The Beautiful Game

[neogfx]

This is my new body of work.
To my mates and me (we are students at Plymouth University) football is not about the million pound sport that occupies a lot of people's Saturday afternoons. Don't get me wrong, we are all fanatical fans of our respective local clubs (up the Cherries!), but for us footie is a game that gets played in the park by about 8 of us on a sunny afternoon after lectures, or after I've spent the morning in a dark room.
It's about enjoying the summer and having a good time and a bit of a laugh with good mates. It's good honest fun, it helps keep us fit, and most importantly, it's absolutely free! It's true, the best things in life are free.
I have tried to capture a different perspective to football that u don't see in the papers, a fun side. With this in mind I have gone for some unconventional angles and crops.
Anyway, comment away and keep your eyes peeled for my 'soft-focus' arty Park Footie series that should be posted here by tomorrow.
I hope you enjoy looking at these as much as I did making them.

The soft focus series is now up here http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=891571#post891571

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[d1a1s1]

Holy pic count! I tried scrolling down real fast to see if the people moved!

These make me miss the days where all I had to worry about was studying and grades. Wait...I never really worried about that. These make me miss the days where I appreciated a simple pick up game of soccer. Thanks for the series.

 

[neogfx]

You're welcome. I'm glad they make you think of those days, that's what I'm going for.

The series is intended for a gallery exhibition, hence the volume of work.

 

[cigrainger]

I like these a lot. Good angles and capture of motion.

 

[JustAMom]

these are truly fantastic i LOVE the colors they are so bright. reminds me of summer when i was a kid