First off, I'd like to express my thanks to the coaches and players for allowing me, yet again, to jump into the season with you, starting with Husky Games.
I love attending Husky Games because it's almost a clean slate for me, I get to start fresh with a new season, with some new faces. However, during this time, I'm very grateful for the familiar faces and personalities that I'll get to encounter for the next five months.
I consider Husky Games the first day of the season; I never consider the first game my first day of the new season. I spend countless hours months before the first game thinking about the moments I'll capture every year-countless hours that I never take for granted. How will these pictures be different from last year? I talk to the players and make sure I know what kind of special photos they're looking for (after all, it's their season). I think about the first and last touchdown photos of the season I'll get, and of course, the important plays in between those. I spend time getting to know the player's numbers, and make sure that I'm familiar with them. I spend time freaking out wondering if I'll get tackled again, which surprisingly hasn't happened again, and of course making sure I'm ready to run out of the way if a play comes too close for comfort. I'll spend time thinking about how to make photos tell the story more, and make sure that EVERYTHING that happens in the game doesn't go unnoticed. Like the players say..."From the start, to the finish."
I don't just show up at every game hoping I'll get the "game winning" shot because it doesn't work that way. I prepare myself in advance to get the shot and I walk through those gates every Friday determined to get that shot, no matter what.
Having passion for something, doesn't just mean you love IT. It means you love everything about it, and anyone associated with it.
I don't just love football, I love my team. I love the coaches, players, the families of the players and coaches, the trainers, and everyone involved with the football program. After all, they're my family.
If I say one thing over and over again, it's that I wouldn't trade being the MUSHographer for ANYTHING in the world.
MUSH.
See more photos from Husky Games VI here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=hp#!/media/set/?set=a.10151011986003051.432889.156319558050&type=1
