Sports

A Pro Photographer in the Stands: SuperBowl xlii

It doesn’t matter if one is a novice photographer, a serious amateur, or a working professional photographer, everyone who uses a camera will quickly learn that one of the hidden goals to being a successful photographer is to ALWAYS have a plan “B”.

Whether it’s a backup plan for dealing with faulty equipment, or to cover the change in weather, to models that don’t show up or are sick, or an entire event is changed to an earlier time, having a back up plan is vital to producing images that you can be happy to call your own.

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Anticipate the Action

It was once said of Wayne Gretzky that he didn't go to where to the puck was, he went to where it was going.  By thinking ahead of the action, you'll be ready for it...

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Catching the Action

Hey dude! Like, surf’s up man! Let’s go!

There are more surfers in the water than sharks, so the safety odds are pretty good. And the action photography is superb. There are several factors to keep in mind when photographing surfers.

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Change your Point of View

When photographing an athletic event or contest, normally one is focused on freezing the action.  However, by changing your point of view, you will often notice patterns to the action that can be bold, graphic powerful, and revealing.  In the two examples below, the elevated position radically changes the composition and content...

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Framing & Composition - Mix It Up!

Often it's useful to compose without using the camera - LOOK at what you want to make a picture of!

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Freeze the Action

Shooting sports is almost always best if you can freeze the action...

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Freezing The Moment

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Kids' Sports

Sports are a part of most fall afternoons, especially if you have kids! Minneapolis instructor Tony Schreck offers tips on photographing soccer games with the family.

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Motion Blur by Panning

By moving the camera along with your subject, you can blur the background and keep your subject sharper, gaining attention to it.

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Not for the Timid

Emotion. Peak moment. Unique angles. Movement. Speed. Sports shooting is not for the timid. You must be actively engaged with your camera and think fast...

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Photographing People, Subject Placement & Expression

How do you want the subject to look? To best capture people work, ask yourself...

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Power & Grace

Sports photography requires a keen sense of timing as well as an appreciation of movement and form.  Generally sports photographers look to freeze the action OR convey a sense of fluidity, power and grace...

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