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Brett Patzke

Club Photographer for Wolves FC. I write about what it actually looks like from the pitch.

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Latest Issues

I Didn’t Want To Be The A**hole.

LIMBS! LIMBS!

I’m in the middle of shooting one of our players driving towards the goal when I hear this from right behind me. As soon as the moments over, I look back and another photographer is scowling at me, yelling that I’m in his way...

9 days ago
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I Let Missed Shots Destroy Me. Not Anymore.

It’s half time, and I’m walking towards the other side of the pitch.

Balls of crumpled up paper are flying past me. Paper airplanes are whistling past my ear. One hits me right in the back of my head.

I smile and keep on moving.

I’m g...

16 days ago
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Why I Almost Threw Away My Best Photo | RAW vs EDIT

This photo almost didn’t make the cut.

It didn’t make my first round of selects. Or even my second.

It wasn’t until my third pass through the training gallery that I stopped and thought, there might actually be something here.

It ended...

23 days ago
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8

Moving to the UK for Work: The Real Cost, Timeline & What Nobody Tells You

We were both home. Eagerly waiting near the front door.

Our passports were out for delivery, and we needed to be there to sign for them.

Then we got an email saying: Delivery Failed. No one home to sign.

We were home.

The mailman nev...

a month ago
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I Didn’t Photograph the Celebration. I Was In It.

My hat is gone. I have no idea where it is.

I’m pointing my camera straight up into the sky, and I’m just smiling.

I’ve shot a lot of celebrations. I never expected to be underneath one.

Welcome to the Black Country Derby.


I’ve...

a month ago
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    Club Photographer for Wolves. I write about the missed photos, the behind the scenes stories in English football, and what it takes to build a career behind the camera.

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