This isn’t the type of “huddle” that the referees like during a game. This is the Arizona Cardinals Head Coach Bruce Arians giving the Ed Hochuli (#85) and Patrick Turner (#13) a piece of his mind. I took this about a month ago when the Cardinals were in Pittsburgh playing the Steelers
Colin Kaepernick
I had a great time photographing the Steelers vs. 49ers game yesterday. We had great weather and I enjoyed seeing the 49ers in person. I can’t claim I had a great photography day. I didn’t really get any photos that I thought were great. It seemed like all the great plays happened where I wasn’t or the harsh sun ruined some photos. I don’t know. I just wasn’t happy with 99.9% of the photos I took at the game. Weird how that happens some times.
Anyway, today’s post is of #7 Colin Kaepernick, the 6’ 4”, 230 lbs quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. A very talented and sometimes troubled player during his time with SF. Regardless, I was happy for the chance to see him play in person. Some of my favorite photos from the games are the sideline shots. I took this shot in the 2nd half right after he threw a touchdown pass.
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Me towards the beginning of the game, taken with my iPhone
All Pro QB
NFL Preseason isn’t the most exciting time of year, but it was a treat getting a close look at Aaron Rodgers. It isn’t always worth it going to preseason games. Many times the starters play little, if at all. The teams don’t try hard all of time and they don’t use all of the plays in their playbook. Frankly, these games are a waste of time from a fan and players perspective. But they continue to make the owners a ton of money, since the fans still have to pay full price for a poor product. In fact, season ticket holders are forced to purchase these games if they want their season tickets.
Anyway, I based my decision on whether to photograph the games based on who the visiting team is and whether or not I’ll get a reasonable shot at seeing them in the game. So last weekend, I decided to go see the Steelers vs. Packers. Why? Because the Packers rarely come to Pittsburgh and Aaron was going to play a little in the first quarter. So I photographed the first half, while the starters were playing. I was happy I got a chance to see Aaron. Regardless for how I feel about Green Bay Packers, I respect him as a person and quarterback. Therefore, tonight’s post after a long absence is of #12, THE Aaron Rodgers.
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Pittsburgh's West End Lights
Tonight, I present you a HDR panorama picture of Pittsburgh
taken from the West End Overlook where the three rivers come together. You can see the West End Bridge, Rivers
Casino, and Heinz Field (this is where the Steelers and the University of
Pittsburgh Panthers play football) along the river on the left. Of course, you can also see The Point with
the downtown behind it. On the right,
you can see Station Square and Mt. Washington.
I posted a similar picture in a previous blog post that you can see HERE.
http://brook-ward.com/blog/2012/12/1/lazy-saturday-night
This was taken about 30 minutes after the sunset with a long exposure to capture all the traffic lights streaking around the streets. This is a 5-bracket set (+2, +1, 0, -1, -2) merged in Photomatix Pro and edited in Photoshop CS6.
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