The month of March continues to be my favorite time of the year. Snowy Pittsburgh gets left behind for the typically hot desert of Indian Wells, California and the BNP Paribas Open.

2018 meant this was my fourth year covering one of the top tennis tournaments in the world as the official tournament photographer. Along with a couple new faces, Kathryn Riley and Matt Thomas, we had team comedian and one of my favorite people, Michael Cummo, back for his fifth year on the photo team as well. None of it could have been possible without my all-star editor, Maria Noble. We also had guest appearances by a couple of former Sports Shooter Academy alumni Jonathan Moore and Andrew Villa who were also vital to pushing out images at a fast pace.

I feel like I tell this to everyone involved in assignments and events like these but you always have to be prepared to work hard and have long days. In the end though, it’s always worth it. I sleep better knowing that I’ve hustled as hard as I could have. And when you have such an awesome team to work with every day who work just as hard, the end product is always incredible. Every year this team pushes the content possibilities on all facets - social, photo, and video. We all work together so seamlessly.

So thank you: MVT, Sarah, Pete, Mitch, Jen, Taylor, Heather, Nick, Richard, Melissa, Fred, Craig, Maria, Jonathan, Andrew, Michael, Matt, Kathryn. As well as Philippe, Christian, Brittany, GiGi, Chrissy, Krasny, and everyone else behind the scenes including the awesome media center volunteers who make the IWTG run smoothly and such a fun place to be. I hope to see you all next year!

Here are my favorite images from this year's tennis tournament. Enjoy!