tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75974895319459711152024-03-13T23:13:34.687-05:00Ralph Mawyer PhotographerCapturing the Moment -- Sports and Life Events in the Texas Hill CountryRalph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-38549264322401868732015-07-27T19:50:00.001-05:002015-07-27T19:50:39.915-05:00Boerne ISD Stadium....she be looking real good
The field is graphically perfect, with a bit more rubber pellets to go. Just waiting on her new crown. The scoreboard should be up no later than 15 August.
Note the TLC instructions for the new turf...
Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-410801751123992042015-07-23T22:36:00.002-05:002015-07-23T22:36:33.556-05:00Boerne ISD Stadium....Sand going down and rubber pellets to follow
Pretty cool the way they fill the texture with sand, vacuum it up, and then will lay the rubber pellets over the next few days.
First photo is a pano from my iPhone..
Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-23364697702937947132015-07-20T15:58:00.000-05:002015-07-20T22:19:26.451-05:00Boerne ISD Stadium Upgrade Looking Good
Getting all primed for fall football in Texas, and in Texas fall football starts in mid-August.
Boerne ISD (BISD) has been on a construction roll and the refurbished football field is looking great. Thank you Stan for staying with traditional green artificial turf versus some of the colors I've seen around the U.S.
The BISD stadium serves the entire district with both Boerne High School andRalph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-5267853210556903762015-07-09T10:14:00.002-05:002015-07-09T10:16:02.007-05:00MiLB San Antonio Missions vs Springfield Cardinals
Had the opportunity to shoot some Minor League Baseball at San Antonio's Wolff Stadium. The San Antonio Missions hosted the Springfield Cardinals on July 9th, with James Needy pitching for the Missions and getting the win at 2-0 in the first game of this home session.
Tried something a bit different using a Nikon 600mm/f4 mostly from the fence over center field. Shooting into the Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-18923189400542017662015-02-08T20:52:00.003-06:002015-02-08T20:52:45.850-06:00Kai Lenny SUP on Jaw's, Maui, Hawaii
Spent a couple of weeks on Maui, hauling way too much camera gear out there. Thought a major surfing competition was going to go off on Jaws, (Pe'ahi), but the 30 foot faces they needed for eight hours didn't happen.
Drove on out there anyway and found the sailboards working 20' waves, along with Maui local Kai Lenny on his paddle board, 2014 Stand Up World Tour Champion.
The surfers Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-65129408510757924622014-09-24T20:26:00.000-05:002015-07-20T22:20:16.326-05:00Boerne High School vs Antonian Prep Varsity Football
Wow, have't updated this since August? Guess no one noticed...Facebook seems to be where the cool kids hang out.
Speaking of cool kids, check out the series of Nick Novak, a JV player that moved up to play varsity last Friday. (#30 varsity & #33 JV)
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He looks right at home...
See all Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-87750153106242829892014-08-16T00:27:00.002-05:002014-08-16T00:27:19.110-05:00Boerne vs Kerrville Tivy Football - Scrimmage Warmup for All
As usual it's 90-100F around here and football is spinning up. Actually not too bad tonight working to get back in the groove shooting the Greyhounds taking on the Antlers. Nice opportunity to catch some of the linesmen, that are so hard to get during a regular game...
Check out the small gallery here and follow me on Facebook.
Also check out my tentative schedule for this Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-50209169265642946212014-06-30T23:16:00.002-05:002014-06-30T23:19:08.775-05:00APSFL Chicago Fire Dept. Blaze vs San Antonio Raiders (SAFD/SAPD) Football Championship 2014
Football in June!
Sometimes things just go right...
I get a phone call from a number I don't recognize, assume it's spam and move on. But wait, there's a voicemail. "Are you available to shoot the inaugural American Public Safety Football League Championship game tomorrow between some Chicago firemen and the San Antonio PD/FD team" (more or less).
Short notice, but hey they're a Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-27453071527941678652014-05-24T15:20:00.001-05:002014-05-24T15:30:24.418-05:00Ashley Walters - Texas A&M Softball Signing Class of 2015.
I had the opportunity to shoot Ashley and her club team, the Blaze, as she stays tuned up in preparation for her first year at A&M. Ashley was one of two catchers in the Texas A&M seven-player class for 2015, which was no surprise as she's been collecting accolades for her entire softball career, including being named on the MaxPreps 2014 Preseason All-American Softball team.
"C - Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-45771142634687267212013-11-10T13:21:00.002-06:002013-11-10T13:24:15.177-06:00Incarnate Word Football (UIW) vs Abilene Christian University (ACU)
I had the opportunity to shoot the University of Incarnate Word vs Abilene Christian University football game yesterday, while most of San Antonio's football fans were focused on UTSA.
Both schools had great wins, with UIW defeating ACU for the first time ever and established their first winning season since the program's inception five years ago.
The game went down to the last two Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-68439557320367211912013-10-25T01:21:00.001-05:002013-10-25T01:32:54.560-05:00World Karate (San Antonio-Leon Springs) Black Belt Test
Had an engagement to shoot a black belt promotion test at World Karate in Leon Springs, Texas.
Had a range of emotions on this as the lighting conditions and close action work made it technically difficult, but it also brought back the 10-15 years I studied before I got old and out of shape.
Had a great time and even managed to get the required breaking board photo...note that Luke wasRalph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-52646849412055981772013-10-19T17:14:00.003-05:002013-10-19T17:15:25.447-05:00Boerne-Champion vs Lockhart Varsity Football & Homecoming
Busy week with Lockhart taking on Boerne-Champion on Champion's Homecoming night. That's usually a hard gig, but if you want to see a ground-based offense just watch Lockhart's varsity and even Freshman teams grind out the yardage. A couple of us even swore we saw a wishbone formation, circa UT/Darryl Royal of the 1960-70s. ;-)
So all the crashing about was great, but it was Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-91835697237665386892013-09-29T10:54:00.004-05:002013-10-06T12:31:15.603-05:00Boerne Greyhounds Varsity Football Homecoming vs Lytle
Homecoming games are usually pretty exciting, not only for the hype of the game action, but all the coronation activity...and luckily we had great weather.
