“The most important shot in golf is the next one.” - Ben Hogan

In a typical 5 hour golf match there are about 72 seconds of ‘action’.

Those action shots are pretty straightforward as long as you are in the right place, shooting with decent glass and have above average light.

I had the chance to follow a Varsity team through their season and I decided to focus on capturing their story in the time after the ‘last shot’ and before the ‘next one.’

That shift in mindset was a paradigm to how I’ve shot all other sports.

Instead of the high speed capture of a 110 mph driver swing I focused on a player’s eyes, as he stood on the tee box, visualizing how and exactly where he wanted his ball to stop after a 290 yard carry.

Instead of lining up for the triumphant fist pump shot after a long putt dropped, I moved to find a sliver of light etching across the player’s face as he tried to make a critical read on the green with the match on the line.

It was an incredible storytelling opportunity made even more special as the game was played in an amphitheater exploding in color while being overflown by once-in-a-decade migration of Painted Lady butterflies.