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Mayor Tim Keller Plays Quarterback in Albuquerque

Mayor Tim Keller Plays Quarterback in Albuquerque

In the past few weeks, I have photographed Albuquerque, New Mexico Mayor Tim Keller quite a few times.  First was at the General Atomics grand opening event, then in his office for a Duke City Gladiators promo shot, then lastly him actually playing in an arena football exhibition game!  Scroll through the gallery below to see Mayor Keller get his official #18 team portrait made, then go through warmups, introductions, then handing off for a touchdown late in the first quarter!  It has bee an exciting few weeks of sports and politics and photography!

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2018 Duke City Gladiators Arena Football Player Official Portraits

2018 Duke City Gladiators Arena Football Player Official Portraits

Before Saturday's first 2018 exhibition game for the Duke City Gladiators in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I had a small window to make official portraits of all the Gladiators arena football players.  When I say small window, I mean small.  Kickoff was scheduled for 6pm.  I made the first player portrait at 4:29pm!  Being a professional photographer means being prepared for just about anything, so I made sure I practiced the exact lighting setup I wanted to a few days earlier, so all I had to do was show up, set up, and start making photos!  

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Mayor Tim Keller Duke City Gladiators Portrait Albuquerque New Mexico

Mayor Tim Keller Duke City Gladiators Portrait Albuquerque New Mexico

Having just photographed Albuquerque, New Mexico Mayor Tim Keller twelve days ago at the grand opening for General Atomics, this morning I got to make actual portraits of him as he gets ready to play in a Duke City Gladiators exhibition football game.  Jessica went with me to assist for the shoot right in the mayor's office!  What I did not know was the amount of other people that would be there and the limited time to setup we would have.  These are the challenges of the professional photographer!

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