Took a break this past weekend and spent some time on the road with my band, The Hogg Maulies. We traveled to Prairie Grove, Arkansas to play at a pre-wedding party for some of our closest friends, so it was more like a mini vacation for the whole crew!

The morning of the party was spent on the links. I’ll be the first to say I’m not a golfer. Instead, I photographed those that do. Why mention this? I read a great blog post over at Photoshelter’s blog, A Picture’s Worth, that dealt with exactly what I was doing, which fired me up to shoot some golf. The post, Fore! How to Photograph Golf Like An Expert, was written by Darren Carroll, an outstanding shooter for the sport, and a great educator on how to best approach the game (with a camera and lens in tow of course).

The post is worth reading, even if you are not a fan of sports photography. It’s a great primer for approaching not only golf, but the process of photographing other realms of culture that have a certain process to them, which is pretty much anything. The post is thorough, and doesn’t contain some mysterious, how-I-got-this-shot type of vernacular. I read this post while editing some portraits of a wine maker (more on that later), and his post inspired me to at least look into the opportunity to photograph some areas that I normally don’t spend much time focusing on.

If you do anything though, go check Darren’s Web site. He’s not just a sports photog!

Check back soon for some more shoot news!