Can you walk us through your game-day routine?

Luckily summer baseball leagues start their games late in the afternoon, which is great for a college kid. There are typically 40 games in a regular Cape Cod Baseball League season and then potentially nine playoff games if your team makes it. I get to travel with the team all over Cape Cod.

My game-day schedule typically goes like this:

3:30-4 p.m.: Get to the field and set up my workflow. Make sure my SSD (solid state drive) and software for live uploads is working, and that my meta data template that consists of all the logistical information (time, team names, players etc.) for that day’s game is ready to go.

4-4:15 p.m.: Greet everyone and photograph warmups and upload those photos for real-time social posts. I switch to my 70-200mm build camera at this point. 

4:15-4:30 p.m.: Get ready for game time with another quick lens switch while uploading the warm up photos off field. It usually takes me a quarter of an inning to get those pictures edited and live.

4:45 p.m.: National anthem and photograph the first pitch – actually sometimes there are up to five “first pitches” at any given game. I’ve seen many scholarship recipients, first responders, sponsors, and veterans throw out a first pitch.

5 p.m.: Game time! I take photos of the entire game from start to finish.

What’s your favorite part of a baseball game?

I love when a game is super close the entire game, and all the players are super dialed into the sport.

Did your experience in sports photography help during your first year at MassArt?

Definitely. I had a lot of practice with composition and shooting the same thing over and over and working in a face paced environment. Now, as a second year, I’m excited to spend more time in my major and deep diving into technical knowledge in my photography classes.

Who do you consider your mentors at MassArt?

I don’t consider myself a 3D person but I really enjoyed Marc Holland’s Studio Foundation class. He was also a photography major as well as a sculpture major. I also loved taking classes with Barbara Ishikura where I got to practice my drawing skills and think about photography through another medium.

Did you do any photography work during the school year?

This past winter, I did some work with Eventworks through the Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) and did some photography for the MassArt Activities Council (MAC) Board. I hope to continue doing more photography work around campus this year.

What teams are you interested in photographing in the future?

I’d love to photograph any major sports team. The Red Sox or Patriots would be amazing but I’ll go to any team that is willing to take a chance on me.

For now, I’m focused on finding an opportunity to work on a media team for a local D1 school this fall.