Legends Football League LFL

 What do you say when you get asked to shoot the LFL?

 Well say yes quick is the short answer.
 In it's first year as a new competition played throughout Australia on Saturday night.
 The NSW Surge played it's second home game of the year.
 No less in rugby league heartland at Penrith Panthers.

 You can see why the game is so popular in the States once you are down on the ground.
 The girls are crazy athletic and could easily grace the covers of Health magazines.
  Big hits, loud party music and big personalities are in full force.
  It feels like a combination of Gridiron, WWE and NBA.

Unlike their NFL counterparts where the big boys aim for the sideline instead of the contact, these girls embrace the challenge and launch into each other with reckless abandon.
If you thought they were just pretty girls running around not wanting to get hit, you would be as wrong as wrong can be!!!

 As far as shooting it goes, I chose to use a 600 ml lens to compress the background, and shoot as tight as possible to bring out the expressions of the girls faces.
Shooting head on was a challenge due to the nature of the game, where more often than not the girl with the ball runs behind their blockers so it's hard to get a clean shot of the ball runner.
It just means you have a small window to shoot a runner, compared to Rugby League where you could have 2-3 seconds of shooting action, here it's under 1 second, so you need to be quick on the trigger.

But fun to shoot and fun to watch. If your not enjoying yourself at a LFL game than you have bigger problems.Even got to catch up with former primary and high school friend Amanda Janes who is making a name in the world of LFL.

Enjoy the pix
Til next time

Chris
#chrislanefoto