It isn't just a game anymore. It's a full scale production.

Throughout my still-somewhat-young photography career, time and time again, I'm blown away by the production side of the events that I've covered.  What gets lost in the newspapers, telecasts and internet is how much goes into putting on an event like the World Series or the X Games. Hundreds, if not a thousand or so, people make these events go off without a hitch.  Security guards, caterers, radio hosts, TV techs, editors, web techs, writers, photographers, janitors, garbage men, beer men, souvenir vendors, broadcasters, etc...are the ones who make these things happen and bring them to the masses.  I love being a part of it and here is a sampling of photos that show some of the things we don't normally notice when events are going on.

Hope all is well with everyone and enjoy the pics...

TSB2

Someone is flipping that light switch...

Rockies groundscrew members pull the tarp over the field in the rain...Yup, I shot it from the nice dry dugout.

An usher at Coors Field cleans the seats in her section before game 4 of the NLCS this past year...

Trainers tending to Matt Holliday after his famous 13th inning slide in the Wild Card Play-In game vs. the Padres last season.  Without trainers and team physicians, these athletes would fall apart.

Pregame ceremonies are a highly choreographed series of events.  This is a classic example...the flag is unfurled quicky before the anthem and the jets always flyover at the very end of the anthem.

Who else is going to entertain us during timeouts?

I told you to tune in to 102.3 KCUV three weeks ago. Have you done it yet?

Since I got back from the X Games, I've been filling my time with taking care of nagging loose ends here at work and just getting back on track after being out of town for two weeks in January.  I've also paid a couple more visits over to my favorite radio station, 102.3 KCUV, to shoot a couple of portraits of visiting musicians who've played in the KCUV Music Loft.

In honor of Fat Tuesday, they brought in Doug Kershaw, a 72 year old firecracker whose played with the likes of Johnny Cash, Willy Nelson and Charlie Daniels to name a few. He was quite an act to see and he even did it with 6 stitches in his pinky that he cut when he picked up an empty wine glass that broke in his hand at his cajun restaurant up in Greeley the other day.

Another musician I had a chance to photograph is a guy named Chuck Prophet who just came out with a new album called Soap & Water.  He played a song called "Freckle Song" that is from the new album and I really dug it.  He has some bluesy tendencies in his music with some different lyrics that take you through everyday experiences that confront everyone.  He just has a unique way of observing simple things and turning them into songs and I'm looking forward to exploring his music a little more.

Enjoy the pics!

-TSB2

The 72 year young firecracker.  He actually played his gig in the Music Loft with a protective golf glove that he cut every finger off of except the pinky to protect the little guy with stitches. Look at the fiddle!  I think he told me he's had that thing since 1965!

Chuck Prophet on the roof of the KCUV Studio.  Doesn't he just look like he writes different songs?