Green Bay Wisconsin Commercial and Editorial Photographer

Photos From The Green Bay Packers vs Washington Redskins NFL Football Game • Septemeber 15, 2013.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Sunday was a day for me to dust off my NFL shooting skills. Usually I get over to the Green Bay Packers training camp a number of times over the summer and shoot a few preseason games. My schedule this summer only allowed me to get to one preseason game and I never made it over to practice. I was worried I would be a little rusty, but I was happy with the photos I got of the Green Bay Packers defeating the Washington Redskins 38-20 in their NFL football game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin on September 15, 2013. I also got lucky that a number of key plays happened right in front of me. As usual I started my game day outside the stadium capturing fan tailgating. It can be tough to find unique parking lot features, but even if you shoot it ever year, you have to take pictures of a bull dog wearing a mini cheese head and a Packers jersey. My last shot was my favorite of the day. As quarterback Aaron Rodgers ran off the field and down the tunnel he stopped and tossed his game towel to a group of fans.

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Mike

K9 Packers fan Vince Lombardi.

Packer Tailgater band member Kevin VanEss plays in the Lambeau Field parking lot before the game.

Packers and Redskins Jello-O Shots.

A few early arriving fans brave pre game rain in the new covered seats.

A few early arriving fans poke out in to the pre game rain to check things out.

Packers Jordy Nelson and Aaron Rodgers spin footballs in the end zone before the game. This was a ritual Rodgers used to do with Donald Driver.

Green Bay Packers defensive back Chris Banjo prays in the end zone after player introductions.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb helps tight end Jermichael Finley celebrate a touchdown.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones loses control of the ball before going in to the end zone.

Washington Redskins outside linebacker Brian Orakpo celebrates sacking Aaron Rodgers.

Green Bay Packers Mike Daniels, Clay Matthews and B.J. Raji knock the helmet off of and stuffing out of Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III .

Redskins fan Rocco Porreco shows a little disappointment in his teams play.

Redskins free safety Brandon Meriweather goes down to the turf after knocking himself out trying to tackle Green Bay Packers running back James Starks .

The Packers bench and officials call for help with Washington Redskins free safety Brandon Meriweather laying on the ground unconscious.

Packers Randall Cobb takes a knee as Washington Redskins free safety Brandon Meriweather is tended to.

Packers Sam Shields takes down Washington Redskins running back Chris Thompson.

Packers A.J. Hawk and B.J. Raji make a Washington Redskins running back Chris Thompson sandwich.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy watches a repaly of a possible score that got called back.

Redskins John Potter misses on a 51 years field gaol attempt as Green Bay Packers defensive end Johnny Jolly and defensive end Mike Neal try to block the attempt.

Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Wilson tries to tackle Green Bay Packers tight end Jermichael Finley.

Washington Redskins free safety David Amerson tries to defend Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson.

Washington Redskins wide receiver Aldrick Robinson tries to hang on to the ball as Green Bay Packers cornerback Davon House defends.

Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields pulls down Washington Redskins wide receiver Josh Morgan.

Green Bay Packers running back James Starks looks for additional yardage.

Packers fans celebrate Jordy Nelson’s touchdown as Redskins fan Rocco Porreco shows his displeasure.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III shake hands after the game.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers throw his towel to a group of fans as he runs off the field.

Photo Composition at 72ish MPH • iPhone Photography

Friday, September 13, 2013

Great photography sometimes requires extensive planning and previsualization. Sometimes great photography requires luck and just being in the right place at the right time. I’m not saying this photo is great, but I sure like it and I’ve gotten a great deal of positive comments since I posted it to social media. So here is the back story to the photo.

This summer I’ve been spending a great deal of time working on various projects for a client in southeast Missouri. I’ve made the 1,400 mile round trip trek with my crew five times so far since the middle of June and we have one more trip to do before the end of September. Well, when you’ve driven that same stretch of road so many times you can get a little bored and stir crazy. So, last night around sunset I had woken up from a little nap in the passenger seat as my assistant navigated the truck through central Wisconsin. The sky looked rather ominous so I grabbed my iPhone to try and get a cool picture of the sky. I was messing around a little as we hurled down the highway just a tad over the speed limit when I saw a cool looking barn coming up with “Thank You Farmers” painted on it. My timing is pretty darn good with a DSLR after shooting sports since the mid 80s, but timing a shot with a cell phone is tad of a challenge. I had one shot at this shot. I wasn’t going to be able to convince my assistant or stylist to pull over and let me spend some time with the barn. Well, I got lucky I think. This is my composition at 72ish mph.

