So the big guy with the rollout leading block number 73 – that’s the guy I was photographing Friday night under the lights in Fort Worth, Texas. The Aubrey Chaparrals came through in the end, and the end took a long, long time.
That’s because a total of 98 points were scored in the game, and for anyone who has photographed a football game — the higher the score, the longer the game. And when the temperature of 38-degrees is leaving frost on the trainer’s table (behind the players) … the challenge is compounded by appendages that don’t work as they should.
My attire was worthy, except for the fact of my frozen fingers, and by the middle of the fourth-quarter, a frozen camera sending me error codes for what I assume was “too cold to function.”
Funny story is that when I was sitting down and editing during halftime, the parents came up behind me and introduced themselves. But the first thing the Dad said was, “I love your fly fishing videos!” I was taken aback of course. I was expecting a gushing and proud parent, and I got a fellow fly fisher! I regained my senses, and realized that not only were these the parents of the player, but the Dad was also an avid fly fisher. Small world.
HOW TO SHOOT FOOTBALL – LESSON 1
I guess I could tell you my secrets, and if you have any sense at all, you will figure it out just by looking at the image above. HINT – angle, it’s about angle. Feel free to contact me if you want to know what “ANGLE” is, and I will be happy to tell you – voice to voice.