I spent the first part of my life in the New England area (Boston, New Hampshire, Maine) so I'm naturally a fan of the Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics. I have however never been a fan of the Patriots. I can't explain why; they just never clicked with me. I moved around a lot over 11 states, but it wasn't until I moved to Nashville that I finally found an NFL team that I felt like I could call my own.
That team was the Tennessee Titans. So I was super excited when they called me to take the player photos for their 2018 season. What made it even more special was the fact that they were was getting brand new uniforms designed by Nike. There was a lot of buzz, especially around Nashville about the new look of the uniforms. Rumors were flying, and all of them were wrong.
As I was brought in to shoot the Titans for the new season in the new uniforms, it was great to be one of the first people to ever see the new looks. I couldn’t believe I was seeing the uniforms even before the players did.
Doing sports photography is a lot like shooting celebrities; the players time is valuable so you have to have quick instincts and know when you’ve got the shots that you need and move on. We shot the whole team over the course of 4 short days. I’ve always thrived on pressure, so when the owner of the team, Amy Adams Strunk was standing there watching us shoot for 2 of the days it just made me get in the zone all the more.
Here's a few of the photos. They’ve been featured on TV, in print, the Titans web site and their social media. But my favorite has been seeing them printed several stories tall on the sides of Nissan Stadium.
Tennessee Titans
Tennessee Titans
Tennessee Titans