Photos of the week: 5.4.2026

For our 2nd to past column, it’s each astir Mizzou baseball’s bid against Vanderbilt! Dan covered nan first crippled that spanned 2 days owed to insane fog, I covered nan 2nd crippled which started later and featured a upwind delay, and Margo wrapped things up pinch nan 3rd game, which was besides elder day. Keep reference to spot what we came backmost with!

The creation of this changeable of Mateo Serna bunting is very appealing to me. The measurement his eyes are pursuing nan shot while his legs are already starting to transportation him down nan baseline is much absorbing than if we had conscionable been capable to spot him moving aliases if nan shot was retired of frame. To me, it feels for illustration this was changeable (or cropped) pinch nan due magnitude of abstraction astir Serna to show nan scene.

In my opinion, this is simply a very clear illustration of nan quality betwixt sports photography vs. photojournalism. If we deliberation of sports photography simply successful position of getting awesome action and guidance shots, this photograph whitethorn not person been made by a sports photographer. But if you’re besides alert of nan discourse of nan fog and nan value to nan communicative of nan crippled (especially that it caused nan crippled to beryllium suspended), that’s wherever nan photojournalism encephalon kicks successful and tells you to drawback a wider changeable of nan wide scene. Props to Dan for recognizing this and responding!

This is simply a awesome changeable of Vanderbilt’s Rustan Rigdon’s grounded effort astatine stealing home! We tin spot Rigdon’s look intelligibly and nan turf is kicking up, emphasizing nan action. I do wish it was a spot little of a butt changeable of Serna, but there’s not a batch we tin do astir our placement successful immoderate fixed infinitesimal aliases nan lighting situation. Regardless, Dan was decidedly successful a awesome position to get this play.

Like each clip I shoot, I effort to cheque successful pinch nan writer to inquire if they want maine to get photos of anyone successful particular, and I was asked to get photos of Chris Patterson since he hadn’t played successful a while. Baseball tin beryllium a spot much difficult than different sports for this purpose, because you can’t ever foretell wherever a play will happen, and you whitethorn beryllium connected nan incorrect broadside of nan section for it. I changeable from person to 3rd guidelines for a while, but my champion photograph of Patterson was really this 1 taken from on nan first guidelines line. Looking back, I deliberation I for illustration this perspective to immoderate photograph I whitethorn person gotten from 3rd because I’m capable to spot his look better.

Here’s different play astatine nan plate! This clip astir though, Mike Mancini was safe and earned a tally for Vanderbilt. I had different photograph aft this changeable wherever nan shot was successful framework but Mancini was conscionable retired of position down nan umpire, which led maine to take this 1 instead. That being said, I do wish we could spot Mancini a spot amended present (the curse of nan umpire/referee being successful nan measurement continues…).

Woita was different subordinate I was asked to get photos of, truthful I spent immoderate clip hanging retired astir first base. First guidelines is simply a much reliable location to bent astir and expect thing to hap at, truthful I felt amended sticking location for a while. During nan ninth inning, Woita made this play tagging retired Mancini and it felt a spot much absorbing than your emblematic retired astatine first, truthful I included it here.

I’ve astir apt said it truthful galore times by now, but while it’s easy to get a guaranteed changeable of nan pitcher, it’s not arsenic straightforward to get a genuinely interesting photo. With a mobility arsenic accordant and repetitive arsenic a pitcher throwing a pitch, there’s a batch you tin do pinch nan creation if you deliberation astir nan positioning of nan remainder of nan things aliases group successful framework too. What stands retired to maine astir this 1 is nan stances of nan pitcher and batter, nan shot perfectly betwixt them, and nan positioning of nan umpire and 2nd guidelines successful narration to nan remainder of nan frame. I took a akin photograph astatine Saturday’s crippled but Margo’s is decidedly amended and much eye-catching to me!

Another play astatine location plate?! (I’m sorry… I cognize it’s repetitive, but they’re each conscionable truthful good. Plus they’re each astatine slightest a small different!) Dan, Margo and I each conscionable truthful happened to get awesome photos during this series. This time, Margo was shooting from on nan 3rd baseline and sewage this changeable of Kam Durnin diving into home. I emotion that he’s suspended successful midair while nan group successful nan dugout down him are each looking very nonchalant astatine nan segment successful beforehand of them.

For our past photo, I went pinch this 1 by Margo of nan post-game handshakes. You each cognize by now that I emotion characteristic photos and this is thing a small much unexpected. In Margo’s words: I cropped really adjacent because I liked seeing each of nan small Ms and nan opposition of nan fewer achromatic hats going into nan crowd. She’s spot-on location from my perspective, because I would’ve said nan aforesaid thing! The opposition is really bully and I for illustration that she chose to spell tighter pinch her harvest arsenic opposed to nan much communal wider changeable of nan handshake lines.

And location we person it! I’ll beryllium backmost adjacent week pinch 1 last file showcasing my apical 10 favourite photos of nan semester, truthful beryllium judge to cheque that retired earlier my clip present comes to a close. Thanks for reading!