New Tampa won an impressive 14-4 four inning victory to record back-to-back district titles over a very formidable and resilient Land O Lakes team. The icing on the cake was a 3 run homerun to dead centerfield by Eddie Thinger for his first career homerun at any level which gave New Tampa a 10 run lead.

A beautiful day for softball today!  The NTLL Minor B Pirates enjoyed our first real day of Spring and played some great softball!

Parents.  Please see the gallery of today’s game.  A password is required.

Saturday is Opening Day of the Spring Season and youth athletes in Tampa Bay are preparing to take the field!

We are excited to offer two portrait packages this season.  

Individual Athlete – $225

• Up to 40 minutes of on-location photography
• Custom hand editing and processing of your images.
• Featured Gallery Sneak-Peek and Team Biography on theplayofalifetime.com
• up to 15 images in a secure online gallery
• 1 8×10
• 4 5X7 prints
• 1 digital image for social media (Team Zone, Facebook, MySpace, etc.)

Team Package – $1250 up to 12 althletes

• Includes up to 4 hours of on-location photography, may be split between two days
• Custom hand editing and processing of your images.
• Featured Gallery Sneak-Peek and Team Biography on theplayofalifetime.com
• 50 – 100  images in a secure online gallery
• 1 8×10, and 2 5X7 prints for each athlete
• 1 digital image for social media (Team Zone, Facebook, MySpace, etc.)
• Coaches Gift Photo Collage

***A portion of the proceeds are returned to the community in the form of cash donations for athletic scholarships, team sponsorships, and fundraisers.***

A la Carte prints, Collections and Boutique

Prints and custom-designed boutique items are available  a la carte.  Boutique Items include custom-designed cards, announcements and albums;  gallery-wrapped canvases; acrylic and metal prints; and  semi-precious jewelry.

Digital packages are also available and include a limited print release. Digital Negatives are presented in archival-quality, custom designed image boxes with a selection of mounted prints.

Florida sales tax is applied to all purchases.  Payments are accepted on-line for your convenience.

We are finalizing the location schedule for individual and team sessions.  Please email by Monday if you have a specific request.  Location schedules will be published next week.

If you are interested in a fundraiser for your team, please contact me.

Details:

Sessions are fun, relaxed, and natural.  Candid shots of your athlete or team at play, in the moment, celebrating a great play and the love of the game.  Please browse the galleries to see examples of my work.

How is a session reserved?
To schedule a session, simply send me a email indicating your preferred date and location, and contact information.  I will call you to schedule and confirm.

Time-of-day is important!
All of my images are created using only available, natural light.  The best light in is early in the morning or late in the day.  Overcast and light rain are acceptable conditions.  (If the game is still being played, I am still taking photos!)

What should I wear?
Team uniform.   Don’t worry about stains from clay, grass, etc. –it adds to the authenticity of the images.  Some parents choose to have athletes wear Spring ball uniforms.  Please discuss with coach in advance or schedule a shoot during a team practice.

What if I have to reschedule?
Please give as much notice as possible.  Life happens and we try to be as flexible as possible.  There are a very limited number of slots available and we would like to honor all requests.

Location Schedule:

**Please note** All sessions must be booked in advance. Contact catherine@theplayofalifetime for more information and scheduling.

Inspiration

“we make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.” — winston churchill

Help Portrait is a movement of photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate this holiday season.  The Play of a Lifetime will be there on December 12th, the first National Help Portrait Day.  Come back and see how we spent this amazing day and how we were able to offer the priceless gift of photographs to many deserving children and families.

There is still time to schedule a few sessions before Christmas. Please contact me as soon as possible to schedule.  Sessions scheduled now will still be eligible for Fall pricing and proof galleries will be ready for ordering before the deadline for Christmas delivery.

Cards must be ordered no later than December 1st and prints and albums prior to December 10th.

give ten

are you ready to give ten? or, feel like raising awareness for the cause?

http://www.givetenproject.org/

After impressive post-season play, the NTLL All Stars have ended their season with a strong showing at the Sectionals on July 17th Bradenton.

What an amazing group of talented athletes !  Throughout the season they exhibited incredible sportsmanship and a true passion for the game.   Although there were many stand-out individual performances, every team member contributed to the overall success of the team.  Most importantly, they had fun, were great teammates, and worked to improve at every play, in every game.   

Congratulations to Jonathan, Zack, Clay, Mikey, Aaron, Jeffrey, Everett, Henry, Bryce, Everett, Henry, Eddie and Ricardo.  A big thank you to Coaches Pete, Ed, and Mike and a tremendous group of parents who hung out at “the beach” and made every game so much fun for the families.

A detailed recap of the games can be found here. (http://www.eteamz.com/ntll/news/index.cfm?cat=336817).

Touching Home

Team Celebration

The Win!

the play of a lifetime offers on-location, lifestyle photography for individual players and teams.  All proceeds are retuned to the community in the form of funding to support young athletes and athletic organizations in the Tampa-Bay Area.