By
Steven Madow
Piece description from the artist
After months of trying to find the right connection, I finally found someone that had access and desire to let me onto the roof of the Orlando City Soccer Stadium in the dead of night just to photograph a rocket launch. After several scrubbed launches around Thanksgiving, a new launch date was selected in early January. The sky looked a bit overcast, but the rocket was bright as it soared through the sky.
To get the shot, we had to climb up a crazy 30 foot ladder with three cameras and tripods. I always shoot backup cameras just in case, but this time, my primary shot worked out and the rest is history. Still my favorite photo that I have ever produced.
A blog post about the full story behind this image got picked up by one of the largest online publications for photographers, PetaPixel.
Steven Madow was born and raised in Baltimore, MD and moved to Orlando, FL in 2007. He lives in the College Park neighborhood with his wife and puppy.
While Madow has been interested in visual media for fifteen years, his love for photography specifically took off around 2014 with a need for a “real camera” to capture rocket launches and the joy of flying drones.
His work has involved projects with Google, Orlando City, Visit Orlando, the Orlando Economic Partnership, Creative Village, and many others. Orlando Weekly recently said about his work that this Orlando based photographer's colorfully bright and vibrant pictures will straight up make you say 'Wow’ .
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