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The brief
You send what the assignment is, who it is for, where and when, and how the images will be used. That shapes the shot list before anyone gets to the venue.
Editorial & assignment sports photography
Editorial sports photography, on a brief.
Assignment and editorial sports coverage for editors, brands, and clubs — a clean brief-to-shoot-to-delivery flow, clear licensing, and a soccer-specialist eye. Send the brief; get a curated highlight set inside 48 hours and the full gallery within 72.
Selected editorial frames
The standard a brief gets delivered to.
The flow
Brief to shoot to delivery, on a publishing timeline.
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The shoot
Worked with an editorial eye — the action, the emotion, and the quiet details around it — to a publishable standard, not a volume dump.
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48-hour highlights
A curated highlight set lands within 48 hours, so an editor or social team can move while the result still matters.
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72-hour full gallery
The complete edited gallery follows within 72 hours, organized and ready to publish, archive, or hand to a club.
Direct to the photographer
No agency overhead, no vague custom quote — a direct line to the person who shoots and edits the work.
A specialist who reads the game delivers tighter, more usable sets than a generalist chasing the ball. Soccer is the deep specialty, and that fluency carries into how a brief gets covered and cut.
Licensing posture
Pay for the rights you actually use.
Included with the fee
Editorial, club-internal, and social use is included with the assignment fee — publish to the site, post to the channels, and share with the people who need the frames.
Licensed separately
Commercial and advertising use — sponsor campaigns, paid ads, merchandise, brand work — is licensed separately and scoped per project, so you only pay for the rights you actually use.
Full rate tiers and licensing detail live on the hire page.
Where & what
Soccer specialty, Chicagoland base, travel welcome.
Soccer is shot most weekends across the season, and the same editorial approach to light, timing, and emotion carries to other sports — ask about the assignment. Based in Brookfield and covering Chicagoland, with travel for fixtures, showcases, and editorial work folded into the brief.
Recent published work
The same standard, already delivered.
Chicago Inter 2014G Pre-ECNL vs Elmhurst Surf
matchJune 1, 2026 · Chicago Inter Sports Complex
A complete match gallery between Chicago Inter 2014G Pre-ECNL against Elmhurst Surf.
Chicago Inter 2012G Mwc vs Bobcats FC 05/31/2026
matchMay 31, 2026 · Chicago Inter Sports Complex
Complete match gallery between Chicago Inter 2012 Girls MWC Vs Bobcats FC at Chicago Inter Sports Complex.
Chicago Inter 2013B ECNL vs Indiana Elite 05/30/2026
matchMay 30, 2026 · Chicago Inter Soccer Complex
Chicago Inter 2013B ECNL vs Indiana Elite 05/30/2026 captured on 2026-05-30. Full match gallery with clean delivery for families, players, and teams.
Want a worked example? Read the end-to-end case study.
FAQ
What does “editorial” coverage mean here?
Documentary-style sports coverage shot to a publishable standard — true to the moment, edited for timing and emotion rather than staged. It is the same discipline behind the galleries and case study on this site, applied to a commissioned brief.
How does licensing work for an assignment?
Most assignments only need editorial, club, and social rights, which are included in the fee. If the images are headed for paid advertising, sponsor campaigns, or merchandise, that commercial usage is scoped and licensed separately, so the rights match the use.
How fast is delivery on an assignment?
Curated highlights within 48 hours and the full edited gallery within 72 — built around a publishing timeline, so a deadline drives the schedule, not the other way around.
Do you travel for editorial assignments?
Brookfield and Chicagoland are the base, but travel for fixtures, showcases, and editorial work is welcome. Include the location and dates in the brief and travel is folded into the quote.
What to put in the brief
- What the assignment is and who it is for
- Date, venue, and fixture or event
- How the images will be used (editorial, club, social, commercial)
- Deadline and any publishing timeline