Basketball Galleries Archival Date

All basketball galleries will be archived on April 1. Get your game shots before the price increases. These games will be open for a short period of time and will close forever to make room for new sports photos.

AHS Softball vs Loudon now open

Softball game gallery vs Loudon is now open for viewing/purchase. The galleries can be found HERE.

AHS Soccer vs Harriman now open

Soccer game shots are now open for viewing/purchase. Some of these soccer shots would be great for a fathead.

Softball & Baseball 3/10 games open

The AHS Softball vs Webb and the AHS Baseball vs Catholic are now open for viewing and purchase. There will be several photos added to the Baseball FX gallery for special effects soon so check back. Any photo shown can have an effect. Contact me for options or discuss photos you would like for me to get during a game.

Basketball Galleries Archival Date

All of the Basketball Game Galleries will be archived at the end of the day on March 31. Be sure to get your favorite shots before they are gone for good. On April 1, the prices increase then a short time later, date to be announced, the galleries will close down.

NEW LINK for Apparel

Alcoa Sports Blog has a link on the right side that has a rotating photo of Tornado apparel. Please use this link to purchase any spirit items. My promise is to give a portion of the commission that this link received to the Alcoa Athletic Dept. This means that your players will benefit along with the Athletic Dept of our Tornadoes. There are so many things to see and you can customize your apparel.

**Note: IBJC has only linked to prepsports as an added benefit for Tornado fans.

AHS vs William Blount now open

Both the BV & GV game galleries are now open for viewing/purchase. This will complete the AHS Basketball season for 2008-2009. All games will be open through the month of March and then they will be prepared for moving to the archives. Order your game shots soon. Contact me for any questions or if you would rather order thru me.

NOTE: The BV game was a great one in that the team rallied around Michael in his last game before he was out for recovery of an injury. He played the first minute and scored 3 points. It was great and you can see Mom in the stands cheering him on. Great job Michael!!!

Game shots coming by Friday

AHS game galleries will be open by Friday 2-27-2009. Thank you for your patience and at this point these will be the last galleries posted for the Alcoa 2008-2009 basketball season.

The seasons photos will be archived where the price will increase and but on limited time before they are closed down and will need to be special ordered based on a contact sheet.
Anticipated Archival date for Basketball is: April 1, 2009.

AHS vs William Blount coming soon

The galleries for the William Blount games will be posted soon. Updates will be posted on this blog along with on the home page of the IBJC site. Senior night was 2/12/2009 and the GV and BV were given personalized layouts to remember their season. Those can be found HERE. The highlight of both games was for Michael Haynes who is out for an injury was allowed to play for a minute and the team set him up where he made a 3 point shot, it was fantastic. There will be a photo of a proud Mom in the stands after the photos of Michael. Keep an eye out for it.

BV-GV vs Fulton Now Open

Both games played against Fulton are now open for viewing/purchase. The photos of Jeffrey are included in the BV game when he was presented with his award for being such a great fan of Alcoa.

Fulton galleries posted soon

The AHS vs Fulton games are being processed now and will be uploaded and open by tomorrow evening. Thank you for your patience on this upload. Working on several things that I hope to have posted soon.

All AHS vs Heritage galleries are open

All AHS games have been posted and are open for viewing/purchase. The AHS vs Fulton games will be uploaded in the next day or so. Thank you for your patience. Please contact me if you would like any custom layouts/prints/books/posters etc...made for your player.

New Basketball Poster

This one is going to print and upon request you can see sizing on this one in 24x36 in metallic and others that are on hand in 20x30, also metallic. Several other prints are on order as samples so you have an idea which size is best for you. Most, if not all the posters/layouts can be custom to any specific size you would need or want. More poster layouts are coming....there just aren't enough hours during the day to work as fast at the ideas are evolving. This poster is of Ryan Clark for his baskeball season this year, any sport can be used on this layout.

Football is Archived.....last chance

All of the 2008 Football season have been archived along with AES-AMS Basketball. These galleries will open for a period of time then closed down for good as space is needed. All notices will be posted here on the blog and on the home page of the website. Don't miss out.........this is your last chance to order prints from any of these games.

GV/BJV vs Heritage now open

Two of the 3 AHS vs Heritage games are now open for viewing/purchase. The BV game will be processed today and uploaded either later this afternoon or over night.

Game shots of AHS vs Heritage info

Sorry these past 3 games have not been uploaded yet. That night is seems I was a magnet for the ball and then finally the players at the end. I was not hurt anywhere other than my foot, of all places. I hobbled home and I iced myself frozen after the game. Seems like it's a deep bruise and not a fracture but Dr. said it may not show up now. I just call that taking one for the team!!! Anyway, it is the cause for the photos not being up as quickly as usual. Just keep checking back because I know that I will have at least the BJV game up tomorrow mid day and with any luck the GV will be uploading over night. Thanks for checking in!!!