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Mike

Wisconsin Sports Photographer • Sportrait Photo Shoot • Athletic Portraiture For Green Bay Phoenix Basketball

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

For the past couple of years I have had the opportunity to work on a portrait project on the Green Bay Phoenix D1 basketball teams. The project has it’s constrains on time, location and budget, but other than that I can be as creative as time allows. I usually only get an hour for two players and I need to get 3 or 4 different situation per player and a couple shots of the two together. My assistant and I set up a number of shooting areas that will easily allow us to move around and get the variation of shots the client wants. All of that prep of lighting and previsualization is very important, but the other very important thing is to make the subjects feel comfortable in front of the camera and to bring out their personality. That can be tough to do in a limited amount of time, but for this project the athletes were great to work with and I think I captured their personalities. When you get a seven footer Alec Brown breaking out in an impromptu juggling of three basketball, sisters Megan and Kaili Lukan teasing one another like sisters do or Breannah Ranger tossing out her big laughing smile and messing around it takes some of the pressure off the photographer.

Here are a few shots from my sportrait photo shoot with the athletes.

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Mike

If You Had To Pick One From The Two Photos Below Which One Would You Pick?

Thursday, August 15, 2013

For the past three year I’ve working on a project for the architects of the Green Bay, Wisconsin CityDeck to capture how visitors to the deck use and enjoy it. One of the features of the deck is a water feature that shoots water up in to the air. Kids, adults and even dog love to run through it. It’s made for some decent shots, but I’ve been trying to capture a more dynamic photo of the area during my last few visits. Late in the day the water gets backlit just right and you can use the shadow side of a building across the river as your background with a long lens to make the water particles stand out.

Last night I positioned myself about a half block away with a 300mm lens and set my camera to a high shutter speed to freeze the water and shallow depth of field to clean up the background. As I stood there in the middle of a road with a limited amount of traffic I waited for just the right moment. I got some okay stuff, but kind of run of the mill and even a little to busy with people. I had to leave my shooting spot a few times due to traffic and I was just about ready to call it good enough when two great moments happened. For the first one everyone cleared out and I could see a young boy getting ready to bolt through the spray. His run made for a couple real nice shots that I thought captured the fun of the water feature very well. Just as I was about to walk away happy I saw a young couple on a date and you could tell the guy was teasing the girl. He grabbed her as she laughed and tried to pull away, but he put her over his should and make a looping run through the water. Her red hair was flying as it they ran and even got propelled up as it got hit by the water stream. Two great shots in a span of about two minutes. I was content and moved on.

This morning I sat down at my computer and started to edit the photos. I wanted to put one up on Instagram. If you had to pick one from the two photos below which one would you pick? I picked the one I call “Young Love”, but I’m second guessing myself. I really like both shots.

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Mike

Photos From The Green Bay Packers vs Arizona Cardinals NFL Football Game. August 9, 2013.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

The Green Bay Packers lost to the Arizona Cardinals 17-0 at Lambeau Field on Saturday night August 9, 2013 to kick off the preseason. It was the first time the Packers had been shut out in a preseason game since Hector was a pup and they played half their games at County Stadium in Milwaukee. I started my day at Lambeau by heading to the newly opened south end zone expansion and getting the view of the field from up there. I really like the shot I got of Packers kicker Mason Crosby warming up from mid field right in the middle of the Packers G. It was also one of the first times most season ticket holder would get to sit in their new seats so I tried to record that. As for the game I did okay if what your trying to do is get the scoring plays. I got some nice action and reaction of the Cardinals touchdowns. Maybe my favorite photo from the game is Packers offensive lineman Josh Sitton modeling a Gilligan style Packers hat while spitting.

I’ll be on the road for a week long out of state commercial photo shoot when the Packers play their next preseason game at Lambeau and I’m okay with that. I’m looking forward to the start of the regular season and the excitement that brings.

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Mike

Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby practices from the 50 year line before the game.

A couple of young Packers fans get to their seat early.

Fans head to their seats in the newly opened south end zone expansion.

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Andre Roberts pulls in a pass in front of Green Bay Packers defensive back Jerron McMillian.

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Andre Roberts pulls in a touchdown pass as Green Bay Packers cornerback Davon House tries to defend.

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Andre Roberts salutes his touchdown.

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Andre Roberts celebrates his touchdown with Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer.

Green Bay Packers guard Josh Sitton models the Packers Gilligan hat and accessories with a little spit. I will call this picture Spittin Sitton.

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Jaron Brown pulls in a touchdown as Green Bay Packers cornerback Micah Hyde defends.

I have no idea what Arizona Cardinals quarterback Drew Stanton is trying to tell Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay Packers inside linebacker A.J. Hawk after the Packers got shut out at Lambeau during their preseason opener.

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Photos From The Green Bay Packers vs Washington Redskins NFL Football Game • Septemeber 15, 2013.

Photo Composition at 72ish MPH • iPhone Photography

Wisconsin Sports Photographer • Sportrait Photo Shoot • Athletic Portraiture For Green Bay Phoenix Basketball

If You Had To Pick One From The Two Photos Below Which One Would You Pick?

Photos From The Green Bay Packers vs Arizona Cardinals NFL Football Game. August 9, 2013.