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West Hardin High School senior quarterback Brandon Letsinger poses for a portrait at the school in Saratoga on Monday, Nov. 13, 2006. His team is heading into the playoffs.
 
Professional photojournalist Mark M. Hancock discusses photojournalism and the eccentricities associated with gathering images for daily newspapers and magazines.
4 comments:
Is there a story tie with him standing on his hands? Got a link to the story?
Jus' cuz. We run at least two sportraits each week. I wanted his image to look different than everything else. Here's his story.
I like this shot. I understand about trying to get something different, but I would have been afraid to ask a player to do a handstand on a football. The last thing I need to do is injure the staring quarterback before the game.
Actually, he's doing a fast, forward roll. I wanted a handstand, but his jersey kept falling over his face. This image is actually cropped fairly hard because he didn't straiten his knees in this frame. I'd still like to get a full extension image.
I think it's OK to ask a young, healthy football player to do anything I could do with my old body. If a handstand would injure him through all those pads, imagine what a 300-pound tackle would do. ;-)
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