The photo was shot for Stanford; initially, Stanford Photo -- the official photographer for the university -- chose not to post the photo in its official album. In other words, it did not appear in the album devoted to the match. Stanford has several highly skilled photographers shooting their teams; and, for this game -- a quarterfinal match in the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship -- there were several shooting the game. So, for this post-goal celebration, Stanford Photo had several shots to choose from; and, here, at this moment, SP chose another, very good photo.
But, Stanford Photo and ESPN later apparently reviewed my photo and ESPN chose to use it; it ran for a full week on the espn.com home page, albeit in rotation.
The match was played at night at Cagan Stadium; for a photographer, I believe it's a relatively difficult place to shoot; it's relatively dark. But, that's an advantage, too, creating very deep, dark, and uniform backgrounds.
Richard, I was at the Stanford/Portland game with my family, not shooting. My daughter was a ball girl (they quickly provide a spare ball when a ball goes out of play then retrieve the balls kicked out of play) and the place was so packed, that we had standing room only in the end zone. With Stanford breaking the scoreless tie in the 85th minute to win, it was a very fun game (if you're a Stanford fan).
If you don't mind my asking, what equipment did you use in the darkness? I'm just curious what it takes to shoot soccer at night? I remember seeing one photographer with what looks like the Nikon 200 f/2 and then some 400 f/2.8 and perhaps a 600 f/4. I couldn't tell what bodies they had from a distance.
I shoot with a Nikon D3; here, I used a AF-S Nikkor 400mm f/2.8G ED VR. The D3 handles low light well.
I did not see anyone with a 600 f/4 or 200 f/2; but, I didn't look too carefully; and there were quite a few photographers at the game.
Offhand, the 200 f/2 handles low light very, very well; but, I'm not sure it's got enough reach; it's a reasonably heavy lens; so, you need to use a 'pod, in my opinion.
The 600 f/4 would be a tad too much reach for me; and a f/4 is a little too closed for Cagan at night, I believe.
But, in skilled hands, either lens would likely produce outstanding images.
Richard, I was at the Stanford/Portland game with my family, not shooting. My daughter was a ball girl (they quickly provide a spare ball when a ball goes out of play then retrieve the balls kicked out of play) and the place was so packed, that we had standing room only in the end zone. With Stanford breaking the scoreless tie in the 85th minute to win, it was a very fun game (if you're a Stanford fan).
If you don't mind my asking, what equipment did you use in the darkness? I'm just curious what it takes to shoot soccer at night? I remember seeing one photographer with what looks like the Nikon 200 f/2 and then some 400 f/2.8 and perhaps a 600 f/4. I couldn't tell what bodies they had from a distance.
I shoot with a Nikon D3; here, I used a AF-S Nikkor 400mm f/2.8G ED VR. The D3 handles low light well.
I did not see anyone with a 600 f/4 or 200 f/2; but, I didn't look too carefully; and there were quite a few photographers at the game.
Offhand, the 200 f/2 handles low light very, very well; but, I'm not sure it's got enough reach; it's a reasonably heavy lens; so, you need to use a 'pod, in my opinion.
The 600 f/4 would be a tad too much reach for me; and a f/4 is a little too closed for Cagan at night, I believe.
But, in skilled hands, either lens would likely produce outstanding images.
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The photo was shot for Stanford; initially, Stanford Photo -- the official photographer for the university -- chose not to post the photo in its official album. In other words, it did not appear in the album devoted to the match. Stanford has several highly skilled photographers shooting their teams; and, for this game -- a quarterfinal match in the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship -- there were several shooting the game. So, for this post-goal celebration, Stanford Photo had several shots to choose from; and, here, at this moment, SP chose another, very good photo.
But, Stanford Photo and ESPN later apparently reviewed my photo and ESPN chose to use it; it ran for a full week on the espn.com home page, albeit in rotation.
The match was played at night at Cagan Stadium; for a photographer, I believe it's a relatively difficult place to shoot; it's relatively dark. But, that's an advantage, too, creating very deep, dark, and uniform backgrounds.
Thanks again, Andy, for posting.
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If you don't mind my asking, what equipment did you use in the darkness? I'm just curious what it takes to shoot soccer at night? I remember seeing one photographer with what looks like the Nikon 200 f/2 and then some 400 f/2.8 and perhaps a 600 f/4. I couldn't tell what bodies they had from a distance.
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Hi; yes, it was quite a game.
I shoot with a Nikon D3; here, I used a AF-S Nikkor 400mm f/2.8G ED VR. The D3 handles low light well.
I did not see anyone with a 600 f/4 or 200 f/2; but, I didn't look too carefully; and there were quite a few photographers at the game.
Offhand, the 200 f/2 handles low light very, very well; but, I'm not sure it's got enough reach; it's a reasonably heavy lens; so, you need to use a 'pod, in my opinion.
The 600 f/4 would be a tad too much reach for me; and a f/4 is a little too closed for Cagan at night, I believe.
But, in skilled hands, either lens would likely produce outstanding images.
Thanks for writing.
Richard
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