At most games we shoot an average of 500 shots sometimes far more. As I edit them there is a litany of "butt shot,butt shot, butt shot" coming from the study. Probably one out of ten shots is kept. The remaining file is often then divided into informal categories of individual player(Mom shots), "sweet", contact,action and face.
Faces can make or break a photo, it can be a face in the crowd or a player that is the spice to an action shot that lends it emotion. You never know until the image is flashed upon the large computer screen and then sometimes if you are very lucky, humanity in all of it's glory is looking back at you. This post shares some of my favorite faces of the AHL and UHL 06' season.
This image truly tells a story. The happy man holding the Colonial Cup is Craig Drektrah a recent part owner of the Rockford IceHogs and present owner of the Chicago Hounds both of the UHL.(For a full discussion of the Chicago Hounds please check out this linkage http://ciachort.blogspot.com/ ) Drektrah and family were on the ice celebrating along with his old team and business partner Dr. Kris Tumilowicz (in black). The fascinating part of this photo is the bald man, Richard L. Brosal who resigned as CEO of the UHL shortly before the playoffs. He is totally isolated from the cyclone of emotion around him, he could have been Photoshoped in, trust me he isn't. In the weeks since this photo has been taken,the Hounds have lost their lease and have folded, no announcement has been made as to the future of the franchise. The UHL now a wopping six teams has announced a reorganization and name change the new "IHL". The more things change the more they stay the same.
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