Normally I don't spend much time shooting opposing teams. This was taken during a Mighty Mite football game at Aurora. I was shooting the Wildcat defenders and looked toward the endzone and this guy was so wide open that I couldn't help but swing my camera his way. Sometimes the timing of a shot is just luck. (More on that in later posts).
The real story of this photo evolved three weeks later. Feeling that this was a photo that a mother needed to have, I printed a 4x6 and put a copy of it on a cd and waited. When Aurora came to town to play I searched the visiting fans for someone who might be his mother. I had worried for 3 weeks that I may not be able to find her. Sure enough a lady wearing a #80 jersey was spotted. My wife and I walked around the track and I presented it to her. Her emotion caught me off guard. She began to tear up and then I started to tear up and my wife started sniffling. She was very happy to have recieved it.
The moment magnified part of my reasoning for doing what I do. I didn't get or want any money for this photo, I just wanted her and her son to be able to remember that amazing catch for years to come. A lot of times in business there are more important things than money.
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