Category Archives: Action

I’ve finally found a tournament that I might like as much as the US Open. The BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells was amazing. Serena’s return was an absolute tear-jerker and my favorite moment, but watching the game’s best players from the front row of the outer stadiums was a very close runner-up. Don’t know what took me so long to get down to SoCal to check this out.

 

Ana Ivanovic

 

Victoria Azarenka

 

 Stan Wawrinka

 

Sam Stosur

 

Taylor Townsend

 

Heather Watson

 

Ivanovic

 

Sloane Stephens

 

Yulia Putintseva

 

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez

 

Azarenka

 

Thanasi Kokkinakis

 

Azarenka

 

…and, of course, Serena.

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Simona Halep on her way to being upset…

 

Anything you can do…

 

Monfils NEVER disappoints.  Except in the quarterfinals against Federer.

 

 

Cilic on the way to winning the whole thing.

 

Tsonga, one of my favorite players.

 

 

Serena

 

Milos Raonic

 

Venus

 

Azarenka

 

 

 

Victor Estrella Burgos put up an AMAZING fight against Raonic.

 

 

Lisa Leslie

 

 

David Ferrer

 

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Andrea Hlavackova, one round before Serena bageled her 6-0, 6-0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maria Kirilenko

 

Ms. Softee

 

 

 

 

Thinking (hoping?) that this was Blake’s swan song, although I loved seeing him one last time. Despite the throttling by Raonic.

 

 

 

Andy Roddick’s final victory

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One of the great unforeseen benefits of Serene’s blog, What to Wear Running, is that she gets to try out and review running gear.  Puma was gracious enough to ask her to test drive their latest, so we took advantage of some perfect weather and did a run/shoot/review in the foothills.  What else would we do on a Saturday afternoon?  Puma also very generously included a full outfit and shoes for me.  The shoes, Puma Faas 300’s, are the absolute lightest things that I’ve ever worn.  3.5 ounces each.  Ridiculous.  And trust me when I say that my gear is even more colorful (and coordinated) than hers, but you’ll have to check out her blog to see it in all its glory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rounding out my recent Moab, Utah workshop with Tyler Stableford was a day in Arches National Park.  I had been there once before, but that was before photography took over my life.  Utah is my absolute favorite place to be outdoors, and places like Arches are exactly why.  Southeast Utah looks like another planet.  Or at least my imaginings of other planets.  It’s stunning.  We climbed up, around, and through arches in the park…and if a picture wasn’t on the other end of some of those hikes, there is no WAY you could get me to risk my neck and my gear.  Very special thanks to Tyler and his assistant, Draper White, for all their expert advice and assistance.  And a very special thanks to our model for putting up with us during a very long day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tyler kids around about how he has no pictures of himself, but I don’t think its a joke.  I decided to try to do my part by sharing a portrait of him perched inside one of the arches.

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