Washington v. Idaho, 09.12.09

Hey, stranger, nice of you to stop by the old photo blog. Why don’t you stick around for a bit and have a look. I know, I know, it’s been too long since I invited you over with a new post of anything substantial, but I’ve been getting caught up with the weddings that I shot over the summer.

Last Saturday, I shot my first football game of the year, Idaho visiting Washington. The high noon-thirty kickoff, heavy shadows and heat waves rising up off the field made for less than ideal shooting conditions, but that’s not quite the end of the world, now is it?

If you hadn’t heard, the Huskies have had a rough patch for the last, um, while, going 0-12 last season. Entering the game against Idaho, they carried 15 consecutive losses on their shoulders, last wining a game in the early days of the photo blog. Yikes. aDespite the famine of recent victories, most people figured the Huskies to beat the Vandals. And beat the Vandals they did.

Photos:

New head coach Steve Sarkisian leads the Huskies out the tunnel before the kickoff. Jim Lambright had the team use a smoke machine when he was the coach of the team in the mid-late 90’s, and I think it’s just as ridiculous now as it was then.

Jake Locker was injured for much of last year, but he didn’t seem to have much trouble with he Vandals defense. Here he scores a touchdown:

Johri Fogerson scores in the second and fourth quarters:

The defense made some plays:

The last frame I got by laying down on the field to try to play with the heat waves that rise off the synthetic turf and maybe get something Impressionistic out of them, but it doesn’t really work. Maybe if I shot with longer glass than 200mm it might be cooler, but I’m not sure it’s worth the effort. I’ll probably still try it again if the opportunity arises, though.

Finally, the Huskies won for Coach Sarkisian’s first victory. Here he sings the school fight song with his players in front of the student section:

Bow down to Washington.

More to come soon. I promise.