Pregame Excitement

Owen helped me to find a good place on the sidelines that he thought would be perfect. He assured me that I would not be in the way of any of the players and I should be back far enough from the boundary line. He said if any plays came that way, unless it was just a completely wild throw or dive, I would be safe from any harm.

I just knew that being this close to the actual game play, I needed to stay alert, especially if the football or any running players were coming my direction. I didn’t want to take any unnecessary chances since I was holding the very expensive school camera equipment in my hands.

Owen had asked me if I wanted him to run back and get a tripod for me but I declined. I wanted to see how this first set of games would go and didn’t want to be restricted with it. I wanted to be able to move around and get pictures of not only the game and the football players, but the cheerleaders and even the crowd. I wanted to capture the entire experience.

I figured it would all be