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Thanks!
Any self portraits?

Cool pics!!! What size lens or what zoom do you have?

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Originally posted by PhxPacker:
Thanks!
Any self portraits?

Nope, not in this batch. I like to stay behind the camera.

Whoa. Great pics. Your photos get better and better every time.

Loved the cheerleader shot.

You have some professional looking shots in there. Great work, thanks for sharing!!!!!!

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Originally posted by R MaN:
Cool pics!!! What size lens or what zoom do you have?

Canon 20D with 70-200 f/2.8L IS + 2x extender for most of the shots.
Canon 30D with 24-70 f/2.8L for the wider angle and closer up shots.

Both these dSLRs have 1.6x multiplier type sensors though, so with the telephoto I was effectively shooting at a focal length of 640mm (35mm film-equivalent).

I see St. Vince is back with his woman. She was MIA for a long time.

Only 127 pictures? I don't think you got your money's worth for those seats.

The pics were excellent!!! I enjoyed seeing them

Very nice. Can Tauscher look a little bit more like the Wolfman?

Spitz with the porn stash

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Originally posted by pakrbakr:
Whoa. Great pics. Your photos get better and better every time.

Loved the cheerleader shot.

You have some professional looking shots in there. Great work, thanks for sharing!!!!!!

Thanks! I appreciate the kind words.

By the way, I would have had some more cheerleader shots except that there were already a couple morons in the crowd mumbling things like "hey, with that lens, I bet you could get some good shots..." (you fill in the blank) and with my wife sitting next to me I didn't want to draw any more attention to us than I already was with the big camera setup, even if the intent was to take tasteful shots.

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Originally posted by official#1fan:
I didn't want to draw any more attention to us than I already was with the big camera setup

Were you wearing a Patriots jersey?

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Originally posted by GPack88:
The pics were excellent!!! I enjoyed seeing them

Thanks!

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I see St. Vince is back with his woman. She was MIA for a long time.

She was wearing quite the outfit

They were sitting about 8-10 rows ahead of us. Very interesting to say the least.

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Originally posted by Tooner:

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Originally posted by official#1fan:
I didn't want to draw any more attention to us than I already was with the big camera setup

Were you wearing a Patriots jersey?

LMAO!!!

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Originally posted by Hungry5:
Spitz with the porn stash

No, no. It's more of a "Black Bart" stache.

Outstanding! Where were your seats?

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Originally posted by BorderLine:
Outstanding! Where were your seats?

Thanks! Our seats were in the first row at about the five yard line on the Packer's side.

You do very nice work, sir.

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Originally posted by Tooner:
I see St. Vince is back with his woman. She was MIA for a long time.

She was with him out here last year when they played the Ravens (or was that the year before?)

Nice pics official!!

very nice, Brian...

Very nice pic's..great job

Man, Brian...my lens envy increases every time I see your stuff.

REALLY cool.

Thanks to everyone for the compliments!

On my photography discussion boards I'm getting chastized for putting all 127 photos in the gallery and I just tell them that if you were a Packer fan you'd want to see every single one!

Is it possible to include more players in a shot and get a clear shot?
I would like to see as many players in a play at a time.
Just asking.

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Originally posted by PhxPacker:
Is it possible to include more players in a shot and get a clear shot?
I would like to see as many players in a play at a time.
Just asking.

Sure, of course it is, the nature of the photograph is up to the photographer. To do this, one would use a wider-angle lens and decrease the aperture sufficiently to obtain a sufficient depth of focus so that all subjects of interest are sharp.

But why would you want to do that? Generally, unless the photo is a landscape, group portrait, or other similar type of shot, cropping in and isolating the subject of interest generally makes for a more compelling photograph. I suppose I could have taken a thousand shots from my seat where you could see the whole field with every player on it, but I doubt those would be considered very good pictures.

Especially in sports photography, where the action is typically stopped with a fast shutter speed, focusing solely on the subject of interest (with a long telephoto) and blurring the background of the photo (with a large aperture) is the standard. Take a look at any sports publication, in print or online, and this is generally what you will see. Although, I'll throw the caveat in here that many times good photographs do not conform to the "rules".

Or am I missing something...is there a specific reason you ask? If you're just looking for shots of each play to analyze the locations of each player etc, that would be pretty easy to do from the stands. That's what the teams do during the game to analyze formations etc. And if that's you're interest you'd probably be better off a little higher in the stands than in the first row where I was for these shots.

Just don't try to take any video of the action!

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Originally posted by Tschmack:

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I see St. Vince is back with his woman. She was MIA for a long time.

She was wearing quite the outfit

They were sitting about 8-10 rows ahead of us. Very interesting to say the least.

Wasn't she usually dressed as a green and gold nun (from the convet of Our Lady of the Two-Minute Warning)?

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Originally posted by LorenzosBabe:

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Originally posted by Tschmack:

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I see St. Vince is back with his woman. She was MIA for a long time.

She was wearing quite the outfit

They were sitting about 8-10 rows ahead of us. Very interesting to say the least.

