Engage

When I looked through Neil Leifers photographs there where three things that stuck out to me. He captures the emotions that his subjects are feeling. He recognized when he had the chance to take a really special photo. And he captured images that will always be iconic and will always stir up emotion within people. These are the qualities I looked for when taking my pictures. Since Neil Leifer took mostly sports photos, I figured that a rugby game would be a great place to find these photos, especially since it was a championship game. There were a few moments during the game where I knew I would have a chance to capture a really special photo, one that had the chance to be iconic. One of these moments is right before a scrum starts. Both teams face each other, listen to call ``crouch, touch`` and then the final call; Engage! When both sides hear this word come from the referee they are like runners after the gun has gone off, and they hit as hard as possible to try and drive each other back. In this picture I believe that I was able to capture that intense lead up and nervous emotion felt by both sides, the moment right before the ``Engage. ``