Failed Team Portrait

This morning we faced the top team from the other flight in our division, the Black Rhinos from Wellesley. We took a 1-0 lead at the thirty minute mark and scored three additional unanswered goals in the second half for a 4-0 result. I had a blistering one touch shot that rang off the cross bar. Obviously, it would have been far nicer if it had gone in but to strike the ball with such power is a nice feeling in and of itself. After the match I lined everyone up for a team photograph and could not be more disappointed with the results. I put the sun to our backs so we would not be squinting and had a fill flash mounted on the camera that was suppose to provide the correct exposure for faces. It did so for the guys standing but not for those on a knee. This is exactly what you would expect if you exceed the camera’s flash sync speed, which I did. When in that situation you turn on the HSS (high speed sync) function to prevent it from happening, which I did. Clearly, something went wrong and I have to figure out the mystery. Because the photo does not meet my standard, I will have to coerce everyone into posing for another one before the season ends. I will no doubt catch a bunch of grief when I request the do over.