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My favorite Friday night game photo is one I didn't take

wq9nsc — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:07:34 GMT

Friday night I took a nice 65 mile road trip to shoot a high school football game and before the game the AD and one of our senior players asked me if I would mind helping a new photographer. The "new photographer" is the youngest brother of one of our senior linebackers. I was happy to help get a new sports photographer started out very young and he was so excited to be on the sidelines taking his own photos of big bro 🙂 I warned him we had to stay alert to danger and I did have to move him quickly in the third quarter when a running back and defender crashed the lines at us, he loved that adventure! I look forward to watching him progress at future events, he reminds me of some of the great kids I coached in youth soccer when my daughter was his age.

I didn't realize his mom caught a photo of us together so that is my favorite game photo that I didn't take, my sister saw it and called it me and mini-me 😂 His mother sometimes teaches a course for my department at the university and it will be fun to see how her two younger sons turn out in sports since their grandfather was a pro soccer player from Ireland.

I think the photo of us together was probably shot with a camera phone, I used a 1DX III to capture the young sports photographer. The lesson is, don't every overlook the opportunity to get a young person interested in photography because it will be a very nice experience for both of you!

Rodger

Re: My favorite Friday night game photo is one I didn't take

Tintype_18 — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:05:04 GMT

Great story with helping a new shutterbug get started. The last photo shows his concentration on getting the good shot.

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March411 — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:31:02 GMT

Very cool Rodger, big fan of that first image.

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Danny — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:09:55 GMT

We're honored to meet the next generation of #TeamCanon!

Re: My favorite Friday night game photo is one I didn't take

wq9nsc — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:32:47 GMT

It is very enjoyable helping the next generation of photographers. Before heading up to the game, I met for a couple of hours with a grad student who is working on research with me to build a profile for her admission to a doctoral program and the mentoring role at the game was very different than the academic things I do but also very fun!

Rodger

Re: My favorite Friday night game photo is one I didn't take

mdphotography — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:49:18 GMT

and he's using a Canon Powershot to boot! 🔥

Re: My favorite Friday night game photo is one I didn't take

wq9nsc — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:37:54 GMT

I have a feeling mom and dad are going to see a new camera on his Christmas list. His mother told me he had so much fun and couldn't wait to learn more. So in terms of motivation I put this youngster above my undergrads and on the same level as my grad students 🙂

Rodger

Re: My favorite Friday night game photo is one I didn't take

JFG — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:22:37 GMT

Kudos to you Roger ! "A picture is worth a thousand words"...

Re: My favorite Friday night game photo is one I didn't take

wq9nsc — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:13:06 GMT

Thank you JFG! I have been fortunate in many ways and it is great to have fun while giving back!

Rodger