The Arizona State University Sun Devils Final 2012 Regular Season Home Game

Everyone seemed excited for the Arizona State University Sun Devils football final regular season home game on November 17, 2012. I was excited because it would be a day game and I would get to create images in the beautiful sunlight rather than the typical night game, high ISO of most of the ASU games I cover. This was the game when the Sun Devils would celebrate the graduating seniors on the team so a great many of the players had several family members either in the stands or on the sidelines.

You could almost feel the excitement in the air as the teams took the field, and for many of the players, the last time they would play in front of the home crowd.

17 November 2012: Arizona State Sun Devils QB Michael Eubank (18) drops back to pass during the Pac-12 conference match-up between the Washington State Cougars and the Arizona State Sun Devils at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

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NCAA College Football — Utah Utes vs Arizona State University Sun Devils Sept. 22, 2012

I’m playing a bit of catch-up with my football images these days, college football season is finished, all the college bowl games have been played and the BCS champions have been crowned, and yet I’m still posting images from a late September game. Yep, that’s right I am. I thought you might enjoy a few images from this game although I feel bad for the Utah Utes because it was a bit of a rough game for them.

I’ll let the images tell the story.

I got a new lens, yeah for me. I spent most of the time during warm-ups before the game playing with my new wide-angle lens and I gotta say I’m liking the images I have created with it.

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NCAA College Football – Oct. 18, 2012 University of Oregon Ducks vs. Arizona State Sun Devils

I am excited to see the Oregon Ducks play in this year’s Fiesta Bowl so I went back for a little look at the images I captured when the Ducks came calling on the Arizona State Sun Devils

18 October 2012: Sidelines are reflected in the helmet of University of Oregon Ducks CB Terrance Mitchell (27) prior to the start of the Pac-12 conference match-up between the Oregon Ducks and the Arizona State Sun Devils at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

First off the Ducks had these really cool helmets that would make all kinds of great reflection images so I had to try to take advantage of that opportunity.

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NCAA College Football – Aug. 30, 2012 NAU at ASU

There are some general guidelines on how to photograph college football, but sometimes you just need to be lucky.

I know, I know nobody likes to read too much text so I’ll use fewer words and more images for everyone out there with attention deficit disorder (ADD). Also, just so you know, NAU is Northern Arizona University, and they are the Lumberjacks and ASU is Arizona State University and they are the Sun Devils.

30 August 2012: Arizona State Sun Devils WR Rashad Ross (15) completes a 50 yard reception against the NAU Lumberjacks during the PAC-12 season opener at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

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NCAA College Football — September 8, 2012 Illinois at Arizona State

I haven’t posted any college football this season and I’m not sure why, so I thought I would show you some stuff from a few of the games I covered. I’ll start this with the September 8th, 2012 game between Illinois and ASU.

When one of the coaching staff holds up a sign that says “Nasty” you know this is going to be fun to watch.

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Insight Bowl 2011 – Iowa Hawkeyes vs Oklahoma Sooners

OK, I know this wasn’t billed as the contest of the century or a battle of titans but you would think the game would provide some good football action, I mean after all this was the Oklahoma Sooners an explosive team for sure and the Iowa Hawkeyes. On paper the game looked to be an exciting contest, but down on the field stuff just sort of seemed a bit lackluster.

December 30 2011: Iowa Hawkeyes quarterback James Vandenberg (16) drops back to pass during the Insight Bowl between the Big Ten Conference Iowa Hawkeyes and the Big 12 Conference Oklahoma Sooners at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 31-14.

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How about some FOOTBALL! – UCLA vs Arizona State Sun Devils

This post in going back to November 26, 2010 but because College football bowl games are upon us I thought I’d post up some football images. This was my best game for capturing images because it was a day game starting at 1:30 pm in the afternoon. For me getting the opportunity to shot a day game is both a treat and a challenge because you have lots of light and that can be a difficult thing to overcome and very helpful in capturing your images all at the same time.

As you can see from this image, shooting in the bright mid-day sun can leave the players eyes in dark shadows and blown highlights on white uniforms can be a real problem. In this shot UCLA Bruin’s quarterback Richard Brehaut drops back to pass and if I could have gotten more of his eyes in the shot I think it would bring more intensity to the image.

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NCAA Division 1 Football: Portland State vs. ASU

I love football! Well, I also love Motorsports, like if football and Motorsports were my kids, I would tell them I love them both the exact same amount.

On with the show.

04 September 2010: Arizona State Sun Devils quarterback Steven Threet (14) gets a play from the sidelines during a regular season game between the Portland State Vikings and the Arizona State Sun Devils at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Arizona State defeated Portland State 54-9.

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