This gallery holds the March 21 training photos. Uploading is now complete. I took about 2100 frames but only uploaded about 100. I wasn't trying to get everyone, but was experimenting with camera settings and different locations. I'll try to get everyone in the races. If a shot is very tightly cropped on upper torso and face, it may be to emphasize interesting reflections; the goggles may reflect hands and gate and the helmet may reflect the mountains that surround Girdwood.
Purchases will be disabled from April 5 until May 3. Note: the 5-pack is only available for the same race/same event/same day. That is because I only have to look at one gallery. I will put general notes in my Western Region U16 photo group home page.
That group will hold all the Western Region U16 Championship race and training photo galleries.
The price list attached to the Western Region U16 group and galleries contains special reduced prices that will expire after April 4. Travel will then delay order fulfillment for several weeks and then prices will revert to the pre-U16 lists. They will still be reasonable, but the savings opportunity will be gone for orders placed after April 4. The special prices are offered because the short window for ordering will make my editing and order fulfillment more efficient.
Please remember: no screenshots or unauthorized copying. If you see a shared image with the large Zenfolio watermark, it is pirated. I donate my time to ASC, and each race day takes me about 10 hours or more of total effort to shoot, edit, upload, and so on. The low-res files are very cheap. All sales benefit the Alyeska Ski Club juniors. Unauthorized copies deprive the club of revenue and the value of my time, jeopardize the viability of my shooting for the club, and - incidentally - violate copyright law.
Extensive FAQs discuss race images (quality, handling, choices, how long they might be available, and so on) and how to order. Here is the FAQ link:
http://bobeastaughimagery.zenfolio.com/faq-for-ski-race-photos Very important: read the FAQs before ordering anything. It is hard or impossible to change or cancel an order.
I donate all net post-tax ski race sales proceeds to Alyeska Ski Club's junior program.
You can open a Zenfolio account for free and without obligation, so you can save your possible selections, allowing you to decide more easily in the future whether to order and what to order.
Please email me any comments about the website, ordering process, and print and digital file quality. Note that what someone sees on screen depends in part on their monitor. My screens are calibrated, but most people’s are not. A file that looks great on a calibrated screen may have a different luminance or color cast on an uncalibrated screen. If it looks good on my screen, a digital file will usually make a good print at a local lab, including at Costco.
The little thumbnails in the race galleries are not fully edited. I apply color correction, enhancement, and cropping to maximize image quality in event of sale.
