An estimated 16000 fans visited an “open house” tour of the University of Michigan’s newly expanded Michigan Stadium football facilities, featuring two matching five-story towers that loom over the original bowl, adding chair-backed premium seating, and over 80 luxury suites. The “Big House” will be rededicated on Sept 4, 2010 at the season opener against Connecticut when it will reclaim the title of the largest stadium in the United States for college and/or professional football, with a seating capacity of 109,901.
So I installed a remote camera at this year’s NCAA Frozen Four Championship Final, hoping to capture some good goal shots. The positioning at the rink was very limited, due to better positions reserved for the NCAA photog and Sports Illustrated… so I picked this angle behind the goalie and went as wide as I could. After picking out the couple of goal shots, I figured since i took frames throughout the game, this may look cool as a timelapse of the game. Enjoy!
Last week Michigan and Michigan State faced off in part1 of their annual two game interstate skirmish and it was a doozy. Aside from catching your’s truly in the highlight above (white shirt on baseline), see Manny Fresh’s pretty quality face kick of Kalin Lucas. Take that little bro! (yes yes little bro then exacted revenge by draining a game winner…)
Lots of media sources are compiling their Best of 2009 and even Best of the Decade galleries as we fast approach 2010. I thought I’d join in the fun by putting together my own favorite photos i’ve taken this year. Its a good exercise for any photographer to do, giving you the opportunity to reflect on your work in the past year and how you may learn to improve from them.
So, follow the jump link to see my Photos of the Year from 2009. They’re not necessarily the “best” images in terms of execution or action pictured, but were certainly what I thought were cool or funny or interesting. The pictures are presented chronologically through 2009.
This past Saturday saw Michigan State claim a second consecutive victory over the Michigan Wolverines, an achievement last seen during the Johnson Administration. Little Brother tripped up Blue. Gotta love the in-state rivalries.
Forcier gave everything he had in the downpour
I shot the game this time not for the AP, but a sports magazine. So, since my shots won’t be published for quite a while, I thought i’d share some of my favs. They’re a lot less of on-field action and more of the atmosphere surrounding this wet, wild game. Enjoy!
