Getting Down and Dirty for Justice...

For the kickoff of Abilene Christian University's Justice Week the group organizing the event was having a tug-of-war competition. I'm not quite sure how the two fit together, but hey, I remember being in college and an event like this was sure to draw more people than a speaker of something like that. It was also a Monday, which meant it was a pretty slow day for photos, so I needed to go out and get something for the front page. The event was supposed to start at 5pm, but I guess they didn't realize that anyone would be there to cover the event, or we were given the wrong time by the whoever sent out the press release. Either way it didn't matter, I had to scramble to get photos. I was able to shoot a couple of the competitions and then everyone playing in the mud afterwards, which honestly made better photos anyway. The cleanup turned out to be the best images anyway, with the caked on mud on the participants legs. So, despite getting the wrong time, I was happy with what I had as I left.

Getting Down and Dirty...

The Mudslinger Fun Run started last year and was a huge success, both in terms of the numbers of attendees and photos made at said event. It is a three mile long obstacle course meant to be a little challenging and a whole lot of fun. I didn't shoot it last year, and after getting home from shooting football at 4am the night before I was regretting volunteering for it after I woke up from what seemed to be a short nap before going out there. There was plenty of potential for great images there and the sleep left my eyes really quickly when I got out there and felt the first cool morning in months. After a little more than an hour of watching people sloshing through the mud pit and getting hosed down after their race I had plenty and was able to go home and get a nap in. It turned out to be a lot of fun. I'm not sure which would have been more fun, shooting it or racing in it.