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2017 Buccaneers Ad Campaign Photography
The Buccaneers launched their 2017 Siege the Day advertising campaign with original studio-lit action photography by Matt May. These images will be used across digital and social media platforms as well for in-stadium signage, exterior stadium tower walls, billboards and game tickets.
Tampa Photographer Matt May and Vincent Jackson in Conversation
Join Tampa sports photographer Matt May and veteran NFL Wide Receiver Vincent Jackson at the Tampa Museum of Art at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, for a discussion on sports photography, football and the relationship between photographers and athletes. The conversation is in conjunction with the Who Shot Sports and Lens on Tampa Bay Sports photography exhibitions at TMA. The event is free for museum members and students and is $15 for the […]
Buccaneers Nike Color Rush Uniform Photo Shoot
This season Nike and the NFL partnered to release new Color Rush uniforms for teams playing late-season Thursday Night Football games. I had the chance to photograph the new Tampa Bay Buccaneers Color Rush jerseys during an on-location studio advertising shoot with Jameis Winston and Mike Evans prior to the Buccaneers Thursday night matchup with the St. Louis Rams. The new jerseys are a photographer’s dream. They’re crafted in a radiant shade of Bucs red […]
Lights on Tampa 2015
One of the best art events of the year is the annual Lights on Tampa celebration in Downtown Tampa. In preparation for this year’s event I was luckily enough to be selected by the wonderful people at the City of Tampa Art Programs to photograph performance artist Nick Cave and his colorful and energetic sound suits to help publicize the event. The sound suits are unlike anything I’ve ever seen. I can only imagine the […]
University Donor Portraits for USF
This week the University of South Florida in Tampa received a $10 million gift from retired St. Petersburg businesswoman Lynn Pippenger. The school renamed the accountancy school at USF’s Muma College of Business the “Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy.” A couple weeks prior to the announcement I had the opportunity to make an official portrait of Ms. Pippenger (above) for the university. The portrait was distributed to local media, used on brochures about the school […]
NFL Photography: New Look Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers open the 2014 NFL season with a new logo, new jerseys, new coach, new GM and more than a handful of new players on the field. All those new elements made for a dizzying offseason of photo shoots. Working as the team photographer I had the chance to photograph the coaches, players and new jerseys on the field and in the studio. The uniforms pop, the coaches are the ultimate professionals […]