Check out the full galleries....
Click here for game photos.
Click here Homecoming Court photos
Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-88072169349812313992013-09-22T10:10:00.001-05:002013-09-22T10:17:16.746-05:00Zombies and Red-Eye Photography (San Antonio Brandeis vs O'Connor Varsity Football)
Red-eye is an on-going issue for anyone that photographs people with flash, as the eye can easily reflect back the light, giving it a red tone due to all the blood vessels in the eye.
That said, sometimes I really want to leave it there, particularly with the popularity of the zombie theme with so many high school dance and band routines this year.
More zombies may be found at Ralph MawyerRalph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-74152174862071679652013-09-21T23:37:00.005-05:002013-09-23T08:39:57.954-05:00San Antonio Brandeis vs O'Connor Varsity Football
Oh My, what a game..,,,
Brandeis up 9-7, holds O'Connor with maybe three minutes to go. Drives to mid-field and fumbles the ball. O'Connor recovers and drives within field goal range with something like 10 sec. on the clock...AND Scores. Short, high kick to Brandeis who returns it pass mid-field. Time has runout and O'Connor was celebrating a 10-9 win, but apparently O'ConnorRalph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-86460320646907554612013-09-01T16:54:00.004-05:002013-09-01T16:54:38.978-05:00Boerne High School Week...
Wow, busy week...
Boerne JV and Varsity volleyball on Tuesday and varsity football Friday. Lots of shooting, lots of editing and pretty neat seeing players I've shot for the past two-three years moving into their last year in high school sports...and spotting all the new talent that has matured as Juniors this year.
Check it all out on my website: Ralph Mawyer Photography.com (aka Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-81425172846317761852013-08-21T19:40:00.003-05:002013-08-21T19:40:32.745-05:00Fall Sports are underway! Boerne-Champion vs San Antonio Churchill Volleyball Leads Off
Nothing like a volleyball game to remind a shooter how rusty he or she can get not doing any action sports over the summer.
Boerne-Champion Varsity and JV teams helped me sort things out my first week back with the high schools, but I'm guessing they were working a lot harder than I was.
The full galleries may be found on my BoerneSportsPhotos.com website.
Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-58727048483680951892013-03-09T00:35:00.000-06:002013-03-09T00:41:03.529-06:00Boerne ISD Invitational Baseball Tournament
The Boerne ISD Invitational Baseball Tournament began Thursday and runs through Saturday. I had a chance to shoot three games at Boerne High School today and plan on a couple at Champion tomorrow. Clouds were nice, but could have done without the mist/drizzle...though the teams seemed to take it in stride with some great hitting and.
You can check out all the games I covered here: Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-19573051657063274752013-03-04T20:55:00.003-06:002013-03-04T20:58:39.693-06:00Downtime...
Wow, it's been a while...
Managed to make time for whales and surfers and queuing up for a bit of baseball and possibly lacrosse. If you have someone playing you would like coverage of, please drop me a note with their team, number and position and I'll see what I can do.
If you are a photographer and value your equipment, please check out ThinkTanks latest offering of a free eyepiece Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-4273762863359376382013-03-04T20:45:00.001-06:002013-03-04T20:45:33.527-06:00Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-91313771389462217822012-12-13T20:11:00.003-06:002012-12-13T20:13:21.439-06:00Boerne Greyhounds vs McCollum Cowgirls Basketball
Some fast varsity basketball by San Antonio McCollum and the Boerne Greyhounds...
Check them all out at BoerneSportsPhotos.com
Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-67680045506285296272012-12-02T15:37:00.003-06:002012-12-02T16:49:48.077-06:00Pickle Ball Anyone?
Just got back from a week in Mexico. I hadn't expected to shoot much, but discovered what is a new sport for me, but something that's pretty popular down there. A mix of tennis, badminton and whiffle ball on a small court...just wish I'd brought some different gear. Check it out.
The whole gallery is here:
http://www.ralphmawyerphotography.com/Travel/Mexico/Mexico-2012-Pickle-Ball/Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-59457365948323901012012-11-04T20:36:00.001-06:002012-11-04T20:45:57.216-06:00Diwali 2012 - San Antonio, Tx
Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is the celebrated all over the world, but this event in San Antonio is one of the largest outside India and is the only celebration in the United States sponsored by a city.
Let's see, lots of color, dancing, costumes....hmmm wonder what we can find to photograph.
You can see the full gallery at Ralph Mawyer Photography.com
Semma Jolly time!
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A big Thursday night game for Boerne, as they had to win to move into the playoffs. TV cameras everywhere as the game was being televised live by KRRT-35. Which means I was tripping over wires and adding videographers to the list of folks on the sidelines.
No big deal, lots of great action...find it all here, at BoerneSportsPhotos.com and a select few on MaxPreps.com.
Ralph Mawyer, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10788814618197990095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597489531945971115.post-37867602318194581532012-10-13T22:36:00.000-05:002012-10-13T22:38:37.208-05:00Kerrville @ Boerne-Champion Football
Well, it was a lot dryer Friday night than a couple of weeks ago when I was there. Some great action, but I got sidetracked with Champion's track team's body paint...
Full gallery is at Ralph Mawyer Photography (aka BoerneSportsPhotos.com)
And yes, they did play football...hard.
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