I have had four of my photos published in a brand new book titled "Legends Of Pro Wrestling" 150 Years of Headlocks, Bodyslams and Piledrivers by Tim Hornbaker. The photos of mine in the book are of Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton, and Sheamus.  

It should be out in stores very soon. This is a must have for any wrestling fan as it is very well written and of course the photography is outstanding too. 

Thanks, 

Bill

So, hockey season is now officially over for this season. What an incredible ride it was! I shot 16 Flyers home games, the AHL Outdoor Classic, the AHL All-Star Classic, the ECAC Championships and than the Flyers/Pens game 3 of the first round of the playoffs. 

Thank You Kevin Greenstein and Inside Hockey for letting me cover the greatest game on Earth. I'm not sure if I will be able to top that next season, but I already can't wait.

The schedule is filling up with some very interesting shoots that I'm really looking forward to. I'm always looking for new things to shoot to allow my photography to grow to new horizons.   

 

See you soon,

 

Bill

Well, it's been a very unusual winter with the weather being anything but cold. Hopefully, everyone has been enjoying their winter season, not having to shovel the snow that we have dealt with the past few winters. 

February was a bit slow as most winters are, only covering two Flyers games for Inside Hockey this month. 

On Feb 4th covered the Flyers/Devils games in Philly here is the link to those photos. http://insidehockey.com/photo-gallery-devils-flyers-20412

Than a week later covered the Flyers/Rangers game here's the link. 

http://insidehockey.com/photo-gallery-rangers-flyers-21112 

March is really looking exciting, lots of things already booked and hoping to launch a brand new website.  

Hope that everyone is enjoying this Spring like weather, hard to believe that it was 63 degrees here in South Jersey today. It's been a very mild Winter so far. I must say, I do miss having the occasional snow storm, but  don't miss the brutal sub-zero temperatures that we see from time to time during the Winter.

So far 2012 has been a pretty good month for me. January I covered the Hershey Bears/Adirondack Phantoms Outdoor Classic at Citizens Bank Park, the Ottawa Senators / Flyers, the New York Islanders / Flyers, the Boston Bruins / Flyers, and the AHL All-Star Classic at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Covering these games for Inside Hockey was a blast. I'll be covering a few more Flyers games this month but I'm not sure that February will compare to January. 

Early Monday afternoon (Jan 23rd) a 60 ft female Finback Whale washed up on the 7th Street Beach in Ocean City NJ. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine performed a necropsy (autopsy) on the whale on Tuesday and their findings were that the whale had been struck by a boat and had been dead for about a week. With the help on the Ocean City Public Works crews, the whale was cut up and buried near the Ocean City/Longport bridge. 

January has been a very exciting month for me. This month I have covered 5 hockey games for Inside Hockey and am very much looking forward to covering the AHL All-Star Classic which takes place on Jan 29th and 30th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. On Jan 19th I shot the Flyers - New York Islanders game which was won by the Islander 4-1. 

Here is the link from the game.  http://insidehockey.com/photo-gallery-islanders-flyers-11912

Than Sunday afternoon I covered the Flyers/Bruins game for Inside Hockey. This was one of the most exciting games that I have ever been to, it was like a game from the 70's between the Big Bad Bruins and the Broad Street Bullies. The Bruins won 6-5 in a shootout. There were 3 fights and 60 plus hits, now this was some old-time hockey. 

Here is the link. http://insidehockey.com/photo-gallery-bruins-flyers-12212

So the first week of 2012 was a very exciting week for me. Friday night I covered the Hershey Bears vs Adirondack Phantoms hockey game played at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. This game also known as the 2012 Outdoor Classic was played in front of a record breaking crowd of 45,653.

Here is the link of my photos on Inside Hockey:

http://insidehockey.com/photo-gallery-bears-vs-phantoms-1612 

On Saturday, I was back in Philadelphia again covering another game for Inside Hockey. The Ottawa Senators were in town to play the Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center.  The Flyers would win in overtime 3-2. 

