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VMillerPhoto
@vmillerphoto.bsky.social
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Photographer specializing in HS Sports right now for MaxPreps & SBLive/Sports Illustrated. Love sharing new and old...film scans, fashion, motorsports, airplanes, music, portraits, infrared & more. High School Sports Link - vincemillerphoto.com/f692693209
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About- I've been taking pics for over 50 years. I enjoy sharing old and new, and I love following other photographers and artists. I started out with a plan to be a photojournalist, but ended up in printing. That didn't stop my photography journey. Presently sports and infrared get most of my time.
Haven't found them yet, but they look like this. I also ran into Canon versions when looking for a pic.
You made me look for my Nikon lens shot glasses. Couldn’t find them...yet! 🤣
I recently joined Substack so I could subscribe to a friend's page. I thought maybe I should try something.
Son Of a Newspaperman
Don't make me write, I just want to take photos!
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#SoaringSaturday
Today, sailplane pilots are heading to Ephrata WA, for the US Region 8 Championships. For a week, you are tested on your ability to fly, with as much precision and speed as you can. I was lucky to win my first one, but didn't even come close after that. ssa.org/racing-sailplanes/
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So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco
#nokings
Hundreds of people, young and old, showed up in Federal Way, WA.
#NoKings
I want to send a birthday wish to my older brother Mark. We lost him 20 years ago, when he and cancer decided to take each other out. I was fortunate to have him visit and spend a week. Being able to take this portrait, meant so much to me. He was a carpenter, a dad, a brother to 10 of us.
45 years ago I married this beautiful, sweet girl named Rhonda. I was smitten! We were so young and broke, but everything felt perfect. Things got so busy...working, figuring out life, raising kids.

Now we are living our second life surrounded by grandchildren. I feel so lucky. Happy 45th Rhonda!😘
Look at those eyes! I showed your Frankie to my Frank, and he just asked if I had any treats. That's my Frank!

#CatsofBluesky #FrankFrankieFrankenstein
Nice pic. One of my favorite bands because of writing like this!
The early bird gets the worm(s)!

It grabbed a mouthful skipping across my lawn in less than 30 second. I was impressed!
Yesterday I worked on catching bees in flight. I failed miserably at this a couple days ago, so I just had to try again.

#bees
Children of the high altitude farming region outside Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. This was at the 9,000 ft (2740m) level where potatoes are the main crop.

#HumansOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky
I spent some time yesterday photographing bees. This was a first for me.

Most of the time, my head was a foot away from them. Luckily they were too busy with the task at hand to worry about me. I tried my best to catch them flying with marginal results. A new challenge for next time!

#bees
The schools and most small colleges don't have the resources to manage grass fields. I lost my last dirt field from my usual stadiums in 2017. Luckily I was there for the final mud-bowl. I miss it! Lumen Field in Seattle will have to pull their turf and put in grass for the world cup.
The turf is plastic grass with rubber fill. It gets hot when the sun shines on it and worse if there is no wind to sweep it away. You have to limit how far across the field you can shoot. You end up with missed focus and inconsistent sharpness. The worst I've seen...Lumen field. Large bowl..no wind
1st time this year, half my pics are dumpster quality. It was a 1pm game in bright sun at 72 degrees. The turf got too hot for the 420mm setup. The 100-280 range did okay.

1st shot is full frame...should be tack sharp.
2nd and 3rd - close-up of feet, 4th weird patterns in turf

#lessonLearned
Thanks! I bring my infrared camera when I cover sports... if it's sunny out, or I want to experiment. This day I had no assignment or connection to any schools. The turf was getting too hot, making most "normal" pics unusable. So I went with "how will IR do?"
A few infrared B&W pics from semi-final soccer action last weekend. I always enjoy the upper level of play by all teams when they make the state playoffs.

#ClassicMono #Infrared
More photos of the fountain counter at Mallory Drug Store, in Cherokee, Iowa.