I'm no John McEnroe, nor can I claim to be anywhere close to being a junior varsity tennis player. I can count on one hand the number of times I have played a game of tennis and less than that the number of times I actually completed one. When I first attempted to swing a racquet, the ball rocketed over the top of the high fence and resembled more of a home run hit than a controlled volley back to my opponent. The equipment used in the game confused me a lot, until I began working for a sporting goods store a few years ago and learned quite a lot about the game. Pressurized balls, polycarbonate racquet construction, and even stringing a racquet suddenly became part of my daily vocabulary and routine, creating a brand new obsession and appreciation for a sport I was unfamiliar with.
Simple objects can paint an interesting scene when photographed which is how I interpreted the knot structure on the tennis net at the park close to home. While the air was quite crisp and the skies were covered with clouds, taking the pictures in that environment didn't seem to be an issue at all. The contrast of the tennis net against the grey backdrop actually seemed to help out the setting as I framed the shot. It's times like this which gives me a lot of motivation to explore more ways to take ordinary pictures and turn them into extraordinary stories.
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