NEW........BASKETBALL Book sample is now showing the slideshow and can be found under Sports/Album Style along with the Baseball book.

AHS BV/GV vs Maryville now open

Galleries for both games played against Maryville on 1/22/2009 are open for viewing/purchase. Several photos were taken to show the fans and there are quite a few that show the silver ball created by Daniel Robinson to boast the 14-1 Season and 5th State Championship win.

NEW ~~~ FATHEADS

Fatheads are new to the site and will be offered through custom ordering only. They can be for any sport not just baseball shown on this flyer. There are 2 options for you to chose from. Vinyl (indoor only) which can be over and over. NOTE: 1 time use for windows/mirrors for vinyl fathead. The second option can be used on all surfaces including textured walls. These are special fabric prints that can be used on your car, windows, walls or wherever you chose. They are more expensive but if you want a fathead for your room then the vinyl option will be fine. Contact me if you have any questions or would like to order your fathead. Click on the flyer for a larger view or this info can be found on the site under Sports/Sporty Style/Specialty Items.

BV vs Austin East now open

AHS BV game gallery is now open for viewing/purchase. Tagging will be done later in the week for ease of finding your player.

Just opened is the section for Senior Announcements. Many more designs will be uploaded for viewing/ordering as they are created. Contact me for details for you seniors options.

GV vs Austin East now open

The girls game gallery is now open for viewing/purchase. The boys game is currently being worked on and will open at some point on Tuesday 1/20 once the upload is completed.

NEW to the site.....there are several things in the works and one is now open. They are the 411 cards for Seniors and you can see these HERE. The boys version is completed and a girls verion of this same card will be uploaded soon. Many more designs are coming and once there are photos to fill them they will be uploaded as sample. These cards can be created for any student from Freshman-Junior and we will have samples of those up soon. Thank you to the Robinson family for allowing me to use Tyler's photos to create this sample. Check back often to see more personalized cards.

AHS vs Austin East coming soon!

These galleries will be worked on tomorrow and hopefully the GV will open later in the day. Birthdays have gotten in the way and taken time away from photo work. Plus, the girls photos will be tagged this weekend, we just received a list of names......thank you Mr. Russell.

BJV vs Maryville JV is now open

Alcoa Freshman vs Maryville Freshman is now open for viewing/purchase. There are 290 shots for this game and maybe 5 or so pictures that are out of focus. These were chosen to leave these in the gallery because they either tell a story on what was happening in the game or they were funny. The caption will be different on these so you know which photos they are.
GV and BV against Austin East are coming soon.

Stepping out of the box

So I stepped out of the box on designing this picture so it's a little different yet still staying with the sports theme. Water and electricity don't mix but they do within a photo. There are 3 versions of this same photo in the basketball posters gallery you can get to from HERE. Look closely at the basketball that she is holding in her hands because it's really an orb of her doing a free throw. Come to the gallery to see the other versions of this photo.

NEW~~Coffee Table Books~~Sports

Just opened is a gallery under Sports/Album Styles that has a baseball book that was just created for the 2008-2009 season. The sample is of my son Ryan during his baseball season in the spring of 2008. The book can be customized to any sport changing out the baseball theme to say soccer, football or a combination of sports if more than one is played in a school year. Every aspect of the book can be personalized. The only thing that stays the same is the template and this is a square book.

Contact me if you have an interest in having a book created and we can discuss photos, theme, sizing and pricing. The book shown will be back from the printer soon so you can see what your book will look like.

Here is the front and back cover......

BJV vs William Blount is now open

The game gallery for the BJV is now open for viewing/purchase. Not all of the games have been tagged yet but we working on this so you can easily find your player.
With Basketball the action moves much faster than in football. It seem that we end up with double the shots in this sport so processing/uploading takes a little longer. Tagging can take some time with over 150-300 + in a gallery.

GJV vs William Blount now open

The girls gallery for the jv game played on 1/7/2009 against William Blount is now open for viewing/purchase. The photos from the boys game are being worked on now and should be ready at some point during the day tomorrow (Sun). There will be a post here when the gallery is open.

AES-AMS Photos open for proofing

The individual and team photos for AES-AMS have been completed and are open. Order sheets have been sent to Coach McBride and will be given to players. The galleries are located in the AES Basketball Gallery under sports and there is another FX set of photos using the individual player photo. Those can be ordered on the website once I know what FX you would like used.

Here is a photo that is one of my favorites and it is hard to chose which one I want too. This is the Ansel B&W on Ryan's photo.

BV Basketball 1/5/2009 now open

The boys gallery is now open for viewing/purchase. Thank for your patience on the upload. It seems that there are more photos at the end of a basketball game to sort thru than football due to the fact that there is constant action. Tagging all of these photos will take us some time so keep checking in and if you see NOT TAGGED YET in the title you will know those haven't been completed.

