Professional photographers are hyper fixated on backgrounds. We know what’s in the foreground and we actively try to make the backgrounds clean so the subject in the foreground is a quicker read - nothing ruins a great action photo like a parking lot, empty stands or, heaven forbid, a porta-potty. I’ve shot plenty of youth and high school sports and there are times when you just can’t find a decent background but you work for it and work for it until you find it. A distracting background takes away from a good photo and a good background makes the foreground image even better.
During Sunday’s NFL game between the Seahawks and the Cardinals, I was pretty much in the wrong place for any big plays but got lucky on this one as Seattle’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba took an 82-yard pass reception from quarterback Drew Lock to the end zone for a touchdown.
As a reaction photo, JSN’s arms outstretches is a nice moment but when I went to review my frames to transmit, I noticed both a Cardinals fans a...
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