Since so few football photographs are made with wide angle lenses, they really stand out. You never know when the action is going to come too close for any other lens to work. And since it doesn’t happen often, most photographers keep their wide angle in the bag until the game ends.

These shots were all [...]

BYU quarterback Max Hall lines up behind center in the red zone.
Again, my goal for football this year is to have good photos from each of three lenses (super telephoto, telephoto, and wide). These three were taken with a 70-200mm lens (and probably a 1.4x teleconverter)
The 70-200 is a go-to lens when the Cougars are [...]

BYU wide receiver Michael Reed (3) runs for a touchdown.
Last post I talked about using three cameras for three different viewpoints from a football game. From last Saturday’s BYU home opener, here are my favorites taken with the 400mm/2.8 lens. This is the one that gets me in close.

BYU quarterback Max Hall.

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