Sports photography can be an extremely challenging creative endeavor. At every game, there are several photographers, all with the same equipment, sitting in the same spots along the field of play. When you’re working in the same venues several times a week, it can make work very repetitive. To get myself out of a creative funk, during blowouts, I started shooting 35mm film, then rewinding the film and shooting over it a second time. The goal is to add extra layers of information into a single image through multiple exposures that would not be possible with a standard photograph. There is so much going on at a sporting event — the action, the atmosphere, the details. The challenge is fitting it all into a single image. Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov looks on against the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on November 1, 2013. Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer and Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich during a press conference before the 2015 College Football Playoff Championship Game in Arlington, Texas on January 11, 2015. A ref looks on during an NCAA football game between SMU and UConn on November 16, 2013 at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, Texas. …
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