So, before the game I go and generate one of those rosters and load it into Photo Mechanic. It’s amazing and saves a ton of time (totally worth the inexpensive subscription). To make things easier there’s a service you can subscribe to called “” and it’s for photographers who use the program Photo Mechanic (which used by all pro sports photographers, myself included) and you import this generated team roster into the program and then you just type in the player’s number and it fills in everything for you. I’m going to have to properly identify each player (correct spelling of their name, team, position, and jersey number) for every photo I upload, and describe the action in the shot. Prepping Before You Leave For The Stadium Note the laptops throughout the room, all used for transmitting images during and after the game). LOL!!! There are two rooms like this, side by side. Ahhhh, the glamorous life of a sports photographer. ( Above: Another iPhone shot, this one of the Photographer’s Work Room at Raymond James Stadiums. They have free wireless in the workroom (and now, in the entire stadium for fans as I noticed on Friday), and there are power plugs and a counter to work on. When you shoot an event for a sports wire service, they need the images from the game as soon as possible, and so during halftime I upload half-a-dozen images, and then immediately after the game, from the photographer’s work room at the stadium, I transmit (as it’s called) another 25 or so final images. ( Above: My new Retina MacBook Pro, shot with my iPhone, but there’s something missing that should be there).
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