Episode 08 • Guest Profile
Quenton Lawson.
Quenton “Q” Lawson is the creator behind 2LIVEQ Sports, a Huntsville videographer and photographer documenting the athletes, programs and emotions that give sports their meaning beyond the scoreboard.
His Story
Staying close to the game.
Quenton grew up playing football and basketball. He understood early that professional sports would not be his path, but he still wanted to remain as close to the game as possible.
At Jacksonville State University, he studied communications with a minor in film technology. He began shooting sports around 2013, covering smaller schools in Northeast Alabama while learning how media could keep him connected to the environments he loved.
His college experience extended beyond the camera. Quenton also helped create a sports radio show called The Scrimmage, interviewing current and former Jacksonville State athletes and teaching the next group of students how to continue the program.
After college, he spent roughly seven to eight years working as an editor and photographer at WAFF 48. The newsroom developed his technical discipline, versatility and understanding of how to find the story inside a larger moment.
The Work
Not highlights. Human stories.
2LIVEQ Sports
Quenton built 2LIVEQ Sports around videography and photography for athletes and sports programs. His work includes game highlights, player profiles, team storytelling, event coverage and athlete portraits.
Storytelling
His lens looks beyond points, rankings and final scores. Quenton focuses on player emotion, coaching reactions, program culture and the personal reason an athlete cares about the outcome.
Relationships
The camera may introduce him to an athlete, but it is rarely where the relationship ends. He stays connected, discusses college decisions and life, and becomes someone young athletes can trust away from the game.
The Leap
Betting on himself.
For years, Quenton balanced 2LIVEQ with the demands of television news. News operated every day of the year, leaving little separation between working hours, holidays and personal time.
The conflict became impossible to ignore when he had the opportunity to shoot a game but could not get away from the station, even with available paid time off. He was giving most of his time to one job while continually postponing the work he wanted to build.
His family had been waiting for him to make the decision. Their message was direct: bet on yourself. Quenton resigned, stepped into 2LIVEQ full time and accepted that entrepreneurship would require a different relationship with risk.
The decision did not remove the pressure. It proved that uncertainty could still produce growth, experience and a life built around work he genuinely wanted to do.
Beyond the Lens
The person still matters when the camera is off.
Quenton does not view young athletes as content inventory. He asks about their lives, helps them think through college choices and encourages them to communicate when something outside sports is affecting how they show up.
That approach shapes how he defines manhood. Accountability, resilience and keeping your word matter, but so does being willing to express what is happening internally.
He challenges the idea that transparency makes a man weak. Pride and silence can prevent athletes from asking for help, explaining what they are carrying or building honest relationships with the coaches and people around them.
The footage may preserve a moment. The relationship allows him to understand why that moment mattered.
The camera brought them together. Trust built everything after it.
Quenton’s work sits at the intersection of sports media and mentorship. He captures what athletes do, but he remains interested in who they are, what motivates them and what they may be carrying when the game ends.
“If you don’t express yourself, you’re never going to get better.”
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