FINALly

Last night the Magic were able to do what previously they couldn't. Win an NBA Finals game. Yeah I know it's not winning a Championship but for this town last night's win was huge. The frustration of the previous six losses was apparent.

So here I am still shooting basketball and it's June! It feels a bit strange but I enjoy it. In the last seven months I've shot my first World Series and now my first NBA Finals. Not bad but it's still just shooting a game.

I will remark that shooting last night's game was a little different. For starters I'm shooting from what is commonly referred to as the "up" position and not the floor as EPA's staffers who are shooting all the games are in the floor spots. I am in the upper bowl of Amway Arena which is kind of nice because I don't get blocked by players, refs or ABC cameramen as they scramble onto the court during a timeout. Nor do I have to worry about the guy sitting behind my spilling his beer on me and my gear when Rashard Lewis hits a three-pointer.

The game in general seemed to fly by for me. I don't know if it was the play of the game or because I was running down to drop off my digital cards to the runner. I think it was also because when covering the Finals you are always looking to make images no matter what's happening. there is no down time especially during the game because the game changer could happen at any moment.

It was a very long day and didn't end until early this morning. With just a few hours of sleep I'm back at Daddy Daycare and in a couple hours I'll be off to another shoot.

Now that I have my first game of the Finals under my belt I think I'll be able to enjoy shooting game 4 more tomorrow night. Go Magic!