Fotos by Mendi: New England Patriot's Superbowl 51 Victory Parade ~ Boston, MA

Superbowl LI was already hyped up to be an amazing game between the best scoring offense and best scoring defense in the NFL, but no one expected what actually happened. The New England Patriots came back from trailing by 25 points by the middle of the third quarter to not only be one of the best [if not the best] comebacks in NFL history, but no team had ever come back in a Superbowl from more than a 10 point trail. They broke records for the comeback, for being the first Superbowl game to go to overtime, for being the team with the most Superbowl championships and Tom Brady and Bill Belichick officially became the best coach and quarterback in the history of the NFL.

My favorite shot of the day!

All that being said, they had every reason for having an amazing parade with an estimated 1 million fans showing up to downtown Boston to celebrate with the New England Patriots! For the full series of photos, click here.

The weather was a New England cliché, it would change every 15 minutes! From light snow, to heavy snow, hail, rain to finally a light drizzle when the Pats finally came on by. I was in the crowd waiting for about 2.5 hours but I had a great view from about 5 people back from the barriers.

My Sony a77 camera body is weather-sealed so I didn't have to worry about the water hitting the camera but my lenses are not, so I had my camera in my smaller bag, the LowePro Slingshot 202 AW and I hide the lens in my jacket when I would take it out and was not actively shooting. Almost all entry level to mid-level DSLRs or compact cameras are not weather-sealed, but you can get rain sleeves for a few bucks for your camera like this one here.

My bag on the left that has an All Weather Sleeve that goes around it and stores at the bottom in a hidden pouch. A rain sleeve on the right and below shows how you can use the camera like normal while it is around your set up.