I photographed the AT&T Golf Classic that benefited the Boy Scouts of America, Orange County Council at the Pelican Hill Golf Club in Newport Coast on a day in which the temperature reached 98 degrees. My job was to tell the story of the day and also photograph all 70 four-some’s on both the North and South courses and provide 4 x 6 prints for the 280 golfers. It was already hot when I arrived at 9am and looking out at the 140 golf carts lined up everywhere it seemed like a impossible task to photograph all of those golfers but, with help of Kaleigh Teskey, the Market Specialist with the BSA Orange County Council we managed to complete that job in 4 ½ hours. Once back at the clubhouse I grabbed my computer, quickly edited the photographs, put the files on a thumb drive and drove to Pro Photo Connection in Irvine to make the prints - which they did much faster and cheaper than if I had printed them on-site. I returned in time to photograph the dinner, auction, awards presentation and had the prints ready for the golfers to take home. It was a much longer day because of the heat but, “we gotter done” before I melted. Once back in my air conditioned home I celebrated the success of the day with a nice cold beer and long, cold shower. Cheers!

