Roaming the Stadium With My Camera During an NFL Football Game
Last month, I covered an NFL football game in which I had freedom to roam once what I shot what I needed for ESPN the Magazine (that story to be published this month).
I was done with my pregame shoot and portrait session the night prior, and so I had a decision to make: drive four hours home or spend four hours over four quarters making pictures at a game that, in the terms of the NFL this season, was a little off the grid.
I roamed about the stadium playing with shutter speed, lenses, and such to see what I could grab for stock, but moreover it was just visual practice in finding details and making photos that I enjoy and that wouldn’t normally be made. I was half successful, but in the end, this edit is a little more interesting than what game action would have been, I’m sure.
Most of my gigs usually involve following player X around all day to make the best photo, but having that X in the bag and some time to play around, it’s always fun and worth spending the extra time making friends with a 400mm and converter again.
Image creditsAll photographs copyright Chip Litherland and were used with permission
