This was a "King/Queen Of The Beach" tournament in Williston on 28 June 2014.

I shot over 300 pictures, of which
about 60 were "just OK" (you would only want to look at these if you were in the pictures, or if you knew someone who was in the pictures);
about 90 were "good" (worth looking at, but with some defects);
about 100 were "great" (you really should take a look at these!); and
20 were "superb" (I mean, you REALLY should look at these!);

With hundreds of photographs to crop and evaluate, the categorizations are somewhat arbitrary.

When evaluating my photographs, I look for
- technical quality: focus, exposure, cropping
- is the ball in the picture?
- even better, is the ball resting on the player's arms or hands?
- is the picture dramatic (two players jousting, the player is diving)?
- can you see the player's face (no tape or arms across the face)?
- is the skill being executed well, or perhaps unusually?
- is the pose or lighting inherently interesting or artistic?
- are the player's expression, clothing, hair, or sunglasses compelling?

I try to photograph everyone, but between my schedule and the schedule of the players, I sometimes miss people. I'm sorry if that happened.

Click here to see the OK shots.
Click here to see the Good shots.
Click here to see the Great shots.
Click here to see the Superb shots.

All photographs are copyright by Jon Bondy.

If you want larger versions of a particular shot, please get in touch with me (jon at jonbondy dot com).

Be sure to check out the other VB pictures I have on my site!