If you are a football fan or watched yesterday’s Super Bowl, you probably know Drew Brees was named the MVP. What most people are not aware of is the other individual who should be given MVP status; that person would be Greg Pearson.
Who?
Exactly. But you may know his work---his photo captured the moment that really counts; it’s the one when Drew Brees held his son, Baylen, and kissed him. With tears in his eyes, he pointed at things going on in the stadium to his son-- he let his son know how much he loved him for the entire world to see. So to Greg Pearson, we present the MVP---or Most Valuable Photographer!
If you think this is kind of dumb consider this….
There were probably more professional photographers at the Super Bowl than members on both teams, combined---and although the stats are not available, based upon the number of photographers racing on the field after the game, they might have taken up an entire section at the game had they been sitting in their seats.
But how hard can it really be to shoot pictures when you are that close to the players? Well, consider how many times they were bumped when trying to take the photo that made the Yahoo home page or today’s paper; then multiply that by the number of people who cut in front of them after the game was over while taking pictures---and don’t forget the pieces of confetti that floated down in front of their lens. You can get a pretty good idea that this is not an easy situation for anyone to shoot the “once in a lifetime photograph.” What’s really amazing is when you are trying to focus on the number one player, and catch him when he is doing something out extraordinary, he turns the right way and you get the shot. In this case, showing raw emotion with his wife and child.
No matter how great Tracy Porters interception was, action shots are not nearly as powerful and emotional “catches” like that of Mr. Pearson’s. It was not only great a great picture, it was a magic moment.
The photo above was not taken at the Super Bowl; I was not there and either were the Dad and daughter in the picture. They were at an event on Friday where I was taking pictures. I know this person as he was my daughter’s baseball coach. He is a great Dad. What you see is real, it’s not a made up photo suggested by the photographer---it’s his feelings for his daughter. No matter what is written about the Super Bowl or even in this blog---pictures are as they say, “worth a thousand words" and Greg Pearson's was worth millions.
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