Chris Mac’s Photography

Capturing motion, night skies, and game-day energy

Mac’s Quarterly Newsletter

Fall 2025  •  by Chris McCathern

Field Notes: Kissimmee skies, Friday Night Lights in Palmetto, and USF game-day energy in Tampa
Moon over park
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve nightscape • Sony A7 IV • 20s • f/1.8 • ISO 6400

This fall began under truly dark skies at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, where the Milky Way arced from horizon to horizon like a luminous river...

“Under the Milky Way, the prairie felt infinite — a reminder that patience and darkness reveal the universe in ways light never can.”

Back on the gridiron, Friday night football in Palmetto on September 19, 2025 delivered the color, contrast, and speed that define high-school sports...

Palmetto High School Friday night football action USF sideline with players and band during pre-game Milky Way core detail above prairie grasses