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Huddle up, reprise

Colin Devroe — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:27:31 +0000

PITTSBURGH, PA – November 2007

World Champions once again. The above is a reprise of a photo I took in November 2007 while at the worst Monday Night Football game ever – against the Miami Dolphins. It wasÂ taken from just about the furthest seat you could possibly purchase at the stadium, was one of the very few photos I managed to take during the game. I suppose it was because my fingers were frozen into my pockets.

The game ended up going to the Steelers with a score of 3 to 0. Game delaying torrential downpours that made the field into soup, lightning that shook Heinz Field, and frigid temperatures that caused many-a-cold were all factors in why the game was so horrible.

Congratulations to the entire Pittsburgh Steelers organization for a great year.

MNF – Buffalo, NY

Colin Devroe — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:20:07 +0000

I am neither a Cowboys nor Bills fan, but I still went to a Monday Night Football game there. Must have been for booze.

When good photos go bad

Colin Devroe — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:55:59 +0000

Have you ever taken any photos that looked good in the viewfinder, or on your digital camera’s LCD screen, but when you saw them full sized ended up being rather bad? Or, perhaps you wished that your shot only had some minor framing adjustments?

Recently I took a trip to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the Steelers vs. Dolphins game (I know, I know, it was a horrible game) and I managed to take what I thought were a few great photos around downtown Pittsburgh. The day I was out shooting was a rather foggy, rainy, and generally gray day but I thought that out of the 100 or so photos I snapped that I had 4 fairly good ones. Turns out, I was wrong.

Now that I’m back home and have been able to look at my photos on my computer’s screen I don’t really like a single photo that I took. Some of them actually had potential too – but they were just slightly ill-framed, had horrible depth, or I missed ‘a moment’ by just, well, a moment.

I’m pretty bummed about not having any publishable photos from Pittsburgh. I’ll keep them in my photo library for the sake of keeping a few memories of the great time I had going to my first ever Steelers game, having been a fan since I was about 11 or 12 years old, but I just wish I had at least one good photo to show for it.

Current mood: Bummed out.

Eagles vs. Packers

Colin Devroe — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:03:03 +0000

The best type of gift to give someone is the type of gift you also benefit from. Eliza has always wanted to see her favorite NFL team, the Green Bay Packers, live and in-person. I’ve also never gone to an NFL game (at least not in my adult-life) so I was equally as excited to give her the tickets as she was to receive them.

What makes this gift all the sweeter is that I didn’t have to drive either! We opted to take a bus trip down where they provide food and drink, a movie on the ride to and from, and the tickets – all in one package. I am not a big fan of driving let alone driving in Philadelphia during an Eagles game.

Pre-game at Lincoln Financial Field

We had great seats. We got an email one-day prior to the game asking if we’d like to upgrade our seats for only 10-additional dollars. After consulting the seating chart we both decided it seemed like it was worth it, and boy was it ever worth it. Our seats rivaled those closest to the field – yet we both feel we had a better view.

Panoramic view of the field from our seats

Even though the Packers did not win, we still had a great time and were treated fairly well by both fans and staff. We’re looking forward to doing it again sometime.

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