Bank of the West Classic 2010

Just like every time you shoot and event, you need to do a check on all your gear. Today I am gearing up to go to Palo Alto to visit Stanford and cover the Bank of the West Classic.

The gear line up includes the following Canon equipment: 5D MKII, 1D MKII and MKIII bodies, 70-200mm 2.8L, 16-35mm 2.8L, 400mm 2.8L series lenses, chargers, batteries, Think Tank International bag, a speed belt also by Think Tank, a MacBook Pro and a mono-pod.

Last year Marion Bartoli of France took the win.

Day 1:

29 July 2010: Stanford Calif. Victoria AZARENKA (BLR) returns a serve against Melanie OUDIN (USA) on Thursday during the Bank of the West Classic women's tennis tournament at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Konstandinos Goumenidis / Southcreek Global

 This will be the 4th year I covered this tennis match. The first time I covered this event I had a little