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Six of my seven Wembley match applications had been flatly rejected by UEFA over the course of the tournament. But of course I applied for the Final, Italy against England, because I could. My chances were incredibly slim, to photograph what would be the biggest football match of a generation, the biggest match I would […]
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Wembley Woe for Tottenham
1st May 2018
by Mark Hawkins
A couple of weeks ago I took another late season trip to London to photograph a Tottenham match for Prime Media Images. Twelve months ago, my April trip was something of a pilgrimage to photograph a first and last match at White Hart Lane, the football ground of Tottenham Hotspur I had visited on countless […]
The city of Cardiff won the IAAF World Half Marathon several times over. Kenyan teams may have dominated in both the men’s and women’s elite events, but the people of Cardiff were also major winners overall. Cardiff won by being awarded the prestigious IAAF event, following Copenhagen two years ago. It also won in the […]
Football photography sometimes seems like a ridiculous, unprofitable and sentimental enterprise. It’s incredibly competitive and massively popular, the marriage of two common passions: football and photography. Lots of people are obsessive about both. Canon and Nikon are two of the most dominant brands in the world for a reason. There’s often the idle thought that images […]
For most football fans, the last few months have been tough. In summers without a major international tournament like the UEFA European Championships or the FIFA World Cup – which is every other summer – things seem to drag. You drift restlessly through Saturdays and life can feel rudderless. There are brief distractions like the FIFA […]
As the new 2015/16 football season has edged slowly edged nearer, I photographed a couple of gentle, at times slightly too friendly pre-season friendlies. Here’s a round-up of three games. The first was an almost entirely forgettable 0-0 draw between Newport County and Queens Park Rangers at a rain-soaked Rodney Parade. Newport County’s new manager […]
The Wales football team has reached a dizzying FIFA ranking of 22: the nation’s highest ever. Ahead of its crunch qualification match against Belgium in Cardiff on June 12th, many supporters are still giddy at the hope of qualifying for Euro 2016 – which would be the country’s first major tournament since 1958. How much […]
Several Saturdays ago, the usual peace of a soggy February morning in the Forest of Dean was shattered. A not so quiet weekend back in the Forest. pic.twitter.com/gG4PcSw8yk — Mark Hawkins (@MHphotos_) February 15, 2015 Beginning to wake amongst the familiar comforts of my parents’ house, it was hard to ignore the changed soundscape outside. […]
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Football photography lessons
24th September 2014
by Mark Hawkins
As my experience of photographing sport and particularly football matches has developed over the last 12 months, a few things have occurred to me 1. While you know you’re likely to encounter a run of bad luck, it still bites. My last two games I have sat behind one goal, with all the action happening […]
Shots of the month – May 2014
2nd June 2014
by Mark Hawkins
May 2014 saw the curtain fall on the football season, with Rochdale celebrating their promotion to League One down in Newport, and Cardiff falling from Premier League grace with a whimper at home to Chelsea. These matches for Andrew Orchard Sports Photography and Wales News Service. There was more than enough rain, puddles and streets, […]
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