2 more games were photographed last night for GJV and BJV vs William Blount and will be up later this week. Between both games there are over 450.

GV Basketball 1/5 gallery is open

The girls gallery is now open for viewing/purchase. Working on making sure we have all the girls names correct before we tagged each photo for easy of searching.

Several things have been added: There was a photo of Hogan Goodson that really stuck out so I worked with it to get a cartoon FX then added some grunge. You will find these HERE and there are 2 final versions.

This basketball poster of Ryan will be part of a series of poster layouts that can be customized for your player. The ALCOA wording at the top is actually a picture of the high school gym floor with 3D FX. Please contact me if you would like to have this poster created for your player. The hands on the bottom left are not Ryan's, they are Michael Haynes hands from one of the special FX that was done on his photo and you can see the same in the header above.

BJV Basketball 1/5 gallery is open

The gallery for the AHS BJV vs Loudon JV is now open for viewing/purchase. The GV and BV games will be open soon. Working on upload and hope to have the GV game ready in the morning and BV later on Wed or early Thur morning.

Notice will be posted here and on the main page of the IBJC website for gallery openings. This site will be more detailed as there isn't as much usalble space on the home page. You can subscribe to this blog to be notified of any future posts. Look for the subscribe link on the right side to get set up.

AHS Basketball Games 1/5/2009

Three games total for 1/5/2009 were taken. BJV, GV and BV will be uploaded over the next day or so. Keep checking back in for each gallery opening. It will be announced here on this blog and on the home page of the site.
NEXT scheduled game is the AHS BJV on 1/8/2009. There are plans to attend 2 of the GJV games as well.

Site Changes

2009 already......so it's time for a change. Since we are in the middle of Basketball season it's only fitting to have a new header. It's not finished because there has only been one game photographed. As other action shots happen they will be added to the header. Hope to include some from GJV, BJV, GV and more from the BV games.

AES-AMS team shots are being worked on this week. A few have been posted in a BOYS FX gallery of Ryan to show you what the individual shot will look like and then several different effects that are going to be offered.

More to come so watch this blog and the main page of the photo site. Happy New Year.....looking forward to what 2009 brings.

Holiday Update

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. I know many are busy getting back to some sense of normalcy after Christmas just like we are here in my household. I'm looking forward to what 2009 brings and will be updating the site/blog with basketball. My next scheduled shoot for AHS is Jan 5th.

Also a quick note: Hope to have the www.alcoasports.com site up soon and we will post more things about the alcoasports site dedicated to our Tornadoes here on this blog in the next few weeks.

AES-AMS Basketball Girls Championship OPEN

The Championship game for the Girls vs Carpenters is now open for viewing/purchase and will remain open until the end of January. The season galleries will go into archival status where you will still be able to view/order the photos at a higher cost. This is to make room for new seasons.

The boys game for AES-AMS vs Mary Blount is uploading and should be open late tonight or in the morning. The home page will tell when the gallery is open or you can check here on the blog for updated information.

Next Scheduled Shoot for AHS

Holiday obligations are messing up my sports shooting schedule so being at the AHS basketball game tonight is not going to happen. The next home game for AHS including BJV, GV, BV games will be shot on 1/5/2009 vs Loudon County at home AHS. All of the remaining GJV games are away so I will be taking to Josh Stephens about which game I should plan to attend.

The header for this blog will be changing to the basketball so keep an eye out for that change. Not sure what it will be but something fun.

AES-AMS Boys vs Porter Semi-Finals NOW OPEN

The upload took less time than anticipated so the gallery for the boys semi-finals game is now open for view/purchase. The next gallery to open will be the Championship game for the girls and the final game for the boys.

AES-AMS Semi-Finals Girls NOW OPEN

The Girls gallery for the Semi-Finals in the Basketball Tournament is now open. There is a team shot in the gallery right out of the camera. There will be an updated one coming soon for a special Alcoa layout......the blue background will be gone......but that's all for now. Keep you posted as things are completed. The boys game is being uploaded over night.

AES-AMS Final Games

AES-AMS Girls Basketball team is the Champion, winning the final tournament game against Carpenters. Way to go girls you really played a hard game/season and it has been great watching you play.

AES-AMS Boys Basketball team came in 3rd. They had an undefeated season then lost the semi final round against Porter then coming back and playing an awesome game against Mary Blount to take 3rd place. Proud of you boys......

The galleries for these 2 days of games will be posted soon. There are hundreds of photos we are sorting thru so bear with us and they will be up for view/purchase soon.

