Kyle Hess - 1st Day at Work

[hiramman]

GUU forum member Kyle Hess hard at work during his first day on the job as professional team photographer for the Gwinnett Braves (Atlanta Braves AAA affiliate)

[BIGSTIG]

A photograph of the guy taking photographs...feels like im in the matrix or something....

Kyle, that is a mighty big lense you have there, are we compensating for something??

JUST KIDDING!! Congrats on the new gig. I always wished I could photograph my cubbies.

[frikativ54]

GUU forum member Kyle Hess hard at work during his first day on the job as professional team photographer for the Gwinnett Braves (Atlanta Braves AAA affiliate)

Great job, Kyle. You are an inspiration. :D

[xpress34]

Congrats Kyle!

I always like seeing your photography on here.

- Smitty

[kylehess10]

Great pic Jimmie!

It was definitely a blast yesterday, and an awesome experience not having to worry about getting in trouble with the length of my lens for once :D


I don't have a lot finished, but I have some pics up already on Flickr, but more to come soon!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53312364@N00/sets/72157629375595962/detail/

[joelsabi]

It was definitely a blast yesterday, and an awesome experience not having to worry about getting in trouble with the length of my lens for once :D



Glad to see you passion being applied. You deserve it.

Do the photos you take now belong to the Brave org or you?

[kylehess10]

Glad to see you passion being applied. You deserve it.

Do the photos you take now belong to the Brave org or you?

Technically both - I can print them and use them for my portfolio but I can't sell them or make money off them in any way.

[grenda12]

Congrats on the new job!

[emann]

Congrats Kyle, that looks like a dream gig!

[5kRunner]

I'm sorry, but that photo is a style match at best. Without seeing the face that could be anyone. How can we tell that person is THE Kyle Hess.

Just Kidding.

Congrats on the new gig, Kyle!

[mdube16]

Congrats man. They may start to wonder why you have so many close ups of the equiptment!

[kylehess10]

Thank you guys!!

Only 7 more days til I can start shooting the regular season!

[jppopma]

Congrats Kyle! Just remember to take extra memory sticks, because I know you will be snapping anything and everything. Be sure to get lots of pics of the kids when they do the pre-game stuff and other special things.

[b.heagy]

Way to go Kyle ! Livin the dream man, livin the dream.............. enjoy every step my friend you are on your way.

[project 4]

Wow. Saw your website and it's very clean. I personally would love to be a photographer for football. Any tips? How did you manage to get hooked up with the Braves? Did you have any connections?

[gingi79]

As a fellow Braves fan and a friend Kyle, I can honestly say your job was garnered by skill and accomplishment and so richly deserved. With any luck the Braves will see you as so many of us here on GUU do, the next Walter Iooss Jr.

[tigerdale]

Great job Kyle......

[sox83cubs84]

Kyle:

Skill+dedication+abiiity=dream job. You earned it and I hope that one day you replace the guy in Atlanta who used to hassle you.

Dave Miedema

[marzomarz]

this is awesome. Something I should look into for the Potomac Nationals (my closest minor league team).

[kylehess10]

Thanks again guys! :)







Wow. Saw your website and it's very clean. I personally would love to be a photographer for football. Any tips? How did you manage to get hooked up with the Braves? Did you have any connections?


I knew the Triple-A team hires interns every year so I e-mailed the media relations manager before they even started posting about it on their website, so they called me in for an interview and I showed them my best work which got me the job.

I never shot football before but from what I've seen, the NFL photographers always need reallyyyy good lenses, such as a 500mm f/4, 600mm f/4, etc., so it's definitely something you'd have to invest in a lot. You need more focal length in your lenses since you're pretty far from the action, unlike what you see in MLB where you're up close for most of the action. Also I notice most NFL photographers are Canon users, and I see a lot of 5D Mark II's being used. I don't know too much about Canon, but that's definitely a great camera to use for sports photographers that shoot Canon.