Lambeau Field, The Legend, and Legacy

Ok, so I just finished editing the photos I shot from the Green Bay/ Carolina Game..and before you cast your opinion, please just let me share a feeling, an emotion..its not about winning or losing. Its about the feeling you get when you sit in the stands as a Green Bay Packer fan!

Let me start by sharing that I was layered to the gills! I came well equipt with the finest three pairs of socks, spandex pants, long johns, jeans, tank, t-shirt, sweater, hoodie, jacket, scarf, gloves (two pair) and hat a Florida girl could wear. I'd do it again right this minute again given the chance! It was almost Euphoric. The stands roared, they cheered, they supported...even though we (the pack) lost..

Theres simply something that can be said when the entire stadium roared with positive cheering and one man, (Aaron Rodgers) signs for us to hush and immediately, 70,000+ fans silenced. Theres something to be said when EVERY last fan is dressed to the gills in the finest Green and Gold that can be found. It wasnt about one man, one quarterback, one receiver, one defenseman...but about the entire team. There were jerseys, hats, gloves, you name it, geared towards each and every player. I saw jerseys from Aaron Rodgers to Johnny Jolly. Many of you ask who Johnny Jolly is...but as a Packer, they will tell you. He's Number 97 and hes one big son of a gun!

I invite you, if only once in your lifetime, attend a game at Lambeau. It was breath-taking to be only 13 rows back on the 40 yd line watching a team backed and owned by the PEOPLE..not a person or an organization. The very same team where Reggie White and Bart Starr graced that very field...Where Vince Lombardi became a legend in not only football but in philosophy. Stating: "Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile." and "Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."

There's some pride in being a true Green Bay Packer Fan. I wouldn't change anything about my experience at Lambeau other than the fact that I'd like to go more often.Photographing the team was an experience I will cherish my whole life. Its given me an aspiration to become a photographer FOR them..instead of shooting only when I get to Wisconsin. I think its been the most emotional shoot I've done yet, and given the chance again, I'd take it in a flash. Its my HONOR to have been given this experience, to have captured the photos I did, and being a Green Bay Packer by both birth and choice.

So as Vince stated, Practice Perfection and expect excellence.

And To my amazing God Parents, Tom and Marianne Mainhardt:

THANK YOU SO MUCH for allowing me the seats to the game. For always being so wonderful and warm to our family. You are so much a part of our family and its just a shame we arent family by blood. God gave you to us and Its a total honor to even know you, much less love the pair of you the way I do! Your kind acts have never gone un-appreciated nor will they ever! THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOU ARE! Here's to more memories!!!

Smiles and Blessings to each of you:)