Wasn't she usually dressed as a green and gold nun (from the convet of Our Lady of the Two-Minute Warning)?

What, no acknowledgement for bringing back a good shot for you this time???

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Originally posted by official#1fan:
the nature of the photograph is up to the photographer

Well, then next time leave the wife at home and you can get more cheerleader shots!

By the way, send a CD to the Packers, maybe we can get you to replace the current guy, he drives me crazy with his mediocre shots.

Our Official X4 photographer "Official #1fan" (Brian) has added an article to go along with his awesome pics.

Thank Brian!

http://packernews.timesfour.com/tr/bp1.html

Wow, Brian! These are awesome! I especially liked the pics with some of the D players clutching Favre's jersey trying to pull him down!! LOL!
Do you do this professionally?

I've been at games and tried to take pics with a D20 (70 - 300) but always found that I spent too much time thinking "photograph" rather than following the game! If you can do both together, thats terrific!

Whats the chance you'd be willing to share a high resolution shot with some of us on x4? I'm thinking something like pic # 40

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Originally posted by FRZ:
Our Official X4 photographer "Official #1fan" (Brian) has added an article to go along with his awesome pics.

Thank Brian!

http://packernews.timesfour.com/tr/bp1.html

Thanks FRZ! I changed the thread title so people see the link to the news article.

GO PACK GO!!!

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Originally posted by packfanincolorado:
Wow, Brian! These are awesome! I especially liked the pics with some of the D players clutching Favre's jersey trying to pull him down!! LOL!
Do you do this professionally?

I've been at games and tried to take pics with a D20 (70 - 300) but always found that I spent too much time thinking "photograph" rather than following the game! If you can do both together, thats terrific!

Whats the chance you'd be willing to share a high resolution shot with some of us on x4? I'm thinking something like pic # 40

Thanks! Yeah, I like the series with the D-line chasing Favre too...I missed the end of the play though where he tosses a shovel pass to get rid of the ball before being sacked.

To answer your question, I have a "day job" so photography has been mostly a hobby over the last couple years. But in 2007 I have started transitioning into doing it professionally part-time as opportunities present themselves.

If you're interested in a high-res file, please send me a PM and indicate what you want it for. Thanks.

Nice photos.

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Originally posted by Fur Fish and Feathers:
Nice photos.

Thanks FFF, I appreciate it.

Brian, you may have addressed this before...where are your seats? Some of the shots look like you're at head level with the players, and (to me at least) some look almost BELOW head level.

AMAZING pictures.

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Originally posted by StarrToDowler:
Brian, you may have addressed this before...where are your seats? Some of the shots look like you're at head level with the players, and (to me at least) some look almost BELOW head level.

AMAZING pictures.

Thanks Paul!

We found a couple first row tickets for $125 at Fuzzy's Titletown Tickets and we snapped them up. So we were in the first row, at about the five yard line on the north end of the Packer's side. Made it a lot easier to shoot the game, both for angle of perspective and not having to worry about people standing up in front of us every time something good happened. The only difficulty it caused was that when the action moved down the field away from us I had the tendency to want to stand to shoot but of course then that would have blocked the people behind us. Hmmmmmmmm....sounds like I'm pretty picky, eh? Guess
I just won't be satisfied till I'm shooting from the sidelines!

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Originally posted by official#1fan:

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Originally posted by StarrToDowler:
Brian, you may have addressed this before...where are your seats? Some of the shots look like you're at head level with the players, and (to me at least) some look almost BELOW head level.

AMAZING pictures.

Guess
I just won't be satisfied till I'm shooting from the sidelines!

You need to talk to PackerFanFan about that!!

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Originally posted by StarrToDowler:

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Originally posted by official#1fan:

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Originally posted by StarrToDowler:
Brian, you may have addressed this before...where are your seats? Some of the shots look like you're at head level with the players, and (to me at least) some look almost BELOW head level.

AMAZING pictures.

Guess
I just won't be satisfied till I'm shooting from the sidelines!

You need to talk to PackerFanFan about that!!

Just sent you a PM about this.

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Originally posted by official#1fan:

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Originally posted by packfanincolorado:
Wow, Brian! These are awesome! I especially liked the pics with some of the D players clutching Favre's jersey trying to pull him down!! LOL!
Do you do this professionally?

I've been at games and tried to take pics with a D20 (70 - 300) but always found that I spent too much time thinking "photograph" rather than following the game! If you can do both together, thats terrific!

Whats the chance you'd be willing to share a high resolution shot with some of us on x4? I'm thinking something like pic # 40

Thanks! Yeah, I like the series with the D-line chasing Favre too...I missed the end of the play though where he tosses a shovel pass to get rid of the ball before being sacked.

To answer your question, I have a "day job" so photography has been mostly a hobby over the last couple years. But in 2007 I have started transitioning into doing it professionally part-time as opportunities present themselves.

If you're interested in a high-res file, please send me a PM and indicate what you want it for. Thanks.

Packfanincoloroado, you've got a personal message waiting.