2013 KHSAA State Football Championships - December 6-8, 2013

I spent the weekend before finals shooting some high school football. I ended up shooting a little bit worse this year than at the same event last year, but I had tons of fun and came away with some decent frames. Here are some of my favorites.

WKU Football vs University of Louisiana-Lafayette - 10/15/13

I had the chance to shoot my only football game of the year last night, and it was a fun one. Despite the WKU loss, it was a blast, as always. Here are some of my favorite shots.

WKU Spring Football Practice - 04/04/13

I've been shooting a lot of spring football practice lately, and two of the practices have been 5:45 AM sessions on Thursdays. It's been fun to wake up incredibly early and watch both the sun rise (literally) and some football practice. This week's story in the Herald was on the linebackers, so I focused on them and the defensive coach, Nick Holt. I've also been trying to shoot a few photos of Coach Petrino at every practice so that the Herald can begin to build a collection of stock shots.

WKU Spring Football Practice - 03/22/13

Friday was WKU's first spring football practice, and the first one open to the media. It was pretty cool to watch the team go through drills, and to get a short glimpse of Bobby Petrino coaching. Media were only allowed to shoot for 20 minutes, so here are just a couple frames.

WKU/Bobby Petrino Press Conference - 12/10/12

The campus of WKU, the city of Bowling Green, and the college football landscape were rocked today when Bobby Petrino was announced as the new head football coach of the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers. I got the call this afternoon to go cover the press conference announcing Petrino as the coach. It was extremely crowded, and I really enjoyed what Coach Petrino had to say. Here are my favorite shots from the evening.

KHSAA Football 6A State Championship - Trinity vs Pleasure Ridge Park - 12/01/12

My shooting was capped off with the behemoth game that was Trinity vs Pleasure Ridge Park. I've always wanted to see Trinity play in person, and they did not disappoint, crushing PRP and bringing home their third-straight state title. Sadly, my take from this game wasn't as good as the others. Little action happened because Trinity dominated the game, and Trinity's team was so large, it made it next to impossible to get close (enough) for a great trophy shot. Nevertheless, here are my favorites.

KHSAA Football 3A State Championship - Bowling Green vs Cooper - 12/01/12

As the sun set, I switched off lenses and went at this game with a small telephoto and a super wide. It was a great game, especially during the crazy first half. Here are my favorite shots.

KHSAA Football 2A State Championship - Caldwell County vs Newport Central Catholic - 12/01/12

Day 2 of shooting the KHSAA State Football Championship games. I was secretly hoping for Caldwell County to pull out the win, because they're from my area. They played a fantastic game, despite their loss. Here of my favorite shots from the day's first game.

KHSAA Football 4A State Championship - Highlands vs Collins - 11/30/12

After a long and stressful week, it's nice to...do more work?! Not really. Tonight I had the chance to do something I love. My first "real" photos were high school football, way back during sophomore year, when I used a 15-year-old zoom lens and a flash for our poorly lit field. Today, I'm blessed to be shooting D1 football here at WKU, but it's nice to go back to what I spent so much of my high school career doing. Here are some of my favorite shots from the KHSAA Football 4A State Championship game between Highlands and Collins.

WKU vs FAU Football - 11/10/12

Today I shot the first half of the WKU/FAU football game. It was the third football game I've had the chance to shoot this year, and probably the last. I can honestly say that I never thought I would be shooting D1 football as a freshman in college. It's been unreal and so much fun. This game was also different for me because I shot with a 300mm lens. The longer glass helped me to get some really sick shots. Here are my favorites.

WKU vs MTSU Football - 11/1/12

Not many good shots came from the WKU/MTSU game last week. The game was a defensive battle, with neither time spending much time in the red zone, which is the place I love to shoot. It was also a night game, and stadium lights are just annoying to deal with. Here are my few good shots.

WKU vs ULM Homecoming Football Game - Part 2

Here's part two of my homecoming football game photos. These are the shots from the second camera I carried, with a fixed 50mm lens. 

WKU vs ULM Homecoming Football Game - Part 1

Today I had the extreme (and lucky) pleasure of shooting the WKU/ULM homecoming football game. Since most (read: 95%) of the photographers on campus were at Mountain Workshop, I was able to take advantage of the opportunity and live out a dream of mine: shooting a Division 1 football game. It was an absolute blast. The atmosphere was electric, the game was great (even though WKU lost in overtime), and it was just a lot of fun. I'm splitting this up into two blog posts. This first post is photos mostly of the game itself, but all were taken with my main camera and telephoto lens.