A Not-so Friendly Spring NCAA Soccer Game
This past weekend, NC State scrimmaged Virginia in a spring “friendly”. In the first half, there was a scuffle where Chrystel Bakong (8) from NCSU got into a mix up with UVA’s Jonathan Villaneuva (10). Here Bakong can be seen putting the choak on Johnny V… amazingly the official only showed Bakong a yellow. NC State went on to win the match on a second free kick just outside the 18 yard box that went over UVA’s wall and pretty much the keeper didn’t see it until too late…
More images from the UVA / NC State spring soccer game
20090404 – NC State at Virginia (NCAA Soccer) – Images by Jason O. Watson
O! Say can you see?
Here’s another remote shot taken from the United States v. Mexico Men’s Soccer game in Columbus, OH on February 11, 2009. This image was taken with a Canon 40D and a 15mm fisheye at f/2.8. Like my shot of a similar image from a different camera/angle this remote was set to go off every 30 seconds through the entire game — the result was several crowd shots that could be combined to form a time-lapse video… it also made a couple of nice single stills, especially when Sam’s Army and the American Outlaws fan groups pulled out their very large American Flags (usually in celebration of a goal, or a Mexican red card).
Don’t Tread on Me… USA v Mexico Men’s Soccer
I headed to Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday afternoon to shoot a pretty big soccer game on Wednesday night. My major focus for the assignment was to really cover the game action on the field and with remote cameras while fellow photog Eric Kelley shot crazed fans, pre-game festivities, etc. We mixed it up a little bit and got a batch of images that I’m really pleased with. This shot is instantly one of my all-time favorite remote camera shots — and it took a lot of work and a good amount of luck to make happen. This is the first goal of the game, where Michael Bradley (4) put away a pin-ball series of headers/volleys inside the 6-yard line to put the U.S. up 1-0… America ended up defeating Mexico 2-0, with the second goal also coming from Bradley in the 92nd minute.
Getting this image required setting up a remote camera (actually did three) up in the catwalk on the north end of Columbus Crew Stadium… getting gear up a narrow ladder onto the structure was a challenge itself. Another issue was the fact that major storms were approaching with heavy rain, heavy winds (gusts in excess of 60mph). So, the remotes had to be secure enough not to move in really strong winds. I used my standard magic arm/super clamp set up with safety cables… this image was shot with a Canon 20D with a 50mm lens at f/2.8.
I’m really glad that I got up there early to set everything up because by the time for others to place remotes behind the goal came about, US Soccer decided because of the weather/field conditions to not allow goal remotes… so these were the only remote shots I was going to be able to get.
Gallery of photos from the game…
My images from the game on NikeSoccer.com
