Ridgeveiw loses, Illinois State wins, Robinson and Collins bronzed

What a weekend. I'm ready to sit back and enjoy someone else's work. NFL will be on later.

Friday night football took me to Colfax for the Mustangs hosting the Raiders from Iroquois West. It was a better game than the score showed. Each team started the game with no wins on the season. Ridgeview remains winless. One thing I guess I missed last season that I noticed this season is the lack of cheerleaders for Ridgeview football. Come one come all, let's get that tradition restarted. Colfax needs to fill the stands as well. The only downfall last Friday night was the aphids, but surely you can put up with those while supporting your team. Heck, they don't even sting!



Saturday, Illinois State honored 2 of the best that ever graced their sports program, Will Robinson and Doug Collins. If your too young to remember their story, check it out. Will was the first black head coach in any NCAA DIV 1 program. Doug of course is now a broadcaster, but he was also a 4 time All American, the #1 draft pick in the NBA, an NBA coach, and was ripped off in 1972 from what should have been a gold medal performance by the USA Olympic basketball team.

20090919 Robinson-Collins statue dedication - Images by Alan Look


Later that night ISU's Redbird football team beat Austin Peay 38-7. It wasn't a pretty game, plenty messy on both teams part but ISU was able to pull it out.

Now, you may have noticed that the Redbirds new uniforms, both home and away, are void of the players name. The scoop is that Coach Spack doesn't like names on uniforms. He prefers the Redbird on the fron and the back so that the player plays for the team on the front and the team on the back. Opposed to the team on the front and the player on the back? Sorry Coach, we disagree. The purpose for the name on the back is for fan recognition of each player without having to memorize all the numbers. If your players are using it for a vanity high, well nothing we can do about that. We vote for putting the players names on the back.

20090919 Austin Peay v Illinois St - Images by Alan Look

High School Basketball done, Indoor football begins

Well, the high school sports season is coming to a close for the season for me. Specializing in football, volleyball and basketball generally leaves me to special projects and household chores by the middle of March. Sure, I'll do an occasional softball or baseball game but the real busy season for me has concluded.

Fertilizer, paint, and a circular saw are certainly in my near future. Most likely a wash mitt and a chamois as well.

Thinking of special projects, I may just begin on one that I've wanted to do for a few years. I like to build things. If you look at my website - http://www.alanlook.com/ - you can see the floor mount and the flash bracket that I've made. I've also dabbled a bit with some flash diffusers and I'm also working on a bandalero style camera strap similar to the R strap by BlackRapids. Most of my creations stem from need. The one on my mind right now is far from needs based. Large format has always been too expensive of an endeavor for me to try. Kits are available to assemble one that works for a fraction of the cost. Yes, film may seem like a regression to many, but it still kindles a small flame when I think about using it with large format.

Don't forget to stop my my website and view all the latest images from Illinois State University, Normal Community High School, Normal Community West High School, University High School, Ridgeview High School, Illinois Wesleyan University Athletics and their opponents. Also check out the stock images and images of some of my peers in my Virtual Agency - Blue Truck Imaging. That link and others are available on my website - http://www.alanlook.com/