Gym vs Arkansas

Hilary Mauro, right, and Courtney McCool, left, run over to congratulate Grace Taylor after her routine on the bars as the Georgia Gymdogs face Arkansas at Stegeman Coliseum on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 in Athens, Ga

Finally getting caught up here.

Photographed gymnastics for the first time since 2008. Probably the only time i will this year.

More after the jump.



Photographing gymnastics when you don't know the routines is pretty tough. Add in that its a full stop darker than basketball and trying to get something really, really good is pretty difficult.

Toss in that my 14mm was all fogged up from being out in the snow and Dave gets annoyed. Add in having to transmit after the first rotation because of an early deadline thanks to snow and life gets really fun.



Noel Couch yells as she finishes her floor routine as the Georgia Gymdogs face Arkansas at Stegeman Coliseum on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 in Athens, Ga.



Christa Tanella points to the crowd as the Georgia Gymdogs face Arkansas at Stegeman Coliseum on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 in Athens, Ga.



Courtney McCool performs on the balance beam as the Georgia Gymdogs face Arkansas at Stegeman Coliseum on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 in Athens, Ga.



(The guy with the 70-200 is not the guy to whom the below paragraph refers to. The camera backfocused and the results made me laugh)

Just a side note here on politeness. When you see an entire line of photographers set up to shoot something and you walk in front of them, sit down and block them all, understand that you're being rude and one of them - more than likely the guy with punk rock hat - will come over and tell you what you did and you need to move. You're the one who just tried to screw over EVERYONE. Its a small community that covers UGA, we all know each other.