Here is the link for that game: 

So yesterday was January 1st, it was like a beautiful Spring day, not a Winter day. Alicia and I decided to take a ride over to Ocean City for a stroll on the beach. There were a lot of people out, a few fishing and others just out and about enjoying the 1st day of Spring...lol.

Hope everyone has a Happy, Healthy, Safe and Prosperous New Year.

So the big storm is here! Hurricane Irene is being billed as one of the biggest storms of all-time. At this point the best thing to do is stay inside. Make sure that you have your phones, laptops and anything else that you can charge, charged up!

These photos are from earlier this afternoon in Somers Point, not many people were out. As you can see many businesses are boarded up and or have their windows taped up. I'll be out and about once Irene passes by. Hopefully, the power won't go out or not be out for too long.

OK everyone be smart and be safe,

Bill

Always looking to expand my photography knowledge and learn new skills, I had the opportunity to attend an awesome event. My wife Alicia and I attended Sandy Puc's Creative Edge Kids Photography Workshop in Philadelphia on Friday. Sandy is a nationally acclaimed photographer from Littleton, Co. She currently serves on the Board of Professional Photographers of America. Also, holds prestigious titles of Print Master and Explorer of Light from Canon USA. In 2008, she published her first book, The Sandy Puc Guide to Children's Portrait Photography.

Over the past few years I have tinkered with Children's Photography shooting my niece, nephews and a few friends children. Now with the help of my wife Alicia, we are going to be launching a new collaborative part of Bill Stahl Photography... involving a creative take on the average child's portrait. To get more information about our new venture follow our blog and Facebook.

So it seems that I'm not so good at updating my blogs....I'm going to try to work at being better at this.

I recently did a commercial shoot for Milton Byron of Byron's Hockeyland. Milton sell's game worn hockey jerseys, game used sticks and equipment. Milton is a pioneer in the Game Worn industry, as he has been in the hobby since the early 80's. If you are a hockey fan or know someone who is, take a look at his website at http://byronshockeyland.com/. If it's hockey, he sell's it! If you need a jersey or collection authenticated he can do that also.

Hello Everyone,

Well, it's been awhile since my last blog post, so I figured it was time to write a new one. LOL! So, back in December I started shooting for Inside Hockey (http://www.insidehockey.com/). The site is loaded with stories and photos from every league. So, if you’re a Hockey fan go check it out if you haven't already. Here are links from last Friday and Monday games. Enjoy!

2/4/2011 Hershey Bears vs. Albany Devils at The Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ
http://insidehockey.com/?p=18332


2/7/2011 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. Albany Devils at The Boardwalk Hall
http://insidehockey.com/?p=18574

The Albany Devils play one more game at The Boardwalk Hall, on Sunday February 27th against the Norfolk Admirals. The puck drops at 4:30pm hope to see everyone there. Also, don't forget the ECAC Men's Hockey Championship will be played at The Boardwalk Hall on March 18th and 19th.

This Winter hockey fans in South Jersey will be treated to the return of Hockey in the Beautiful Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The NJ Devils held a press conference this past Tuesday announcing that their AHL team, the Albany Devils will be playing 4 games and their ECHL team the Trenton Devils will play a game. This is the first time that Hockey will be played in the Hall since the Boardwalk Bullies played the final game back in the Spring of 2005 before they were sold and moved to Stockton, CA. Here is a look at the upcoming schedule:

Sunday December 5th Albany Devils vs Adirondack Phantoms 4:00 pm
Sunday December 12th Albany Devils vs Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4:00 pm
Sunday January 23rd Trenton Devils vs Wheeling Nailers 4:00 pm
Friday February 4th Albany Devils vs Hershey Bears 7:00 pm
Sunday February 27th Albany Devils vs Norfolk Admirals 4:00 pm

In March the Hall will play host to the 2011 ECAC Hockey Championships. The four game series will be played on March 18th and 19th.