Little League

Revisiting an older topic; When shooting sports photography in and around the Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio areas, I always like to get a bunch of stock photos for my portfolio.

Pictures like this, make for great gallery headers when posting a bunch of new sports photographs.

They also seem to be favorites among the voters in the Capture Cincinnati books. This one has gottne great reviews in the 2009 book for Capture Cincinnati.

Posted by Cincinnati and Dayton Sports Photographer Vincent Rush of Monroe, Ohio. For more information (877) 858-6295

The Dog Pile

An instant classic sports photograph. Shooting sports photography in Eaton, Ohio, about an hour north of Cincinnati and 30 minutes west of Dayton Ohio, I was in perfect postion to capture the little league tradition of the dog pile at home plate, upon a home run.

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Sheeee's Outta Here!

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Sports Diva

I was recently doing some sports photography in the Cincinnati area and Madison Ohio, when I noticed a T-Ball game going on on one of the fields.

Of all the sports photography that I shoot, nothing sells quite like the little kids. And nothing sells better than a cute candid on the field.

This Sports photograph will eventually be one of my submissions to the 2009 Capture Cincinnati Project.

Posted by Cincinnati and Dayton Sports Photographer Vincent Rush of Monroe, Ohio. For more information (877) 858-6295

Picked Clean

Shooting sports photography in my old home town of Eaton, Ohio, I happened to run into an old softball buddy of mine by the name of Rick Richardson. It just so happenes that his son was playing in the Eaton Little League for the A's.

It's always cool to be able to grab a quality sports photograph for a life long good friend.

Posted by Cincinnati and Dayton Sports Photographer Vincent Rush of Monroe, Ohio. For more information (877) 858-6295

Batters Eye View

One of the shots I've always liked in sports photography, weather it's a Cincinnati Reds photograph or a youth sports photograph is the "batters eye" shot. In other words, what does the batter see?

To get this shot, I slipped in behind the catcher during warm ups, after I made sure he had good control that day and let the motor drive run.

One of the keys to being a good sports photographer, in Cincinnati, Dayton or anywhere on the globe, is to have the ability to put the viewer in the game.

Posted by Cincinnati and Dayton Sports Photographer Vincent Rush of Monroe, Ohio. For more information (877) 858-6295

Posted by Cincinnati and Dayton Sports Photographer Vincent Rush of Monroe, Ohio. For more information (877) 858-6295

Down the Middle

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The Pro Angle

I've learned a lot about sports photography, by looking at sports photographs. Weather it be Cincinnati Reds, Sports Illustrated, ESPN Magazine or news Papers.

I've said before, that the lazy sports photographers that post to sports photography web sites, merely stand in one spot, sit in one place or stand on the side lines with a mono pod and shoot the same angle.

In Sports Photography, this is what I call the Pro Angle. Lower than the eye's of the standing player, and coming down the slope of the mound to give that "flame thrower image.

While shooting little league baseball in Eaton, Ohio, I shot this pitcher on the Eaton Bee's getting ready to fire a blistering 45mph heater. But it looks a whole lot faster. Parents love these shots.

Posted by Cincinnati and Dayton Sports Photographer Vincent Rush of Monroe, Ohio. For more information (877) 858-6295

Memorial Day

A special thanks to all Veterans on this Memorial Day Weekend. It's not just an extra day off, as much as it's a tribute to all the brave men and women than went far from home and put their lives on the line for us back home.
And a special thank to the men and women of WWII.

At a time when apathy and appeasement policies were considered the way to deal with tyrannical dictators that vowed to destroy and conquer for their own agendas, these brave and noble young men sacrificed all, to stand up for what was right versus popular and stopped evil in it's tracks. It is because of these men and women of WWII that we enjoy the freedoms and privileges that we enjoy today.


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Fouled Off

Shooting sports photography in Madison, Ohio at a little league game. During a baseball gam, I usually like to set up down the 3rd base line and try to catch some of the batter turning on a pitch. In this sports photograph, I caught Monroe little leaguer Ryan Keppner, fouling one off.

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The Takedown

In shooting Sports Photography in Cincinnati and Dayton Ohio, one of the types of pictures that Dad's love is a sports photograph of their little bruiser taking down the opposing player. This particular shot, although not an award winner for me, was a Fathers favorite of his little guy with a tight grip and a look of determination.

I was shootin sports photography in a game that pitted the Centerville Wee Elks against the Beavercreek Ohio, Little Beavers.

I angled low and used a Nikon D200 with a Nikkor 80-200 2.8 lens.


Posted by Cincinnati and Dayton Sports Photographer Vincent Rush of Monroe, Ohio. For more information (877) 858-6295

Beyond Thunderdome

Ok, the title doesn't match, but I hate titleing pictures anyway. If you remember the last installment of Mel Gibson's Mad Maxx series, it was titled "Beyond Thunderdome" and co-starred Tina Turner.

While shooting Cincinnati Sports Photography at a Cincinnati Softball tournament last Summer, I started noticing more and more pitchers wearing face masks. A great idea considering this...




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Locked In

One of the events that I get asked to cover in Cincinnati when doing Sports Photography, is the Annual Rumpke Park, Metro Softball Tournament.

As a Sports Photographer in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, I get to see a lot of sports. Softball players are a colorful bunch. However no less intense than a Cincinnati Reds ball player.

On this photograph, I was merely locked in on the 3rd baseman waiting for a hard shot to be hit his way. Although I never got the actual action photograph I wanted, I did get a sports photograph of a guy who was ready for anything that was coming his way.

Posted by Cincinnati and Dayton Sports Photographer Vincent Rush of Monroe, Ohio. For more information (877) 858-6295

Nuxhall Pride

In sports photography, one of the more profitable baseball tournament venues you can shoot, is a "Select Team" event. By "Select", I really mean all star. These are a group of very good youth baseball players that are picked to play on traveling teams.

It costs each family in the neighborhood of 2-3000 a Summer to play in these leagues.

With that being said, these parents really appreciate the high quality sports photography that a professional sports photographer brings to the field.

In this Cincinnati and Fairfield Ohio event, The "Nuxhall Pride", named after legendary Cincinnati Reds broadcaster, Joe Nuxhall were my subject of choice.

Posted by Cincinnati and Dayton Sports Photographer Vincent Rush of Monroe, Ohio. For more information (877) 858-6295