Green Bay Wisconsin Commercial and Editorial Photographer

Photos from the Green Bay Packers vs. the San Francisco 49ers 2010 NFL football game.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Some games all the action seems to happen right in front of you and some games it all seems to happen in the other end zone. Just like the Dallas Cowboys game all the action happened in the other endzone. The Packers threatened to score two touchdowns in my end zone, but settled for field goals. I was happy with some of the non action photos that I came away with and they helped tell the story of a windy cold December day on the Frozen Tundra of Lambeau Field. The Green Bay Packers defeated the San Francisco 49ers 34-16 wearing their 1929 retro uniforms.

Packers fans do shots of schnapps while tailgating prior to the Packers vs 49ers game at Lambeau Field.

Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers tries to find a receiver.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver tries to get away from San Francisco 49ers cornerback Tarell Brown.

Joe Eckberg tries to find shelter from the wind at Lambeau Field in a replay booth.

Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews pressures San Francisco 49ers quarterback Troy Smith as he throw a pass.

Green Bay Packers cornerback Tramon Williams returns a punt.

San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Singletary talks with San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis on the sidelines.

San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis tries to jumps over the defensive pressure of Green Bay Packers safety Charlie Peprah.

Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields.

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. tries to stay inbounds while pulling in a catch as Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields applies pressure.

Green Bay Packers linebacker Frank Zombo sacks San Francisco 49ers quarterback Troy Smith.

San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis lets a pass slip through his hands.

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers runs for a first down as San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Justin Smith applies pressure.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones gets pulled down by San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nate Clements and safety Reggie Smith.

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Wearing his retro Green Bay Packers hat quarterback Aaron Rodgers is all smiles after the Green Bay Packers defeated the San Francisco 49ers.

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Mike

Photos from Wisconsin – Green Bay’s big 69-43 win over Wisconsin in women’s basketball.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Here are a few of my favorite photos from Wisconsin-Green Bay’s women’s basketballs big win over Wisconsin Thursday night Nov. 19, 2010 at the Kress Events Center on the UWGB campus. Green Bay defeated their cross state rival 69-43. Green Bay’s Celeste Hoewisch led all players with 22 points, one shy of her career high. It should be an exciting year covering head coach Matt Bollant and the Phoenix women’s basketball team who’s expectations are high after making it to the second round of the NCAA tournament last year.

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Mike

Portrait of Davonte King For ESPN The Magazine • Wisconsin Editorial Photographer

Sunday, November 14, 2010

I was recently assigned by ESPN The Magazine to shoot a portrait of a high school football player here in Green Bay, Wisconsin for a story they were doing on staph infections. The subject was Davonte King. Davonte lost his left leg below the knee when he was 13 due to a staph infection. It is speculated that he took a contaminated cleat to the ankle after another player was diagnosed with staph. He currently plays varsity football for Northeastern Wisconsin Lutheran High on a prosthetic leg.

In talking with the assigning editor at the magazine, they had only seen photos of Davonte that didn’t show he had a prosthetic leg. My goal for the shoot was to show that he has a prosthesis.

Davonte and his coached agreed to let us shoot a portrait of him before a light practice. Davonte is an easy going kid with a great attitude about life and football with a prosthetic leg. The day of the shoot he was hobbled by a sprained ankle from a game over the weekend. I’m not always the brightest bulb on the tree so I asked him which ankle he sprained since it could affect a shot I had already visualized. A fraction of a second later, I realized how stupid of a question that was.

We set up for the shot in an open area near the practice field. Midway through the shoot some of the other players ran past during a training drill. You could tell Davonte was buds with everybody. He got teased about getting his picture taken, but he gave it right back to them with a smile on his face.

I knew the shot ESPN wanted was one with the prosthetic leg off. I was little timid in asking Davonte if we could shoot one like that, but Davonte was all for it; that was the shot the editor liked and used in the magazine. I shot that photo a couple different ways, one with him holding the leg and one with the leg on the ground in front of him. The top photo in the blog is the pose the magazine used.

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Mike

Photos from the Green Bay Packers vs. the Dallas Cowboys 2010 NFL football game.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Some games all the action seems to happen right in front of you and other nights are like this past Sunday for me. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 45-7 on Sunday night November 7, 2010, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Five of the Packers touchdowns happened in the South end zone. The end zone I cover is the North end zone. That’s the way it goes.

This game was special in that my wife Judy Roemer made it down to the field for the first time. I got a call from the Fort Worth Star Telegram earlier in the week looking for a card runner. A card runner brings the media cards with the photographers pictures from the field up to a workroom on the concourse level that picture editors work out of. During a day game generally the cards are picked up at the end of each quarter. For a night game like Sunday you run the cards to the editors multiple times each quarter if needed.

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My wife Judy and I pose for a photo prior to the game. Judy was the card runner for the Ft Worth Star Telegram during the game (bringing media cards with photos from the photographers on the field to the papers editor). It was fun having Judy on the field and she did a great job and had a great time.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver didn't suit up for the game due to a quadricep injury. It was the first game he missed since 2002.

An excited Green Bay Packers cheerleader runs out onto the field with a team flag before the game.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones kneels in the end zone and prays prior to the game.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers outruns Dallas Cowboys safety Gerald Sensabaugh and linebacker Keith Brooking for a first down.

Dallas Cowboys Bryan McCann gets taken down by Green Bay Packers cornerback Jarrett Bush, safety Nick Collins and cornerback Brandon Underwood.

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant gets away from Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings does a Lambeau Leap after scoring a touchdown.

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant pulls in a touchdown pass as Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields defends.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers gets sacked by Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and guard Josh Sitton celebrate a touchdown by running back Brandon Jackson.

With linebacker A.J. Hawk blocking Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews runs in a tipped pass for a touchdown as Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle Marc Colombo and quarterback Jon Kitna try to defend.

Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips argues a penalty.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo doesn't seem to be all that happy that photographer Mike Roemer is taking his picture after the Cowboys lose at Lambeau Field 45-7.

A happy Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers runs off the field after the Packers defeated the Cowboys.

Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips walks off the field for the final time as the Cowboys coach. Phillips got fired the next day.

Forth Worth Stat Telegram card runner Judy Roemer (red vest) keeps out of the way of Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews as he high fives fans as he runs off the field.

Mike

Photos from John Stewart’s Return To Sanity Rally in Washington, DC.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

This past Saturday my wife Judy and I headed to Washington, DC for a weekend of R&R before Judy attended a meeting for immigrations directors. Our first stop was John Stewart’s Return To Sanity Rally / Colbert’s March To Keep Fear in the national mall. Here are a few of my favorite photos of some of the signs including a couple of Judy with a sign she found thrown away towards the end of the rally. The sign was very fitting for the culinary side of Judy, but the recipe is a tad different from hers.

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Mike