Take your pic

I've added a slideshow of my shots from West London games at the bottom of the blog. Skate down and check it out.
I use a Nikon D-80 with a humble 18-135mm lens and put the shots together with music on an end-of-season DVD.

Minor hockey tough to shoot

Shooting good pictures in most minor hockey rinks is nearly impossible. The lighting is usually poor and parents, unlike the professionals found at tournaments, usually end up shooting through the glass, which makes things even darker.
Spiffy new digital photography technology has helped and shooting video rather than stills has always yielded better results. But the ying to that yang is that video is time-consuming and tedious to edit into anything more than kids skating back and forth.
Actually getting a still shot of a goal with the puck not blurred is quite an accomplishment. Amid the awful lighting conditions of the Gretzky Sports Centre in Brantford, Ont., I was able to luck out this this photo. Of course I had plenty of opportunity during this game as my son's team scored nine times.

It's not bad, but not technically perfect by any means. Should be nice for the obligatory end-of-season slide show.