Blue Hat Photo

Saving a seat, originally uploaded by crownjewel82.

It's called Blue Hat Photo because I almost always wear a Blue US Soccer hat when I go out shooting. Lame I know, all the good names were taken.

This shot is from when I went to Tampa to see the team (US MNT, keep up ok) play in Raymond James Stadium. The hat in the picture isn't mine. The guy sitting next to me got up to go get snacks and left his hat to save his seat. Instead of just dropping it there like most people, he spent about 5 minutes straightening it and positioning it.

The thing I like most about the shot is that there's n one else sitting in the row and the row above so it's got these nice clean lines down the middle of the photo to the next section.

My main camera is a Mamiya 1000TL 35mm. For this shot I used 400 speed Fuji Color film at f/16 and shutter speed of 1/1000 since it was so god awuful bright outside.