Category: Photography
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Volleyball Player Features
The #B1G blocks leader, Amber Rolfzen (1.64 per set), ranks 4th nationally #GBR pic.twitter.com/5DYS5ujy5B
— Husker Volleyball (@Huskervball) September 22, 2015
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Serving Up Pancakes
Here’s how it was done … pic.twitter.com/3B6AFAtxa3
— Andy Wenstrand (@GravyBoatAdmrl) July 31, 2015
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2015 Alternate Uniform Unveil
#Huskers to wear #HuskerBold Alternate Uniforms for 10.24.15 game against Northwestern. More: http://t.co/BNZhbEj3Kb pic.twitter.com/gFgyfMuhEa
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) July 23, 2015
For a fourth consecutive year, Adidas and Nebraska Football collaborated on creating an alternate uniform to be worn during a select home game. Adidas did provide a set of mechanicals, but I felt they weren’t quite right for our voice. I had the distinct pleasure of being able to work with a pair of models prior to the release to create some creative assets of our own.
Nebraska has a more “traditional” fan base. We realized, no matter what the alternate uniforms would offer, fans would initially revolt. To help combat the negative comments, we wanted to give fans a reason to express positivity. From our photoshoot, I created two smartphone wallpaper templates and created a workflow to place fans’ faces into the design, putting them in the uniform.
We started with some of our notable fans and former players to help prime the social experiment. This included, but not limited to, former #Huskers in the NFL (Prince Amukamara shown below), Larry the Cable Guy (shown below), University Chancellor and President, Gabrielle Union and husband Dwayne Wade, local media, and many others.
Before officially stating our promotion, I grabbed profile photos of fans posting positive comments about the uniforms and placing them into the wallpapers. Eventually, we let the cat out of the bag, so to speak.
Phone backgrounds? We’ve got plenty. Send us a selfie and we’ll send you a #HuskerBold background. #teamadidas pic.twitter.com/yKdgWsXTDZ
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) July 23, 2015
After several hours, we decided to close up shop. I decided to recap the day’s work after tallying my work for the day:
Today I made 380 #Huskers phone wallpapers. 288 ???? 34 ???? 42 ???? 8 ???? 1 ???? 3 Mascots 1 ???? 1 Alien 1 Homer 1 Nick Cage Mashup pic.twitter.com/MLULOtq3QO
— Andy Wenstrand (@GravyBoatAdmrl) July 24, 2015
As always, I have to have a little bit of fun at work!
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Under the Lights
Watch a rendered version of the making of this poster, from the photoshoot to completion.
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I’m On A Boat
Lincoln got a little bit of rain the night of May 6th, 2015 – somewhere between 5 and 8 inches, by most accounts. This, coupled with the seemingly all-day severe weather from the south filled the Salt Creek drainage system to near levy-breaking levels. Hawks Field at Haymarket Park, the home of Nebraska Baseball, sits on Line Drive just footsteps away from the Salt Creek. In fact, the drainage system on the field drains into the Salt Creek.
Most of the time.
What is this lake doing on our baseball field? #Huskers pic.twitter.com/YCc4aofMMK
— Nebraska Baseball (@Husker_Baseball) May 7, 2015
.@Husker_Baseball Looks like Coach Kirby already has his afternoon scheduled. pic.twitter.com/No5LXe5CNM
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) May 7, 2015
Beautiful day at the ballpark. Gotta get that work in. pic.twitter.com/tmImYOr2hT
— Nebraska Baseball (@Husker_Baseball) May 7, 2015
At Haymarket Park, a group of athletic dept staffers playing with remote-controlled boat said they couldn’t comment. pic.twitter.com/qh8VjcrgKu
— Peter Salter (@LJSPeterSalter) May 7, 2015
We took this opportunity to bring some humor to the situation as the final home-stand for the Huskers looked in doubt. The Saturday-Sunday-Monday series hosting Purdue was planned to have a Darin Erstad bobblehead giveaway. We invited fans to follow along with the Adventures of Lil Erstad.
“I’m on a boat!” -Lil Erstad https://t.co/GXAFJjy6QD
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) May 7, 2015
“I’ll never let go.” -Lil Erstad https://t.co/3YFcNQrPjP
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) May 7, 2015
When life hands you lemons, put on a speedo and drive an RC boat on a flooded baseball field. http://t.co/EsKHySP2kU pic.twitter.com/fe31jUSpl7
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) May 8, 2015
What a difference one night (and a tireless crew working non-stop throughout that night) can make!
Not sure why everyone was looking for backup options. pic.twitter.com/Fgaq9D75ld
— Darin Erstad (@Dstad17) May 8, 2015
Yesterday. Today. Great work grounds crew! #Huskers pic.twitter.com/EIa5m7xJAm
— Nebraska Baseball (@Husker_Baseball) May 8, 2015
Watch Josh Klute and his grounds crew and Eric Haynes and his staff at @Husker_Baseball last night. pic.twitter.com/tzGPGyYMnk
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) May 8, 2015
“And the Skipper too.” -Lil Erstad. Let’s play ball. Hawks Field ready for Purdue: http://t.co/PrNECx6Dae https://t.co/aUO7Q8cdJi
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) May 8, 2015
Funny you should ask. @Husker_Baseball, tomorrow at 12:05pm. “@camocards @Huskers I need one of these bobbleheads.” pic.twitter.com/gtJf07RI2O
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) May 8, 2015
