San Francisco 49ers Training Camp
I was able to get training camp tickets and offered to bring some dgrinners, but no one took me up on the offer. Due to work issues, I was only there about 20 mintues. Football and shooting outside in general are foreign concepts to me. I'm used to shootiing ice hockey -- fast action, but in a dark cave through a scratched glass. The sun was just just harsh and I think I got a sunburn even though I wasn't out there very long. Shooting was just difficult with since people were walking in front of me. It also doesn't help that I don't really know this sport and didn't know what was going on. I don't watch the football and didn't understand the various plays, but I just listened to the people around me yelling and tried to shoot where they were staring.
1. Alex Smith, I think starting QB. I thought that this was a strange position, but someone said that I caught him in mid-straid.
2. He was the only one who kept losing his pants. #93 Ronald Fields
3. They weren't wearing full padding, but the hits were still pretty loud
4. Don't know who Manny Lawson is, but people kept yelling out his name as he ran by.
5. I learned that you can't grab helmet, but nearly everything else is fair game
6. I think he's the backup QB: #13 Shuan Hill
7. #81 -- Brandon Williams right after he made a catch
Hopefully, I can get tickets again next year!
C&C welcomed.
1. Alex Smith, I think starting QB. I thought that this was a strange position, but someone said that I caught him in mid-straid.
2. He was the only one who kept losing his pants. #93 Ronald Fields
3. They weren't wearing full padding, but the hits were still pretty loud
4. Don't know who Manny Lawson is, but people kept yelling out his name as he ran by.
5. I learned that you can't grab helmet, but nearly everything else is fair game
6. I think he's the backup QB: #13 Shuan Hill
7. #81 -- Brandon Williams right after he made a catch
Hopefully, I can get tickets again next year!
C&C welcomed.
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You did a great job capturing the game. You were right on all the positions too.
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Let me know if you're in the area next year and I'll try and get tickets again. Since the number of ticket holders have dropped over the years, the 49ers started to open up select training camps as an incentive. Even though I'm not a ticket holder, I figured out when they tickets are given out :-)
As for the knowing the positions and people, the media guide came in handy. I thought the draft pick was someone named Gore and thought one of the QB was the Bachelor guy on TV. I was wrong on both counts...
I got dragged last year when I was even more clueless about the sport (couldn't tell apart the defense and offensive) and shot things around ISO 400 and higher (I'm normally in 800+ for hockey) I just blew everything out and got lectured afterwards by the photographers around me (lesson: check historgrams, and check them again).
I was really afraid of doing that this year. I know that in sunlight, people generally follow the sunny 16 as a rule of thumb, but do you do that in sports in the daytime as well? Or is it always best to shoot wide open like most other sports?
My goal was to redeem myself this year and I think I have a lot more to learn. Any other tips? Any particular focus points? Now, I just wait until next year and hope that i can get tickets again.
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