Professional Paintball Photography from the 2010 Phoenix PSP

Phoenix PSP 2010 23.04.2010

So also last month, while I wasn’t photographing the President, I was in Phoenix for the 2010 Phoenix Open. I had been in Phoenix for another job, filming iPhone cases for a client, and I stayed over a couple extra days to shoot for Understood Clothing and Disconnected Media. Highlight of the trip was getting into PHX 12 hours before anyone else on my crew, sleeping on a chair at the airport until Yosh Rau, Davey Williamson and Ryan Greenspan from Dynasty got in and then tagging along with them for the rest of the day until Dan Napoli and the rest of the crew got in. I love the Dynasty guys and I don’t get to hang out with them nearly enough, so that was pretty rad.

Now that I don’t photograph paintball full time and just do specific client work I’m finally freed up to really fully embrace the aesthetic I’ve spent the last ten years building up: photography of people yelling, people looking tired, players walking off the field crushed in defeat, people getting shot foolishly and generally everything that no other paintball photographer seems to pay attention to.

Not to be a total asshole, but I did it first and I did it best. And since there’s no money in it anymore I get to do what I want.

Just saying.