Hawkeye fan discovered, credentialed for photography after traction on Twitter – The Daily Iowan

Dennis Scheidt went from a Hawkeye fan to an official photographer with Hawkeye Report for six years, after his Twitter account gained traction.Jerod RingwaldDennis Scheidt, a freelance photographer for Hawkeye Report, takes photos during a men’s basketball game between Iowa and Michigan State at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. The Hawkeyes defeated the Spartans, 86-60. Marandah Mangra-Dutcher, News Reporter February 27, 2022 @webcentrick, a Twitter account with over 13,000 followers, began when an Iowa Athletics fan posted photos he had taken of the game from where he sat in the crowd. “I’ve always been a season ticket holder,” said Dennis Scheidt, creator and publisher of the account. “My seats were down fairly low to the field, so I had kind of the same viewpoint as an on-field photographer.” Scheidt said he began taking photos at Hawkeye sporting events in 2013. He originally bought quality camera gear to photograph his daughter’s show choir competitions. Scheidt used a photo editing app called Snapseed, and said that’s when his Twitter started to gain traction. “I started doing some edits of shots that I have taken, and I post those and people will be like ‘Wow, that’s really cool,’” he said. “I…
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