Football – Page 3 – Scotty Anderson Photography

High School Football – Pullman vs Lakeside – Aug. 31, 2018

This evening I went to the Pullman High School football game against Lakeside High School. The game was held at Hobbs Field in Pullman.

I shot all my photos with my Canon 70D with my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens. As the day turned to night I had to increase my ISO setting in order to be able to get the faster shutter speed for football.

This was my second high school football game and the first one where I was near the sidelines.

Pullman High School went into half time with a 21 – 16 lead. After half they came out and got down to business. They outscored Lakeside by 20 – 7 in the second half. The final score was 41 – 23 in favor of the Pullman Greyhounds.

#20 Connor Coulter rushing
#20 Connor Coulter rushing

Lakeside's receiver misses a near touchdown pass
Lakeside's receiver misses a near touchdown pass

#12 Konner Kinkade listens to Coach Langerveld on the sidelines
#12 Konner Kinkade listens to Coach Langerveld on the sidelines

#20 Connor Coulter rushing the ball as a player from Lakeside starts to wrap him up
#20 Connor Coulter rushing the ball as a player from Lakeside starts to wrap him up

Lakeside rusher had one player to beat at the goal line
Lakeside rusher had one player to beat at the goal line

#19 James Pitzer rushing for a touchdown
#19 James Pitzer rushing for a touchdown

#19 James Pitzer rushing around the edge for a touchdown
#19 James Pitzer rushing around the edge for a touchdown

Pullman HS Offense lines up near the goal line
Pullman HS Offense lines up near the goal line

#12 Konner Kinkade rolls out for a pass
#12 Konner Kinkade rolls out for a pass

Pullman HS fumbles the ball but also recovered the ball
Pullman HS fumbles the ball but also recovered the ball

#11 Isaiah Strong rushes for a touchdown
#11 Isaiah Strong rushes for a touchdown

#54 Gabe Westensee tackles Lakeside's player
#54 Gabe Westensee tackles Lakeside's player

A smoke ring floats over the field following the cannon blast after Pullman HS's touchdown
A smoke ring floats over the field following the cannon blast after Pullman HS's touchdown

#35 Ty Hendrickson tackles Lakeside's runner
#35 Ty Hendrickson tackles Lakeside's runner

#19 James Pitzer grabbed by Lakeside as he is rushing the ball
#19 James Pitzer grabbed by Lakeside as he is rushing the ball

#11 Isaiah Strong makes a big tackle against Lakeside
#11 Isaiah Strong makes a big tackle against Lakeside

Pullman HS on defense stopping Lakeside's rusher
Pullman HS on defense stopping Lakeside's rusher

#12 Konnor Kincade throwing the ball
#12 Konnor Kincade throwing the ball

Coaches Langerveld and Bray during pre-game warmups
Coaches Langerveld and Bray during pre-game warmups

#11 Isaiah Strong catching pass during pre-game warmups
#11 Isaiah Strong catching pass during pre-game warmups

High School Football – Newport vs Inglemoor – October 7th, 2016

On October 7th, 2016 Newport High School located in Bellevue, Washington traveled to Pop Keeney Stadium in Bothell, Washington to play Inglemoor High School.

I had just rented two telephoto lenses to test for the weekend.
– Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens
– Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

I have been favoring the 100-400 lens but I wanted to try both before I purchased one.

As it turned out my brother invited me to my nephew’s football game. It was a perfect opportunity to try both lenses. I used one in the 3rd quarter and the other one during the 4th quarter.

I love having the 400 zoom but I also noticed I had to really crank up the ISO in order to get some of the photos. I love the fact the 70-200 is faster glass and I get better photos.

After today’s test the 70-200 has made up some ground. Unlike most posts, this album will not have specific descriptions with each photo.

A little more about the game. Inglemoor has had a rough time at football recently. In fact this season it sounds like they are oh-for. Newport was looking to keep Inglemoor in the losing column. With merely 3:39 to go in the game Newport had a one point lead. But they were unable to hold on in the final minutes of the game. They allowed Inglemoor to score two times in the final three plus minutes to win 40 – 28.

Newport High School at Inglemoor High School. Inglemoor wins 40 - 28.

WSU Football Spring Practice – April 7th

I made plans to get some photos today but I wasn’t sure what I was going to get. I was thinking possibly some sunset shots, but it was far from sunset. I wanted to go to the CUB on the WSU campus for lunch and to work on my column. I figured it would be a great excuse to be on campus and get some photos of some buildings. I would like to get pictures of buildings and views that will be going away. For example the old WSU Fire Station (currently used as a police station) will be razed (partially) for an expansion of the Fine Arts building. The Stadium Way/Main Street entrance to campus was updated with new rock walls and signs. It is very nice.

I digress.

I walked out of the CUB towards the roof of the Terrell Library. It has some pretty nice views and happens to overlook the WSU football team’s practice field. As it turns out they were practicing. I grabbed my camera and started to take photos. After a few minutes a guy shows up and lets me know that I am okay to come to the field and take all the photos I want but they are asking I do not take photos from the roof. Live and learn. The man said they were going to be going to Martin Stadium soon. He gave me a roster and invited me to come on to the field and get some action shots.

I went down to Martin Stadium and started to take photos. This was my first time using my camera to do sports. I was learning as I was there. Due to the lighting on the and the low sitting sun I had to change my settings a lot. My goal for the photos was to have action shots that froze the action. My camera can do 1/8000 of a second for a photo.

Overall I found when I was taking a photo of action taking place in the bright sunlight I had my exposure time between 1/1250 sec to 1/2000 sec with ISO-400. Some of them were taken at with an exposure speed of 1/1000 sec to 1/1250 sec with ISO-640. Most of the photos I took in the shaded areas had exposure settings of 1/640 sec to 1/800 sec with ISO-800.

The majority of my photos were taken using my Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-135mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS STM. A couple wide angle shots were taken with my Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM.

The photos in the gallery are a sampling of the photos I captured. I hope that I can get better at getting the good angles for sports shots in the future. Unfortunately several rad shots were ruined because I wasn’t in the right spot when the photo was being taken so I didn’t get the detail I wanted.