September, peaking September. The notch is October.
Next: Sunday, September 20 — 0 days away, keyed to the published start time
This week: watch — NFL gig demand is high but phone-only clear-bag policy kills any real lens work. Leave by 11:53am.
- Where
- Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
- Drive
- 47 minutes from Lakeland
- In season
- September
- Peak
- September
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- no — the FAA's standing sports TFR closes a 3 NM radius to 3,000 ft AGL from an hour before an NFL game to an hour after it
- Glass
- 24–70mm at f/4 or faster, compact camera, fast shutter for harsh midday sun
From the field
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa. Phone or compact only — NFL policy: no lens longer than 6 inches and no detachable lenses, plus the league clear-bag rule. A 1:00pm start in Florida sun: overhead light, hard shadows, and it is long over before the light turns around 7:30pm. Open to the sky, and the ground in this set where the kickoff slot changes the picture completely — the early-afternoon games are overhead sun on a bleached field, the late-afternoon ones run into the sunset, and the night games are floodlit throughout.