Snow Game

I’ve shot sports in torrential rain, freezing wind, and plenty of other extreme weather but I’d never shot a sports event in the snow until a couple weeks ago.

It snowed for the entire game between the Green Bay Packers and the Houston Texans, essentially transforming Lambeau Field into a soggy snow globe. It’s definitely a different challenge shooting in the snow, but preferable to the extreme cold and makes for some great scenes.

Thanks for looking!
Adam

All photos © Adam Wesley/USA Today Network-Wisconsin

Frames from state volleyball

I’ve been meaning to make this post for a month now, I’m going to try and get better at updating this blog more frequently, so here goes.

My first major assignment after starting my new job at the Green Bay Press-Gazette this fall was the Wisconsin state girls volleyball tournament. I’ve always found volleyball a challenging (but also very rewarding) sport to shoot both because of its speed and repetition.

I always try to switch angles or lenses whenever possible to keep my eye fresh and not get lulled into repetitive shooting of the same thing all day. So I thought I’d share some less traditional looking shots away from the typical tournament action.

Thanks for looking!

Adam

All photos © Adam Wesley/USA Today Network-Wisconsin

Supermoon in Green Bay

I’ve always been drawn to shooting lunar events, eclipses, supermoons etc, and this frequently involves late nights and being frustrated by clouds/weather. I recall shooting a lunar eclipse at 2 a.m. in mid-winter… So when I saw that this week’s supermoon, the largest since 1948, would be rising around 5 p.m. on a mild November day there was no question I’d be out shooting it.

On Sunday I started out downtown by the river and Titletown Brewing with its Donald Driver statue, moved to the Brown County Courthouse as the moon rose higher, and readjusted my position for an incoming flight to the airport.

Monday evening I went North of town on the west shore of the bay for the moon rise over the water. Unfortunately clouds obstructed the horizon at moon rise, but about 20 minutes later the moon was visible and while the dramatic shot of the moon peeking over the horizon had passed, the reflection in the bay made from a pretty dramatic photo itself.

Thanks for looking, for my full gallery of photos from the supermoon click here:

All photos © Adam Wesley/USA Today Network-Wisconsin

Amsterdam

Some shots from my trip to Amsterdam in June.

London scenes

Finally getting around to posting a few shots from my June trip to London.

Thanks for looking,
Adam

Baseball diptychs

Here’s a few pairs of images I made last week at the 2016 Iowa State Baseball Tournament at Principal Park in Des Moines. To see more of my photos from the tournament click here

All photos © Adam Wesley/The Gazette

#notthecandidates 2016 Iowa Caucus

Here’s a look back at the final week of campaigning and the Iowa Caucus itself. Final post of #nothecandidates, at least for a few months…

Protestors chant outside a campaign event for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the University of Iowa Field House in Iowa City on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Moderator Megyn Kelly gets her makeup touched up seconds before the Fox News Republican Presidential Debate at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

University of Iowa students Cassidy Shubatt (left) and Delaney Bounds put up signs in support of Hillary Clinton at a Democratic Party caucus at MacBride Hall on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

People line up to caucus at a Democratic Party caucus at MacBride Hall on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Supporters of Bernie Sanders (left) and Hillary Clinton are shown at a Democratic Party caucus at the Field House on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Beth Lainson attempts to convince undecided voters to caucus for Hillary Clinton during the realignment period at a Democratic Party caucus at the Field House on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Supporters of Bernie Sanders are counted at a Democratic Party caucus at the Field House on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

A man looks from his office window as a reflection of a Donald Trump painting is visible across the street from the Fox News Republican Presidential Debate at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

A Ted Cruz bus maneuvers into the alley beside the Hamburg Inn in Iowa City on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)