Shot my first MLS game last night – the Seattle Sounders vs the New York Red Bulls. What an experience. The chants, the energy and the stadium packed with fans in green and blue was a completely new experience to me. Shooting a pro game for the first time is thrilling but it is also stressful. Finding the right entrance, walking into a press room full of strangers, following the protocol and figuring out the mores of the other journalists is enough to throw you completely off. Luckily, I had the privilege of being taken under the wing of great photographer and all around decent human being Anthony Bolante.
All I can say is that the night went so wrong that whatever I shot last night would not have been possible without him.
Welcome to Seattle and the Seattle Sports Photo world, Suzanne! Aloha and cya soon, Anthony