Football vs Indiana

I shot my last home football game as a Penn State student a few weeks ago. I’ve been traveling a lot so i haven’t had a chance to post photos yet.

Before the game, three Apache helicopters and a Black Hawk flew over the stadium.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 50mm, 1/640, f/14, ISO 800)

My brother and his friend drove to visit from Purdue. His friend is in the red shirt and my brother is to the left.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

My director at CSC smiles from the top of the stands.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/4000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

D’Anton Lynn protests a interception he believes he caught.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/8000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Towards the beginning of the game, Indiana QB Ben Chappell threw a long touchdown right into the endzone right in front of me. Before the game, I decided to try out a 50mm on my “emergency camera”. Well, it didn’t pay off and I wish I had kept my wide on. Because I got a blurry shot of his face when he came 2 inches from me. Had I had the wide on, I would have gotten a better shot with his feet in, because it was a disputed call.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 50mm, 1/640, f/11, ISO 800)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/2000, f/4, ISO 400)

Joe Paterno smiles on the field. I always try to get a lot of photos of the coaches.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Royster scores a touchdown.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/4000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/4000, f/4, ISO 400)

Most of the touchdowns were really boring and nothing to photograph during the game. Here’s one that wasn’t too too boring where Royster ran it in right in front of me.

(Canon EOS 40D, 135mm, 1/4000, f/2, ISO 400)

Royster and Brett Brackett celebrate the touchdown.

(Canon EOS 40D, 135mm, 1/4000, f/2, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/4000, f/4, ISO 400)

One of the many fumbles.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/6400, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Recovery of the fumble.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/6400, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1600, f/4, ISO 400)

He got pushed out but it looked like he was flying.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1250, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/2500, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Indiana coach went on many tirades. He threw grass, his gum, etc. He was on the field for at least 5 minutes just yelling at the officials after the Penn State touchdown where he saw holding. My camera body with the long lens was broken at this point in the game and by the time that I switched cameras and lenses around (4 switches), he was done. I was so mad because he was so expressive. This is from later in the game.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/2500, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1000, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/2000, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/4000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 400mm, 1/1000, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Joe Paterno walks off the field after the game.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 35mm, 1/2000, f/2.8, ISO 800)

Josh Hull walks around the field after the game. I thought this was a pretty cool shot.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 16mm, 1/5000, f/2.8, ISO 800)

I got right under Sean Lee after the game. He’s a really great guy. He kept thanking all of the fans for their support and ended up giving away most of his articles of clothing, including his gloves, seen below.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 16mm, 1/8000, f/2.8, ISO 800)

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 16mm, 1/8000, f/3.2, ISO 800)

Jared Odrick also celebrated with fans.

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 16mm, 1/8000, f/2.8, ISO 800)