 2nd, but unfortunately it did not arrive in time.

Not all of my progress these past few months have been directly related to shooting.

Creating this blog and working on the various forms of presentation have provided me with a toolbox of techniques I can call upon in the future.

I now have some PS actions which will help me put together little mini-stories or photo essays with a common theme. This is an area I want to focus on in the future.

During my quiet time I will do a review of all the baseball images I’ve produced over the last five seasons. I’ll keep an eye out for what I am missing and areas I can improve on.

I think the secret ingredient is momentum. As long as I keeping moving forward, progress is inevitable.

As photographers, we work in a world of only the dimensions of width and height. Our graphic, two dimensional canvas constrains us in the third dimension of depth.

Fortunately, by emulating some of the techniques used by painters we can regain the illusion of depth.

The perspective created by converging lines into a vanishing point is a proven method used for thousands of years. But, what if there are no lines to converge as in a zero-point perspective?

In order to convey depth in the absence of a vanishing point we can rely on the overlapping of image elements. Elements which cover or obscure other elements are perceived as being closer than the elements they conceal.

One of my goals for the baseball season was to work on using layers in my images to enhance the feeling of depth. The baseball diamond is conveniently laid out in such a way that stacking the players is very simply done.

But, sometimes the overlapping can result in strange merges between elements. I’ll have to keep a close eye on that.

Now that I have spent some time applying the technique, I can’t live without it.

No baseball. Hey, maybe there will be an all-star game!

The baseball season has ended and the Diamondbacks are eliminated from the championship. Now we rest, reflect and prepare for the next season.