Baton Rouge photographer’s unconventional pictures land on ESPN’s platform

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Getting entry to Blue Bayou Waterpark for a highschool soccer picture shoot took Keith Joseph almost every week of persistence — however the outcomes reached tons of of 1000’s of individuals on ESPN’s platform.

Joseph is the photographer behind a viral set of pictures that includes the Glen Oaks High School soccer staff taken at Blue Bayou Waterpark.

“It took me a good week to get access to Blue Bayou,” Joseph stated. “I had a friend that had a manager; I had to get the manager to send me an email. The owner replied first; another two days of trying again, and then we got access.”

Reaction to going viral

When the pictures had been picked up by ESPN, Joseph stated the response caught him off guard.

“I really didn’t know what to say; I was just shocked,” Joseph stated. “I knew it was going to like, be popular, but I didn’t think it was going to be this big. I almost cried, really. It’s just something that came out of nowhere for real.”

Shoots on the soccer subject, the zoo and Top Golf

The Blue Bayou session is one in every of a number of unconventional places Joseph has used for highschool sports activities pictures. He has shot at a soccer subject, a zoo, and Top Golf, amongst different places.

“I just want to be different,” Joseph stated. “Like last year I was still playing football, and everyone was still doing theirs at their school, and I was just like, it would be cool to go around to different places.”

What’s subsequent

Joseph plans to attend the University of Louisiana this yr and hopes to proceed taking pictures sports activities and different occasions. He credit his dad and mom for making his work doable.

“My mom and dad actually both are just working hard; they’ve been providing for me my whole life, really. Without them, I wouldn’t even be in the camera business,” Joseph stated.

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