State Championship Gallery NOW OPEN

All of the 297 photos of the State game have been uploaded and are now open for viewing/purchase. All shots were taken from the stands to cropping and enlarging whne ordering is available. Please let me know if there are any layouts that you would like completed. The slideshow holds 3 State layouts with Daniel and Nathaniel Robinson. Your player can be pictured in the same layout.

At this time all of 2008 Football Season for AHS will be open thru 1/31/2009 where the plan is to archive the gallery. Eventually the gallery will be closed to make room for new seasons and notice will be given as to when that will happen.

ALCOA is the STATE CHAMPION

Way to go Tornadoes......you worked hard and it show! So proud of all of you for your team work and dedication. There are a few new things on the site. First, there is a Send off Gallery in AHS Football where the rest of the school cheered you on. Second, right now there are only 3 new State Championship layouts in the Inspirational Layouts gallery. Please contact me if you would like one also. Third, there are 297 photos to be uploaded. This will take some time. Keep checking back in and you will see notice on the home page of IBJC or here on this blog.

Change of Plans for my trip to State AGAIN

Ok this weeks schedule for me has tossed and turned and we came up with a solution. I will be going to the State Championship game but I will not be allowed on the field. Too much red tape and too many flaming hoops to jump thru so don't mind me as I walk around the stadium and take pictures. See you there........

Change of Plans for my trip to State

Media rules and regulations have been handed down by TSSAA and I will not be allowed to be on the sidelines. We were not aware of this until today so I'm very sad to say that I will NOT be going to the State game to photograph the players. Good luck on Friday Tornadoes!!!

The 2008 season of galleries will remain open for ordering thru 1/5/2009. Please feel free to contact me about any current photos if you would like to have a layout or special effect made. Christmas is coming and we still have time to order for delivery on 12/24.

AHS Playoff Game 4 Now Open

The gallery for playoff game AHS vs Marion is now open for viewing/purchase. This games has had the best series of actions shots and from many players. It was an exciting game for all and hopefully you can see that in the photos. Some of the photos you must pay attention too because they show the action as it happens....one that comes to mind is the touchdown by Tyler Robinson where you see his advance thru several players until he reaches the end zone! That is just one, this gallery is has a lot of great catches, runs, plays....etc!

The last few photos are right from the camera and I plan on working with the best one to create a special effect similar to one that was done in the beginning of the season that can be found under Football FX. The final photo is coming soon.........Enjoy!

Playoff Game 4 coming soon

Game shots from the AHS vs Marion playoff will be posted and open by sometime Monday. Updates on this gallery will be noted here. Great Job on the win Tornadoes!!!!

New Layouts and Posters

Basketball gallery of AES-AMS boys vs Mary Blount is now open for viewing/purchase.

Several different layout/Posters have been uploaded.

1. 3 new prints under Sports/Basketball FX......of Jake Amburgey to include: Impasto, Oil Painting & TA-ps Effects.

2. 2 new posters under Sports Style Creations/Sports Basketball Posters......of Jake Amburgey in pencil sketch.

3. 5 layouts that are square showing the Alcoa Walls....kind of.....there are several players on each layout. These can be found under Sports Style Creations/Inspirational Sports Layouts

4. Last for the day is this poster of Ben Dunkin pictured below and can be found under Sports Style Creations/Sports Football Posters

AES-AMS Basketball Posted for Girls

AES-AMS Girls basketball game played on 11/25/2008 against Mary Blount is now open for viewing/purchase. The boys game will be open after Thanksgiving. These photos have not been tagged as of yet but should be by the time the boys gallery is open. Thanks for your patience.

Playoff Game 3 NOW OPEN

The Gallery for Playoff game 3 is now open for viewing/purchase. Tagging will be completed soon. Nice catch in the end zone Daniel Robinson....the actual photo number will be posted later today.

Playoff Game 3 gallery info

Photos from game 3 are being uploaded now. They will not be open until sometime in the afternoon on Monday...there are 224 shots. Tagging of this gallery along with several others should be finished soon so the search page under keywords will pull up all of your players photos.

A few photos have been added to the Football FX gallery. Thanks Jalik and Jaron Toney for the nice photo....I did do 2 sketches for you to see. The helmet entrance with fireworks is quite a site to see so there are 3 versions of one of the photos completed.

AHS Playoff Game 3 coming soon

Alcoa won round 3 and will move to round 4 on their home turf. Alcoa plays Marion on 11/28/2008 at Alcoa High School. Sure hope it's not as cold as it was tonight. There are over 250 games shots to process and upload. This will take a few extra days for the gallery to be live. Please bear with us as we hope to have this up by Monday. More news on progress of posting this gallery will come soon.

AHS BV Basketball vs McMinn Central 11/20/2008 Now Open

The Boys Varsity game for Alcoa High vs Central is now open and available for viewing/purchase. If you would like a custom layout please contact me to discuss the options. Christmas is right around the corner so the countdown is on.....order your prints soon.