Keep your camera trained on any star player returning to face his or her former team.
New York Rangers’ forward and former Boston Bruin
star Phil Esposito (L) raises his stick in celebration after scoring his fourth
goal of the game past Bruin goalie Jim Pettie to pace the Rangers to a 7-4 win
in Boston (© Michael Maher, The Lowell (Ma.) Sun).
The Photo:
Revenge by a
player who was traded is a great storyline for fans and the media, but one that
doesn’t often play out successfully.
When former Bruin Phil Esposito returned to Boston as a member of the
New York Rangers, his current team was having a very successful year, but the
Bruins were not. “Espo’s” return and
possible revenge was seemingly all that was discussed in Boston during the days
prior to the game, though he had been traded a while before. I positioned myself at center ice with my
300MM lens so I could easily photograph the entire ice rink and both teams’ goals. Esposito got his revenge by scoring four
goals and leading his Ranger team to victory against his former Bruin
club. Whenever Esposito was on the ice,
I kept my camera focused on him, but other players blocked my view of his first
three goals. On this last one, I had a
clear view, as both a happy Esposito and the dejected Bruin goalie gave me contrasting
reactions as the puck lay in the net.
This was another “victor and vanquished” photo, but it was far more
significant because it told the story of a player’s triumph when returning to
face his former team.
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Tips:
1) The return of a traded player is a great
storyline and terrific photo opportunity.
2) Concentrate on photographing almost everything
the returning player does during the game because you are likely to see emotion
if the player does exact some revenge.
3) The best photo is of the returning player
looking happy or celebrating, even better if his former teammates look sad or
dejected in the same image.
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