Peter Crouch has been asked to train the UK Sony ‘Twilight Football’ team ahead of their big game today. The outcome was some simply stunning imagery. Sony says, “The upcoming sporting event from Sony called “Twilight Football” has been set up to do just that, capture some beautiful imagery of the beautiful game, whilst demonstrating the low-light shooting capabilities of Sony’s new range of cameras and Handycams including the Cyber-shot TX1 and WX1 models, the Handycam TG7 and the DSLR A550.” Amateur footballers have competed to take part in matches around the world and the team of successful UK applicants were awarded the extra honour of being trained by England football legend Peter Crouch. He commented:  “It was a fantastic experience working with the UK winners of the Sony Twilight football competition. They are a dedicated, tight knit team and it was my pleasure to coach them ahead of their upcoming match in Australia.”

Sony Press Release

ENGLAND VS TWILIGHT

PETER CROUCH TRAINS THE SONY TWILIGHT FOOTBALL TEAM AHEAD OF UPCOMING GLOBAL SPORTING EVENT

Peter Crouch cuts a striking figure on the football pitch at the best of times and when recently asked to train the UK Sony ‘Twilight Football’ team ahead of their big game on the 22nd September, the outcome was some simply stunning imagery.

The upcoming sporting event from Sony called “Twilight Football” has been set up to do just that, capture some beautiful imagery of the beautiful game, whilst demonstrating the low-light shooting capabilities of Sony’s new range of cameras and Handycams including the Cyber-shot TX1 and WX1 models, the Handycam TG7 and the DSLR A550.

Twilight will form the magical backdrop for five-a-side football games commencing at one side of the world, and concluding at the other on 22nd September, the time of the autumnal/vernal equinox - when twilight is at its longest at any given point on the planet.

Amateur footballers have competed to take part in matches around the world and the team of successful UK applicants were awarded the extra honour of being trained by England footie legend Peter Crouch.

Eton College football pitch was chosen as the training ground to continue the theme of stunning backdrops chosen for each match.

Peter Crouch commented: “It was a fantastic experience working with the UK winners of the Sony Twilight football competition.  They are a dedicated, tight knit team and it was my pleasure to coach them ahead of their upcoming match in Australia.”

About Twilight Football

“Twilight Football” will create a series of spectacular twilight images captured using the latest photography equipment from Sony. The images will be used in various print and outdoor advertising.

The first game will start as twilight begins in Italy.  The instant a light sensor determines that darkness has fallen, the same game is taken up in France.  And so it continues, through Spain, the UK, Argentina and Australia until the final whistle blows in South Africa.  The entire match will last for around four hours and forty minutes, involve seventy grass-roots players and nine world-class FIFA officials.

To add to the drama the “Twilight Football” matches are scheduled for some of the world’s most photogenic spots. They include a floating platform in Venice, King Arthur’s castle in Cornwall, the Iguazu Falls in Argentina (80,000 gallons a second dropping down a 300 foot chasm), the Pinnacle Desert (a fifty degree sweat in a parched landscape made up of weird limestone pillars), and finally South Africa where the game will be played at a private game reserve called Aquila.

The campaign has been designed to promote Sony’s unique Exmor RTM CMOS sensor technology which has an exceptional capacity to capture detail in low light, and since mixing low light and fast-moving action presents one of the toughest challenges to photographers, “Twilight Football” will truly put the technology to the test.

Twilight has long been an inspiration to artists and photographers, and this whole event will offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to capture exotic shots in beautiful locations, at the most beautiful time of day giving new meaning to the idea of the “beautiful game”. 

Photo caption: Peter Crouch training the Sony Twilight Football team ahead of the big match on the 22nd September - to promote the new range of Sony digital imaging products which all feature Exmor RTM CMOS sensor technology for excellent low-light shooting

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