The 2018 Leavenworth Regional Photos Page

Send Me Some

This Photos Page, except for the stock photos we've started with, will depend on people sending me photos taken at the tournament.  Now that everyone's cellphone has a camera, anyone can do this!  Here is a good guideline on how to get best results:

• Above the Strike Zone: Try not to include in the frame any part of the body below where the letters would be on a baseball uniform.  People want to see faces, not waistlines.  If you have people of different heights, you might have to include the tall one's strike zone(s), but make faces your focus.
• Fill the Frame: Don't stand so far back that only 10%-20% of the frame is faces.  Move up close and look at your screen as a guide.  I will always crop out legs and shoes, and if this leaves an image that is small, the quality will suffer.
• Send the biggest version you can: It's important.  ooga@shaw.ca is the address to send photo files to.  Don't send the one that takes up the least bandwidth, it will look blurred on a screen if the resolution is lowered beyond a reasonable level.
• Identify!: I need to know who the people are and what they did.  If they won an event, tell me which one and first names from left to right in the photo will suffice (I can get the rest from the data I am sent).  I'd also like to credit the photo taker, so tell me who you are as well.
• Watch the lighting and background: At night, photos taken in the dark may not look too well and require touchup.  The playing area is usually best for light.  I have taken a lot of photos that seem to have trees coming out of the tops of people's heads, so avoid that if you can, although now that all photos will appear online in colour (as opposed to monochrome on paper), this is not as big an issue as it used to be.  Leavenworth has some great outdoor scenes that would make great photos: if your team goes out for dinner, take a photo of the team somewhere and send it along if you win!  Simple is usually best, against a wall inside the playing area, or even in a space in the middle with people milling around a distance away can sometimes work.
• Patience: There's a lot to do at scary hours during a Daily Bulletin week, and it may take a day or two before I can get around to posting photos.  Or responding to those who have sent them.

	Tournament hostess and tournament chair: Elisabeth and Karen Rise (photo: Elisabeth Rise)
Winners of the Friday Gold Rush Pairs: Arthur Gong - Rui Gong, Sammamish WA Who's who?  Hint: Arthur is 9!! (photo: Elisabeth Rise)
	New Life Masters! Dennis and Dee Patrick, Redmond WA Congratulations! (photo: Elisabeth Rise)
New Bronze Life Master (500 MP)! Jim Vandergriff, Belfair WA Congratulations! (photo: Elisabeth Rise)
	Wednesday-Thursday Edelweiss KO Bracket Three winners: Marlene Sumi, Burnaby BC; Debbie Martignago, Coquitlam BC; Gale Gropp - Marjorie Sinel, Bellingham WA (photo: Elisabeth Rise)
A nice shot of the playing area during the Wednesday Afternoon session. (photo: Frank Shepard)
	New Gold Life Master (2500 MP!): Ross Bates, Castlegar BC (photo: Frank Shepard)
Tuesday Morning Side Game winners: Karen Eveland, Lewiston ID; Catherine Goetz, Clarkston WA (photo: Elisabeth Rise)
	Welcome!
Yes, this is what Christmas here looks like.
	The Festhalle, tournament playing site, not far from everything in Leavenworth.
Daytime in Leavenworth.
	A Bavarian city in the central Washington mountains!
Flowers and themed buildings.