I’ve been shooting football for Sports Illustrated every weekend since the season started and wanted to share some of my favorite images so far.
This was just a few days ago during warm-ups before the Dallas Cowboys – New York Giants game in New Jersey. Terrell Owens gave me a quick glance that kind of scared me a bit. SI gets the raw images un-toned, but I took the liberty of toning it up to post here.
I was in Pittsburgh last week to cover the Giants – Steelers game. Running back Derrick Ward had a nice hurdle over a Steelers defender. This was published in the magazine.
At the end of the Penn State – Ohio State game in Columbus, Nittany Lions running back Stephfon Green jumped into the small crowd of Penn State fans in the corner of the stadium.
I love the guys on the left dressed as PSU players. I’ve photographed them in Happy Valley, but didn’t know they travel to the road games as well. The “381″ is a reference to the number of victories Joe Paterno has in his career, the most ever by a division one football coach. He’s 81, after all, and in his 59th season with Penn State (43rd as head coach).
I think that’s my shadow just under Green’s left leg.
This Bills game was the first time in recent memory that I had good weather in Buffalo. It was cool and clear – a perfect day for football. But something always has to go wrong there. Three helium advertising balloons hit some power lines in the parking lot just before the game and knocked out all of the power to the stadium. There was no jumbotron, no announcements over the public address system, and coaches had to send players in with the play call just like in the old days.
During this field goal attempt, you can see the big screen is out but the lights were just starting to come back on.
Finally, I really like this cheerleader shot from the Ball State – Western Kentucky game. We have to shoot cheerleaders at every game (really!) because SI posts a gallery on the site each week.
It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it.