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Super Bowl Ending
Paul Hayes, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Littleton | NH | USA | Posted: 10:11 PM on 02.06.11 |
->> What did you all notice at the game's end, when the photogs ran out to get Rodgers' reaction, following the final snap?
It seemed like the photographers were 3 rows deep around Rodgers at midfield. I wonder how many of them even got usable images. Does *not* getting that shot ruin your assignment?
For those of you who worked super bowls, and were in position to shoot post game reaction, what approach did you take to getting those shots and how successful were you? |
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Steven Mullensky, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Port Townsend | WA. | USA | Posted: 10:45 PM on 02.06.11 |
->> Just see how many QB reaction shots show up in tomorrow's papers, worldwide. That should tell you how important the images are.
About 30 years ago I had an editor request a photo of a scoreboard showing the score of a tennis match. It was the final pro game of a well known tennis icon and I got caught up in the euphoria of the moment after match point and completely forgot to get that particular image. The editor was disappointed and I never worked for that magazine again. I moved on and I'm sure that editor is somewhere else, but I learned a valuable lesson from that experience and that was to pay attention and to get the shots, even those that I think are meaningless. |
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Brian Blanco, Photographer
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Tampa / Sarasota | FL | USA | Posted: 10:55 PM on 02.06.11 |
->> Paul,
The scrum surrounding the winning QB at the end of a Super Bowl is a unique experience for sure. I'm not sure you can take an "approach" per se, or really try to plan it out as it gets fairly chaotic.
All you can really do is make certain your runner or assistant is nearby toward the end of the game. Your runner is there to lighten your load by taking your long glass, your belt system, and anything else that might slow you down or inhibit your movement in the scrum. Then, it's a mater of running, as fast as you can safely, with nothing more than your 16-35mm (preferably on a full frame body) and getting whatever shots you can get.
Keep your elbows tucked in, don't chimp and keep your head on a swivel and you just may get something.
Also, let your runner or another shooter run your cards back to the editing trailer and stick around. Chip Litherland stayed on the field later than the rest of us one year and ended up making a great image of a player and his family making "snow angels" in the confetti on the grass.
Oh and to answer your other question, I don't think any editor worth their salt would get on your case for not "nailing" the perfect wide jubo image in a Super Bowl post-game scrum. It's tough to work in those conditions and some of it comes down to luck. Hopefully your other shooters shooting long from the overhead positions are backing you up. I've seen great shooters come out of scrums with nothing but bruises and pictures of grass.
-Blanco |
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Stew Milne, Photographer
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Providence | RI | USA | Posted: 11:16 PM on 02.06.11 |
| ->> I don't know who it was, but one photog sprinted out and got to Rogers first, carrying only a wide lens. |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 11:57 PM on 02.06.11 |
| ->> Will any of the photographers who ran on to the field before the end of the game get into trouble? Seconds left on the clock perhaps but the game was still not officially over. I thought it was kind of obnoxious. |
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Caleb Raney, Photographer, Assistant
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Tecumseh | Ok | USA | Posted: 12:10 AM on 02.07.11 |
| ->> I was quite entertained by a gentleman in the background of a post game interview who was carrying a 400mm over his shoulder while making pictures with a point and shoot that was, I believe, pink. |
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John Tucker, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Cordova | TN | USA | Posted: 12:20 AM on 02.07.11 |
| ->> I'm with Caleb, the guy snapping the shots with the point and shoot was amazing to me........huge lens over his shoulder and he's snapping with the point and shoot. |
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Stew Milne, Photographer
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Providence | RI | USA | Posted: 12:24 AM on 02.07.11 |
| ->> Yah, saw that too. Must of have been an assistant. |
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Paul Hayes, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Littleton | NH | USA | Posted: 2:31 AM on 02.07.11 |
->> Is it understood that people will run onto the field for the close up shot immediately? I recall a discussion a while back about a basketball game .... wasn't it the Gonzaga game where Adam Morrison was lying at midcourt ... where a photog was chastised for running right up to Morrison and ruining everyone elses shots?
I suppose the SB is different because there are so many photographers with so many specialized "roles." |
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Chad Ryan, Photographer
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Fort Wayne | IN | USA | Posted: 7:59 AM on 02.07.11 |
->> The first guy out there was SI's Al Tielemans. Al's a pretty quick dude, but I was even a little surprised by how badly he beat everyone else out there.
I'll second what Brian said about the scrum around the QB. It really does come down to a good bit of luck unless you are prepared and get there first like Al did. Once you get in there, not only are you trying to shoot, but you're also just trying to keep your feet on the ground so as to not get swept up by the crowd. It is crazy, but if you keep your head about you, don't get pissed off about taking an elbow or two to the ribs and accept that you sometimes just have to take what you get, you can still make some nice frames - even if you're not as fast as Al Tielemans. |
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John Howley, Photographer
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Circleville | OH | USA | Posted: 1:55 PM on 02.07.11 |
->> Paul, I believe in the basketball situation it was ruled that no photographers were to go on the court after the game and everyone followed that rule except the one guy.
I remember asking myself last night if there was a guy with a P&S in the background. I didn't notice it was pink, though. |
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George Bridges, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Washington | DC | USA | Posted: 4:17 PM on 02.07.11 |
->> After a few years of restraining photogs on the sidelines with security, the NFL once again opened the field up to all post game this year.
As Brian said, there is no strategy except try to get there first and use your size, agility, height or whatever you can to try to get your shot.
Not getting the shot does not "ruin the assignment" but, obviously, everyone wants to transmit a photo of the winning quarterback/mvp celebrating his victory. |
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Keith Tharp, Photographer
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Londonderry | NH | usa | Posted: 6:58 PM on 02.07.11 |
| ->> To answer your question, I noticed the guy with the point and shoot. |
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Garrett Hubbard, Photographer
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Washington | D.C. | USA | Posted: 9:01 PM on 02.07.11 |
| ->> FWIW a jube shot from the scrum went lead on 1A of USA TODAY print edition. |
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Dianna Russell, Photographer
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Springfield | MO | USA | Posted: 9:43 PM on 02.07.11 |
->> Great shot by Eileen Blass online (my print copy did not have the jube shot) http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/NFL:-The-season-in-photos/G1745
There were some nice shots in print and online for USA Today. |
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Gary Shook, Photographer
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Otsego | MI | USA | Posted: 12:44 PM on 02.08.11 |
| ->> I was wondering when I saw a guy with a small point shoot type camera if it was one of those GOPRO video cameras. |
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