A Tough Take

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Yesterday I shot the Purdue game against Eastern Michigan. Last year at Eastern Michigan it was a rough sailing for the Boilers. It seemed as if the freshman class would not allow a repeat of that today. They really stepped it up, and helped Purdue pull out the win. You can see that the future is bright in West Lafayette. Here Bryson Scott pays the price for a late bucket. His clutch play at the end helped seal the deal.

Bonus Photos

Here are some other photos that I took yesterday.

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Feel The Noise

Purdue vs. Boston College Photo Gallery

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Last night I made some pictures at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge game here at Purdue. The Boilermakers took on Boston College. The Purdue Athletic department spent the week pumping the game up with promotions, and the fans caught onto the big game atmosphere. This was a fun game to shoot, and the fans were a big reason why. During the halftime break former Boiler and current Orlando Magic guard E’Twaun Moore was honored. It really was a great day to be on campus.

Bonus Photos

As has become the custom here are a few bonus photos from the game last night.

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One Last Game

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Saturday I went down to Bloomington, Indiana to shoot one last football game this season. I love football, and I really am sad to see the college football season come to a close. I know that there are still games left, but for the most part it is over for me. A few emails extended it one more week for me though. The thing that I love about college football is the emotion involved. An example of that can be seen above. Seniors Kurt Freytag and Kevin Pamphile embrace just before their final game. For everyone there is a final football game. These two played theirs yesterday. You can see two men who have gone through a lot together getting ready to do it one more time. The game result was not quite what everyone wanted, but we did get to see our heroes one last…

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Breaking the Big One

My photo gallery from the football game yesterday.

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Early in the Purdue game yesterday Akeem Hunt finally broke the big run. He is one of my favorite players to photograph in the open field because of the angles he runs with. He always seems to be in a great position to make a picture. Yesterday he took off on a 62 yard touchdown run. As Hunt ran closer to me the 300mm I was shooting with became too much. Earlier in the day I purposely shot a basketball game with just the 300mm to try and break my bad habit of needing the entire body in the frame. Here it seemed to work out. By not tilting to get the whole body in I captured a Purdue coach in the bokeh cheering Hunt on. This is one of my favorite images of the year.

Bonus Pictures

Here are some pictures from the game yesterday…

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Return of a Legend

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Today I covered the final home game for the Purdue Boilermakers. This has been a weird season in which I have not seen them win a game yet. Today was no different, but it was a game that went down to the wire. One of the exciting aspects of the game was the return of Boilermaker legend Drew Brees. Every step of the way Drew has been doubted, and every step of the way he has proven his doubters wrong. He will end up being one of the best quarterbacks to ever play in the NFL statistically before it is all said and done. I was not able to photograph him as a player, but I was lucky enough to photograph him a couple of times today. The time that you see above was while Drew was leading the crowd in singing ‘Shout’ between the third…

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Three Yards and a Cloud of Dust

My photo gallery from the game last night.

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Last night I shot the Purdue men’s basketball game against Eastern Illinois. I feel that I had a good night shooting overall, but one picture stuck out in my mind. The picture above is of Purdue sophomore guard Ronnie Johnson fighting through the defense. I love pictures that make the sport look like a different sport. To me this picture makes Ronnie look like he is trying to get through the line in a football game.

Technical Data

The only real adjustment here was a small crop in Lightroom. I really feel as if my settings for Mackey Arena are good enough that I don’t have to do much to the files.

Bonus Pictures

As has become the norm, here are a few bonus shots from the game last night.

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