Seattle WA
What a great night of out at the Emerald Queen Casino as Brian Halquest Productions delivers on stellar night of fights. Andy Nance’s matchmaking is what really makes this one of the best shows in the Pacific Northwest. Every fight was competitive and had the crowd on their feet several times throughout the event.
Here’s a few of my selects of the action from ringside. Thank you NW Fightscene for having me out to shoot on your behalf.
William Parra-Smith (3-3-0) lands a hook on Luis Alverado (Debut) during their opening bout at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Luis Alverado (Debut) delivering a mean jab on William Parra-Smith (3-3-0) during their opening bout at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
William Parra-Smith (3-3-0) connected with a left hook on Luis Alverado (Debut) during their opening bout at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
William Parra-Smith (3-3-0) lands a hook to Luis Alverado (Debut) at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Luis Alverado (Debut) vs William Parra-Smith (3-3-0) during their opening bout at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Luis Alverado (Debut) vs William Parra-Smith (3-3-0) during their opening bout at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Sua Tuani (debut) delivers a right cross to Nick Coughran (0-1) in his professional debut at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Willie Gomez (1-0) landing with intention in the first round against Hamilton Ash (0-3) at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Hamilton Ash (0-3) looking for body shots against Willie Gomez (1-0)at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Nick Mills (1-0) connecting on a jab against Dylan Potter (1-0) at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Nick Mills (1-0) pressuring Dylan Potter (1-0) in Potter's corner during their fight at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Nick Mills (1-0) delivers a left hook to Dylan Potter (1-0) at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Dylan Potter (1-0) at the end of the 3rd round walking back to his corner at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Nick Mills (1-0) and Dylan Potter (1-0) exchange punches at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Dylan Potter (1-0) connecting with a right uppercut against Nick Mills (1-0) at Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Cris Reyes (7-0) delivers a right cross against Manuel Monteiro (7-0) in the main event of Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Cris Reyes (7-0) follows through a right cross against Manuel Monteiro (7-0) in the main event of Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Cris Reyes (7-0) lands a right hook on Manuel Monteiro (7-0) in the main event of Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Manuel Monteiro (7-0) fires off with a right hook on Cris Reyes (7-0) in the main event of Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Manuel Monteiro (7-0) and Cris Reyes (7-0) exchange punches in the main event of Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
Cris Reyes (7-0) put on the finishing touches with a right hook on his way to a 10th round knock out in the main event of Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
The referee moves into calls an end to the fight after a Cris Reyes (7-0) right hook in the main event of Brian Halquist Productions, Battle at the Boat 123. Saturday September 7, 2019 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. (Matt Burn/NW Fightscene)
What a crazy game! From the Sounders being up, to being down and then pulling ahead again just to have the game end in a tie. But the most important part was that I broke my stupid monopod the night before and didn’t have the reach that my 400mm lens usually gives me. Looks like I’ll be visiting B&H to pick up a new one before the next match.
Here’s my selects from a bright sun shinny day at Century Link Field in Seattle, WA
It’s always a lovely surprise when I get care packages from the homies around the way. Huge thank you to, Michael Ciochon, who sent up up some of the new gear from his Portland, OR based Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear and lifestyle brand, Asgard503. Wanting to mix it up a bit from the last shoot, I got a hold of one of my old kickboxing student and talked her to meeting me at 11pm to do a little shadowboxing in the middle of the street. Totally a normal thing, I swear. Here’s a few of my favorite shots from the night…
This last weekend I had the privilege of shooting the 2019 International Kettlebell Organization USA National Championship hosted by Crazy Monkey USA for the 3rd straight year. This has quickly became one of my highlights of the summer. Not only do these athletes train like animals, but they also leave it all on the platform. It’s awesome to see the athletes putting in work. Many competed for the first time and others broke personal records. Overall with, Saiko Shima-Kolesar taking the lead, this is one of he best organized events I’ve ever shot with everything running like clockwork!
Here’s a few of my faves from this years comp.
Full gallery…https://www.mattferrisphotos.com/2019-Crazy-Monkey-Kettlebell-Competition
One of the more fun projects I’ve been able to work on right here. I was stoked when Katherine reached out to me with the idea of doing a fitness related maternity shoot based around her love of boxing and kettlebells. She’s a total savage with doing this shoot 20 days out from her due date!! One day I want to be half a cool as Katherine.
May 11th saw the Seattle Sounders FC come away with a 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo for a much needed 3 points by way of Christian Roldan scoring from the outside at 4:41 in the first half. On a photography related note, I wanted to push myself outside the usual thing I’ve been doing and shot a good portion from the 300 level at Century Link Field. I think I got a couple interesting shots. That said, next time I think I’m gonna add a 1.4x or 2x converter to the Canon 400 f/2.8L to shoot from up on high.
Here’s a few highlights from the match…
Saturday night saw the Seattle Majestics come out swinging and for the first time in team history, beat the powerhouse San Diego Surge 22-10! Just like in life, it’s all about small steps and being a little better today than you were yesterday. Today the Majestic were the best they’ve ever been with all aspects of the team firing on all cylinders! It was an impressive win!
And now it’s time for the playoff’s!! I can’t wait to see where this team goes in the post season!!
First off...What an amazing group of ATHLETES here!!!
Here’s a few highlights from Saturdays WNFC game featuring the Seattle Majestics Women's Tackle Football and the Los Angeles Bobcats. The Majestics faced the bobcats in the season opener in LA and came away with their only loss of the season as well as couple season ending injuries. This time around the Majestics came out in a dominate fashion with a solid 16-6 victory over their west coast rival!
Full game album is up on the Seattle Majestics Women's Tackle Football FB page!
What started off looking like it was going to be a high scoring match up with Jordan Morris scoring the fastest Sounders FC goal (as an MLS Franchise) at the :46sec mark into the match, and LAFC equalizing a few minuets later. And that’s where the score stood for the next 90min of play (inc. the 4 added min by the ref). Things heated up pretty quickly after Christian Roldan received a red card in the 18th minuet as play became more and more physical with the sounders down to 10 men on the field. It wasn’t the prettiest of matches as both teams come away with 1 point each.
Here’s a few of my selects from the match.
What a great day on the pitch! The Seattle Sounders FC are on fire as they beat Toronto FC 3-2 in what has become an intense rivalry between the two power houses!! I’ll be looking forward to more of this kind of dominating action as things keep heating up over the season!
Here’s a few of my faves from the match…
Saturday night we saw the return of the Seattle Majestics in their home opener against a tough Las Vegas Silver Stars. The emotions were high for the Majestics after, not only coming off a away game that left them short on the roster due to some devastating injuries. But also saw the passing of a former teammate and family member. The game was dedicated to the memory of J. Moss.
With all the adversity they faced, it made their hard fought 20-0 win that much sweeter!
Sadly I missed a couple games this season, but I was back on the pitch for ECS at Century Link Field with another solid Sounders (1-0) win against a game opponent in Real Salt Lake on April 6th, 2019.
Here’s a few highlights from the game…
Excited to be back in the mix covering the Seattle Sounders FC for Emerald City Supporters this season! Lots of highlights coming over the season. And here's a few from Saturdays 2-0 win over the Colorado Rapids at CenturyLink Field.
Always humbled to be brought in on projects such as this. My long time friend, Dan Dejos hired me about 4 years ago to shoot for Ivan Salaverry to launch their new website. A couple weeks ago he brought me back out to shoot for their website refresh. Hoping we'll get to do it again in another 4 years! Hahaha
Check out their site at https://www.ivansalaverrymma.com
