A Bit Starstruck

Once upon a time, before the crazy beautiful full life of having a family, I was a single girl with time to spare and an avid King's fan who was lucky enough to find herself seated at many a game. Times have changed, life is more hectic with less time to spare and fewer games to be had, but one thing remains constant - I remain an avid and loyal Kings fan, maybe not quite as savvy on the 'game talk' as I used to be, but they are still and will forever be my amazing hometown team. So, you can imagine my excitement last night when I found myself seated on the court mere feet away from where some of the Kings players were warming up! I was there on assignment working with the Kings awesome Creative Director, Heather Vaughan, again to capture fun pictures showing some of the cool stuff season ticket holders can look forward to like exclusive behind the scenes tours, a gorgeous black leather briefcase (seriously, Gucci ain't got nothin' on these cool bags! They should take notes!), etc. (And PS - honey, if you read this, I want to be season ticket holder! I know we just had Christmas and Valentine's Day but my birthday is coming up. Aren't 34th birthdays supposed to be like really huge somewhere??! :)) In any case! Inbetween shoots, there I was - about 2 seats over behind the basketball hoop looking up more than a little starstruck as the likes of Brad Miller sprinted here and there, casually dropping hoops as he warmed up. I was told I could take photos while I waited and even though I only came equipped with my 20-70 and 24-105 portrait lens for the work we were doing, I thought - what the heck, who knows when a girl will get a chance like this again! So, though I felt a bit silly with my little portrait lens surrounded by the pro action shooters with their awesome telephotos (and yeah, that might be a little lens envy you hear in my voice!) I got down on my knees and just started shooting. And even though they aren't exactly Sports Illustrated action quality - okay, let me rephrase that - even though they aren't even remotely close to Sports Illustrated action quality photos, they come with great memories and like all photos, that is what makes them truly special. :)