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Paraguay vs. Colombia Soccer (Fútbol)
Match - October 14th, 2009 |
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FIFA Regular Season Game - Next
stop for Paraguay...World Cup in South Africa 2010 !! |
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Fans
full of energy in the Stadium "Defensores del Chaco"
- Asuncion, Paraguay |
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Gustavo
Adrian Ramos #16 blocks Paulo Da Silva #14 and uses
his head to advance the ball. |
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Salvador
Cabañas #10 controls the ball and keeps it away from
Cristan Zapata #15 |
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Cristian Zapata #15 grabs the arm of Salvador
Cabañas and holds him back from getting to the ball. |
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Salvador
Cabañas #10 and Cristian Zapata #15 watch the ball
and wait for it to come down. |
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Nelson
Haedo #18 tries to block the kick of Ivan Ramiro
Cordoba #2 |
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Ivan
Ramiro Cordoba #2 leads the way as Jonathan Santana
#11 tries to break up the pace. |
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Colombia
goalkeeper David Ospina #12 watches as the soccer
ball JUST misses going in the goal. |
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Nelson
Haedo #18 falls to the ground after getting tangled
up with Yulian Anchico #5 |
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Nelson
Haedo #18 falls to the ground after getting tangled
up with Yulian Anchico #5 |
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Edgar
Benitez #9 and Yulian Anchico #5 struggle to get to
the soccer ball. |
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Elvis
Marecos #4 uses his head to pass the ball to another
team mate. |
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Ivan
Ramiro Cordoba #2 comforts goalkeeper David Ospina
#12 as he lays in pain after hurting his leg. |
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Colombia
soccer team |
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Paraguay
soccer team and family |
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Paraguay
players intensely watch the Argentina vs Uruguay
game on the large screen television. |
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Former
Paraguayan goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert gets a
standing ovation. |
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Yours
Truly (Mike Theiss) pre-game enjoying being on the
soccer field. Read Report Below: |
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Report:
Growing up one of my biggest passions was weather
(storms, hurricanes, etc...) and photography. I've
managed to combine these passions and now run two
companies dealing with weather photography. My other
big passion has always been sports. Every time I
attend a sports game I watch the photographers
sometimes more than the game and think to myself how
great of a job that must be to be apart of the game
and be so close to the action. My photography career
has continued to grow but my passion for sports
photography is still there and I've tried for many
years to break the barrier to get into this genre. I
have put in countless hours of emails and phone
calls to get a press pass for a professional game
but kept hitting walls. I have constantly been asked
for a portfolio and I show them my weather portfolio
and basically all the photos you see on
www.ExtremeNature.com
but the answer I always get back is "I need to see
your sports portfolio". Well, October 14th, 2009 was
my day to crack open the door and take a peak
inside. I would say I took the first step through
the door but have many steps to go to really make
this happen. I would love to shoot NBA games, NFL
games, PGA games, Soccer games and basically all pro
sports... |
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This
soccer match was so much fun. I was a bit worried
because a big thunderstorm was threatening and I was
afraid my first sports shoot was going to be a big
rain fest. While that would have sucked I was
thinking "Ok, well I will get great shots of flying
mud and a sloppy looking game might be interesting".
I am seasoned in shooting Hurricanes so keeping my
camera dry was no problem. The day ended up just
sprinkling after the main storm passed before the
game started. I was so close to the action and the
sounds of the ball being kicked and the players
noises really put me in the game with them. I was
able to stand right on the sidelines and in fact one
time almost got plowed by two players running full
speed for the ball as it went out of bounds. I
noticed my heart pounding hard and adrenaline was
fully flowing when the players were at my end of the
field and about to score a goal. Words really can't
explain the feeling being right there during the
match. Totally incredible. I can't image being that
close during a basketball game. I am so jealous of
the guys shooting back when Michael Jordan played
and the other greats. Being on the sidelines
photographing them must have been hard to keep your
concentration on the proper camera settings and not
to miss the shot while in awe. |
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Overall
I think I got great shots considering the game. I am
a Paraguay fan and that was the home team so both
halves I stayed at the end where Paraguay was trying
to score a goal on Colombia. I wanted to get a shot
of the goal being scored and most important the
reactions on the players faces as they celebrated
the goal. Problem is Paraguay did not score one goal
this night. Darn, In, fact they lost 0-2. There is a
lot of energy in the air because Paraguay has
qualified to play in the World Cup in South Africa.
This game was not crucial to win because they are
qualified to the World Cup no matter if they won or
lost but this was the last game of the regular
season and if they would have won they would have
finished in 1rst place in all of South America. Oh
well, There are still going to the World Cup. Humm....Now, if I can figure out how to get a press
pass to the World Cup Playoffs in South Africa. |
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A big
thanks to María Soledad Johnson Osorio and
Sr. Nicolás Ledesmaor
for helping me get the press pass and taking my step
through the door into being a Sports Photographer. I
could never have attended without your help, Thanks
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Photographer, |
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