:: Ashley Reherman Photography

Monday, December 14, 2015

:: rave on ::

I am a HUGE sports fan. Like SUPER HUGE. I know this is completely shocking to most of you. And you'll be equally as shocked to hear that I LOVE taking pics of my favorite teams (hello Baltimore Ravens and Orioles!)

I try to get to at least one Ravens game a year, and when I saw that the weather was going to be ridiculously warm for the middle of December, I decided to get tickets for this past Sunday's game. I love my team. I support them through good and bad. And boy is this year bad! Not real surprising when literally half the team has been injured. We used a quarterback that we just picked up a few weeks ago because even our backup is injured! It's crazy. Even though I may not know most of the new guys' names, I support them. And when you go to a game KNOWING you're not going to win, it makes it much easier to enjoy. Cheering for first downs instead of touchdowns. It's okay. Just the way it is this season. Of course I want them to be competitive, but it was not in the cards. At the end of the day, it's an NFL game and I feel lucky to be able to go.

So even though it was a blowout game, I had a good time and took a bunch of pics (naturally).

JUICE!!! (because nobody can actually spell his last name)

they play hard, no matter what

Sam Koch…one of the best in the league

O.A.R. is a Maryland band that played at halftime (which was super awesome!), but during the first quarter they joined the Ravens marching band…so cool!

Justin Tucker…one of my absolute favorites! (and the favorite of most of Baltimore)

Chris Canty (99) holds a special place in my heart

that is a LARGE man!! (6'7" 320lbs)

we miss our Dennis Pitta!!

he did actually make that catch

that is a concentration face if I ever saw one!

it's all about having fun!

this kid had a sign that said "playing for college"…and he was GOOD! (and yes, I contributed)

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

:: MY Baltimore ::

With all of this chaos in Baltimore, I'm trying very hard to focus the positive. It's disheartening in so many ways. I love Baltimore. It's one of my most favorite cities. It's unfortunate that the rest of the world is seeing such a small cross section of this wonderfully diverse city. My hope is that in the days to come the images that will emerge are those of residents helping one another, cleaning up their neighborhoods, and rebuilding the businesses that locals have poured their blood, sweat and tears into. THAT is a true representation of Baltimore.

You all know that one of my favorite parts of the city is Camden Yards. Truly my happy place. On a day that the Orioles are playing the White Sox in a closed game (no fans, no music, no jumbotron…an odd decision if you ask me), I thought I'd share my pictures from Sunday's game.

(I should note that we had absolutely no problems in the city on Sunday)

**I ended up watching the game and they did actually use the jumbotron and have some music. Very strange though. Caleb Joseph playing to the fake crowd, Chris Davis throwing the ball into the stands to the "fans", and Gary Thorne pretending to be a golf announcer…hysterical.