Just hearing or reading about gameday at Williams Brice football stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, does not do it justice at all, it is a sight like no other. The people that get one of the best views are the cheerleaders. Cheerleaders are there from start to end and get to see the whole day pan out. When standing on the field the cheerleaders get the biggest feeling of anticipation as they see the crowd filling into the stadium and it looks like a sea of garnet and black. No one can get the same rush of excitement unless they see it or they are there to experience it for themselves.  Photos taken at Williams Brice show the excitement of the fans by highlighting the cheerleaders. Gameday at Williams Brice shows that there is so much excitement and anticipation within the stadium walls at Williams Brice.  There are so many sights and sounds at Williams Brice and there are a million ways to interpret what you see them, with all of the different angles of the stadium and different shots that photographers can take pictures from really captures all of the excitement and crowd involvement.  

The first picture is one of the cheerleaders performing a pep rally for fans before the game. Each spectator at the pep rally can see and feel the excitement of gameday at Williams Brice. The photographer caught the cheerleaders while they were playing the fight song for The University of South Carolina. He shot it from ground up because he wanted to give the effect of how high the cheerleaders are in the air. By the photographer taking the photo from the ground up really creates a visual for the viewers, it highlights the hight of the cheerleaders. The angle exagerated the hight making the cheerleaders to apear higher in the air. The photographer also got the band and some of the fans in the photo as well. The photographer wanted to get the band in the photo to show the unity of how the band and the cheerleaders work together to get the crowd ready for the big game. The faces of the specators, cheerleaders, and band members may not be that clear but the photo shows unity amoung the different groups of people that are all gathering for one reason, Carolina football. The photo also tried to make the viewer more excited by giving them an exciting performance. There are many exciting actions and sound occurring in this picture, even though there is no actual sound the viewer and imagine sound because they see the band playing and the cheerleaders performing to it. The image appeals to people's emotion by getting them excited for the football game happening inside of Williams Brice afterwards. 

The football game is not the only thing that happens on game days at Williams Brice, There are many pregame activities, including a couple pep rallies and the famous Gamecock walk where fans watch the players walk into the stadium, which is where the second picture is taken of in the Gamecock Park. The picture shows the cheerleaders trying to get the fans pumped up before the game. Although the crowd does not look very involved, this photo captures the cheerleaders beginning to get the fans involved. This proves that the crowd needs help getting involved and that what the cheerleaders are there for.  You can also see some excited fans in the background behind the cheerleaders. The photographer wanted to make sure he had a good shot of the stadium in the background to symbolize what exactly is going on and why the cheerleaders are performing the pep rally for the fans. The stadium symbolizes the excitement and the true meaning of Carolina football and Carolina traditions. The megaphones being used by the male cheerleaders is a very recognizable use of crowd involvement. When looking at the image most people would feel excitement, enthusiasm, and a rush of adrenaline. The way the photographer set up the picture shows that he wanted the viewer to see the highlight, which would be Williams  Brice in the background. The cheerleaders and the fans are just highlights to show emphasis. 

Now it is time for kick off! In the third photo the viewer can see the packed stadium, the football players on the field, the cheerleaders, and the fans; everyone in this picture is excited and anticipating kickoff. The photographer again used the cheerleaders to highlight the fans and the stadium in the background. This picture symbolizes almost every person's picture perfect football saturday; a clear blue sky, a packed house, and carolina football. The lighting in this picture highlights the garnet well. With the garnet highlighted that way viewers do not have to assume the team's main color.  In this picture the fans are standing up and yelling for the football team. The angle the photographer took the picture emphasizes the size of the crowd and and it makes the cheerleaders the center of the photo and now it shows that the cheerleaders have done their job and now the crowd is completely involved and everyone is ready for some Carolina football. 

The main highlight of photo four would be the cheerleader and the Gooo sign. There is a lot of excitement portrayed through this photograph. The fans are on their feet in the background and the cheerleaders are shaking their pom poms. This photo shows more than that there is a football game going on, it shows how many different things are happening at the same time as the football game. For instance viewers can see the other photographers and television network workers in the back. It is clear to the reader/viewer that there is something exciting going on in the game because the cheerleaders are using the signs and shaking their pom poms to get the crowd to be loud and amped up. The viewer/reader can also tell that this is later in the game and that it is hot outside because the cheerleaders look hot and sweaty, and their hair looks frizzy. Viewers can infer this from the photo because they can clearly see the sweat on the cheerleaders faces and the viewers can get the feeling that it is so hot at the game. This also shows how hard the cheerleaders have been cheering on the football team. 

The fifth photo catches so many things happening in Williams Brice Stadium. The main thing occurring in the photo would be that the sun is starting to go down, the reader can tell this because of the shadows of the people in the photo. It is clear that it is in the late afternoon. It is easy to tell that it is a nice sunny day as well since there are very view clouds in the sky. There is also something exciting going on at the time of the photo and it can be inferred that the band has just played a song that the cheerleaders dance to, considering that they are all doing the same thing at the same time. The reader can also tell that there is a breeze of some sort because of the flags blowing in the background of the photo. 

All of the photos show the excitenment that is involved in gamedays in Williams Brice. The photos also so the use of angles, lighting, and use of props to show the different visuals in photographs. Gamedays at Williams Brice are full of excitement and most of the excitement is brought on by the football game but a lot goes into gettting the crowd pumped for the game and the cheerleaders and the band do most of the work when it comes to pumping up the crowd. 
