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Club photographer Sharon Latham talks us through her favourite Clarets snaps

2023-08-19T09:30:00.000Z

CELEBRATING WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY!

Club photographer Sharon Latham talks us through her favourite Clarets snaps

2023-08-19T09:30:00.000Z

Club photographer Sharon Latham talks us through her favourite Clarets snaps

Today is World Photography Day and to celebrate Club photographer Sharon Latham talks us through her best photos and moments she's captured since joining the Clarets last season.

Icelandic Chant

There’s nothing like a celebration shot and this is an awesome celebration shot. Celebrating promotion to the Premier League after the Middlesborough game, Johann Berg Gudmundsson leads the players, and the fans in the Icelandic clap. This picture evokes such passion and emotion.

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Sneaky Sky smiles

Prior to the open top bus parade celebrating the Championship win, the players went to the town hall for media and interviews on the balcony in front of fans.

I love the joy in Josh Cullen and Jack Cork's face directed at my camera whilst Josh Brownhill was busily continuing with his Sky TV interview.

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Joy

The genuine smile and pure joy on Vincent Kompany’s face during the open top bus parade makes this one of my all-time pics I’ve ever taken at Burnley. I’m so happy I was there to capture this moment.

Club photographer Sharon Latham talks us through her favourite Clarets snaps

For the Fans

I ran like the wind across the pitch as I saw Jack Cork taking the trophy to show the fans on that most wet and wonderful Cardiff game.

I love how you can see the pure happiness in the fans faces and even without being able to see Jack’s face I know his smile will have been beaming.

Winners

It is virtually impossible to get a group shot of players all at once, and in an emotional moment like this, it's genuinely like herding cats. I was so happy that everyone looked at me at that moment and this shot worked. Winners and wonderful people.

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High Flying Connor

What do you do when a footballer takes a running jump at you?

Photograph it and this is what you get!

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The Ewood Dance

One of the favourite parts of my job is capturing moments in time, and especially fabulous, amazing moments like this. I specifically put a slight wash on this image in the edit to give it a painting style effect. It leaves the final image more like art than photography.

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Found you!

I try my hardest to make sure the players see me during a game, I wear a bright coloured hat, or dye my hair specially to make sure they can see me and hopefully run and celebrate any goals to me. This shot proved my plans work, the wonderful Ashely Barnes spotted the pink hat and this fab photo is the result.

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New Kit Day

When I went to the powers that be at Burnley and asked if I could throw coloured chalk over their players the response was slightly hesitant. After a few conversations and some sharing of my ideas they agreed I could go ahead. I was so happy how all the shots turned out in the new kit with the chalk paint, the players were genuinely so great and enjoyed the day so much. This Connor Robert's shot for me shows all of my ideas in one pic.