Thunder Bay Border Cats vs. La Crosse Loggers - Port Arthur Stadium

Check out some highlights from the first few innings of the Thunder Bay Border Cats agains the La Crosse Loggers. The Border Cats ended up winning too.

11U Lakers Baseball Session - George Burke Park

Here are some highlights from my recent baseball session with the 11U Lakers at George Burke Park.

Green Monsters Baseball Session - George Burke Park

Here are some highlights from my portrait session with the Green Monsters at George Burke Park.

U13 Lakers Baseball Session - Balsam Pit

It was my second year in a row photographing the Lakers baseball team. Last year they were the U12’s, and now, of course, they are the U13’s. As usual, I got a lot of great candid warmup and practice shots and also a team photo and player portraits.

12U Lakers Baseball Session - Balsam Pit

I started photographing hockey last winter and had a fun time capturing team photos. It actually surprising that I did hockey photos before baseball, seeing as how I grew my playing baseball into my 20’s. Well, it’s better late then never.

Last night I had a great session with the 12U Lakers Team. They are talented group of kids and it was great capturing them in their element, and of course, getting some player portraits too.

U-18 Baseball World Cup - Thunder Bay - 2017

The last time Thunder Bay hosted the U-18 Baseball World Cup it was back in 2010 and it was a big success. So, you can imagine that when Thunder Bay once again won the bid to host the event again this year, there was a lot of excited within the city. 

I actually didn't get a chance to see the last event so I made sure to make it out this time, to at least a few games. The first game I attended was the opening game between Canada and Chinese Taipei. i was able to capture the opening ceremonies, the warm ups, and just the general atmosphere of the game. I knew going into the week that I wasn't really going to get a lot of photos of the gameplay. I left that task to the professional sports photographers, which there were a lot of! Instead, I focused on the overall atmosphere and people.

I came away with so many great shots and moments and the below photos are simply a few of my favourite highlights. I wish I could have made it to more games but it was a very busy week for work. I did however, get to capture some photos during the Gold Medal game too between USA and Korea. USA ended up winning the whole tournament and it was well deserved. 

Having played a lot of baseball growing up, right up to my mid 20's, I really appreciated the level of competition. it was amazing seeing so many future stars and definitely brought back memories.

All the organizers and volunteers did such a great job on putting on this event. Judging by the crowds, it seemed as though it was resounding success. I hope Thunder Bay is able to host another tournament in the future.