A Week of Champions... High School Alpine Skiing, and Track & Field Championships. Feb. 14 & 16, 2008.

*Lots of driving and a couple of long days this week, but it made for good images...








Here's how my workday looked for HS skiing on the mountain: 2 Canon digi-bodies; (#1) w/ a 70mm-200mm, & (#2) w/ a 300mm f/2.8 & monopod over my shoulder. In the bag is a 16mm-35mm zoom, strobe & light meter, extra camera battery. Throw in plenty of hand warmers, extra gloves, favorite Gore-Tex ski-hat, too many layers of shirts to remember, long underwear, wool socks, and of course, a pack of (lucky) Dentyne Ice gum...


I really don't know a lot about photographing skiing. Never been on a pair in my life, but "Hey, it's a sport, right...? And that's what I'm there for, to make good images..." I remember thinking to myself, 'Don't fall up here on this friggin' mountain...! along with a few inaudible swear words" (Photograph by Richard Ross/The River Reporter)