The Other Football

Late August means back to school and back to fall sports. While every other sports fan is impatiently waiting for NFL, NCAA and even high school football action, I'm out shooting futbol action. St. John's hosted O'Connell and lost 2-1 during my first soccer game of the season. Shout out to basketball players that play soccer.


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The Undisputed August Eighteenth Tonic Taco Eatin' Champion of the Woorrrrrrrrrrrrrrld!

Sickboy. Not only can he destroy you in a staring contest, he will eat more tacos than anyone at the table. Tuesday night's winning number was 20. Jordy (left) led at one point hence the sombrero but struggled to get to 19.5 as Sick was ready to order more. You can read some half-assed play by play on my twitter. Thanks to $0.50 taco night at Tonic, there might be a new weekly ritual. Shout out to Mt. Pleasant Street.

Coolidge Colts - Year 4

It's about that time again. I am now entering year four, yes four, of my documentary coverage of the Coolidge High School Colts. What started as a season long trip has turned into a 4 year journey that I look forward to shooting more than anything else. One of my most vivid memories of year one (2006) is when 13-year-old freshman Martize Barr told me he was gonna be the wide receiver of the future. Well now he's a 16-year-old senior, a DCIAA deep threat and the future is the present.

Last Monday was the first organized practice. No pads this time, but you can tell that the Colts and coaches are ready for some football. Shout out to white face masks...channeling the Florida Gators.

The Cape

I spent the past week in Cape Cod, Massachusetts...straight chillin'. Went to the beach, played some golf, went to the beach, watched some Cape Cod League baseball, went to the beach, finished a book, went to the beach, watched some whales and...went to the beach. Had a great week in a house on a pond and took a few photos in between. Shout out to the Parkers.




What up, Nate!

The advantadge of getting to the beach mad early...

and the disadvantage of not.

WNB-YAY!

I shot a Washington Mystics game a few weeks ago. That's all I have to say about that. Shout out to Matee Ajavon.

8to8: Harry Thomas, Jr. -- Ward 5 Council Member

I've been kicking around this idea for a documentary project called "Eight to Eight" for about the last six months and have finally got around to actually shooting it. The idea behind "Eight to Eight" is to follow a person for a 12 hour stretch and document their day as it unfolds.

My first subject was Washington DC Ward 5 City Council Member Harry Thomas, Jr. This project, I think, is a complete crap shoot with the potential to be either very interesting or completely boring. And with Council Member Thomas being somewhat of a public figure, I believe it boosts the interesting factor a little higher. I had no idea what to expect from the day or what kind of pictures I was going to get but I just stuck it out and kept shooting what turned out to be an 11 instead of 12 hour time period. It ended up being a pretty cool experience although being a public figure, I'm pretty sure that day was carefully planned for this "freelance photographer guy" following the council member all day. Many thanks to Council Member Thomas and his staff for agreeing to this totally unsolicited request.

To my many readers, please link, tweet, share, forward, facebook, text, telegram or pass this along to friends, family, coworkers, colleagues, connections or anyone that you may know who would be willing to participate in this project. You can contact me at starghill [at] gmail.com and any ideas are welcome.

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Hoop Dreams

Every Saturday a group of friends get together to play pickup basketball at St. Albans, American University, Georgetown or where ever else we can get in. Since I was nursing a sprained and slightly swollen ankle I decided to sit this one out and turn the camera on these future hall of famers (I'm already in). Dark gyms suck but dark gyms with a little daylight suck a little less. Shout out to ankle injuries.