00:01If you take Messi as an example, you know that he's arguably going to be one of the greatest footballers
00:06to have ever lived.
00:07And in 10, 20, 30, 40 years time, people will look back on pictures of Messi playing football
00:14and you've got an opportunity to go and take the pictures that those people are going to look at.
00:18So I find that really exciting.
00:27My name is Alex Pantling. I'm a staff photographer at Getty Images based just outside of London.
00:33Also, I've been away working with FIFA on behalf of Getty Images at the World Cup.
00:39There's so many different scenarios that change in football.
00:41I think that's why I love it because I don't think you work the same day ever in your entire
00:46life being a football photographer
00:47because no game is the same, right?
00:49Of course, you can plan, you can have ideas in your head, but you've got to then react to those
00:53ideas when they change in the moment.
00:58I think going into this game, I knew this was kind of a picture that I wanted to take
01:02because a player taking a corner as a picture, it gives you an opportunity to get so close to the
01:09athlete on a wide lens.
01:10And as he's bringing his leg back, I think that's maybe one of the most athletic positions that a footballer
01:16can be in.
01:18So, I've got 20 frames of him doing that, but the best one is when his leg's fully stretched out
01:25and it's just a really nice body shape that he's making.
01:27And with the lights right above his head as well, yeah, it just worked, it worked really well.
01:34I knew that Ronaldo would lead the team out being the captain and that was the kind of picture that
01:39I wanted.
01:40But as I walked into the tunnel, the light wasn't as good as some of the other tunnels that I've
01:44been in.
01:46And there was a lot of stewards in there, it was a little bit messier for pictures, let's say.
01:51So, I stood outside and kind of thought, what else can I do?
01:56I loved the big Houston letters on the top of the tunnel and you could just see a sea of
02:02Portugal fans that were around there
02:03and you knew that they were all going to be on their phones trying to photograph Ronaldo
02:07because that's what everyone was there for at the end of the day.
02:10And I thought if I go behind them and frame it with the photographers with their cameras and the fans
02:16with all of their phone cameras,
02:18I just think it will add a nice element to the picture and just show that all the focus is
02:23on him.
02:25The Kansas stadium was probably my favourite to work in.
02:28I think there's just something about it, I mean, I don't think I've ever been to a stadium like that
02:33before.
02:33The architecture is just incredible to work in and the light that comes through is really interesting
02:39because it's kind of like a translucent roof, I would say.
02:43So, there's not full sun that comes in, but there's just shafts of light and softer light as well, which
02:50can make quite nice pictures.
02:52This is just after the players have listened to the anthems.
02:55They came over to get a drink or electrolytes or whatever they have pre-match.
03:01And Ymal just took himself to one side and had a little moment by himself.
03:05And yeah, it worked out really well with the framing that there was no other player in the picture.
03:10It kind of almost looks like everyone's there just to watch him.
03:15Yeah, I think I'll never forget this.
03:17David Ryer and lots of others were spraying champagne all over the players and me, to be honest with you.
03:22The state of the camera was not ideal.
03:26But yeah, it was brilliant.
03:28It's just pictures everywhere, pictures everywhere.
03:30You go in there and there's all the players separately celebrating and then together.
03:35It was almost quite difficult to know what to do because you felt like every time you were taking a
03:39picture,
03:39you were missing another picture somewhere else.
03:41So yeah, which is a very rare occasion being a photographer, to be honest with you.
03:49See you later.
