Sports Photography and Photojournalism for Professional Photographers and Photography | SportsShooter.com. Discussing How to become a sports photographer? in Sports Photography. AshMarshall says: Welcome to the group Greenea3. It's great that you can combine your love for sport and photography, and I'm sure there are plenty of people on here to help you on your way. Considering your age, I have to assume you're still in secondary school. The positive here is that you already have perfect access to a wide range of athletes and sports that many professional photographers sometimes have difficulty getting. I would suggest speaking with your head of PE or the coaches for each team. Explain that you would like to shoot some of their games and go from there. You could use your photos in a school magazine or newsletter, on the school's sports website or in a yearbook.
Depending on your time and interest level, there's always the next step of community websites. I'm not going to lie to you - the profession is competitive and often poorly paid at the lowest levels. As for your equipment, it sounds like a great starting point. Discussing Basketball photography? What lens? in Sports Photography. Jim Erlinger says: It looks like you have a D7000, so don't be afraid to crank up the ISO. I find myself afraid to push it due to prior cameras and then am still pleasantly surprised at the results. In terms of lenses, best lens of 2.8mm you can afford. You don't need anything faster becasuse the depth of field becomes too small. I prefer a zoom for sports and find most places frown on the use of flashes. For the D7000, I find the use of a gray card to set the white balance really helped.
I'll also pass along the best tip I've received for youth sports - capture the ball and two faces and you've got a successful shot. Discussing How to become a sports photographer? in Sports Photography. AshMarshall says: Welcome to the group Greenea3. It's great that you can combine your love for sport and photography, and I'm sure there are plenty of people on here to help you on your way. Considering your age, I have to assume you're still in secondary school. The positive here is that you already have perfect access to a wide range of athletes and sports that many professional photographers sometimes have difficulty getting.
I would suggest speaking with your head of PE or the coaches for each team. Explain that you would like to shoot some of their games and go from there. You could use your photos in a school magazine or newsletter, on the school's sports website or in a yearbook. Depending on your time and interest level, there's always the next step of community websites. I'm not going to lie to you - the profession is competitive and often poorly paid at the lowest levels. As for your equipment, it sounds like a great starting point. Discussing BLFS: Monthly Themed Competition: Freeze (with a prize!) in Sports Photography. Toksuede says: Post your best sports photo that is... an action frozen in a moment Theme is... freeze. Everything needs to be absolutely frozen this month, so no blur, no shake, no nothing. Just a perfectly frozen image. Make sure your shutter speed is high enough so that everything is very still. One entry per person, but you can switch around as often as you like until the deadline.
It's a bit special this month as the winner will receive a mystery Think Tank Photo bag. Entries will be accepted until November 27th and we'll pick the top 3 on the show. Big Lens Fast Shutter November competition. Discussing Big Lens Fast Shutter, a sports photography podcast in Sports Photography. Some Pretty Revolutionary Stuff - that is really not all that revolutionary... What I mean is: in the past few months I've been able to work with Apple on changing my workflow in ways that have the potential to make my life incredibly easier on so many levels - the irony is that most of the tools that I am using have been around for years.
When Apple announced that they would be entering the world of Still Photography with their announcement of Aperture - that was a really good thing for all photographers everywhere. While some are worrying about the impending demise of our craft - Apple clearly thinks otherwise. One of the great developments is that Apple has changed the way they develop their software to adopt to the way we as photographers work - for one they have included a "provide feedback" menu item in their software. While that's far from "revolutionary" - it's the first time they've ever done this with any piece of software they've ever released. 1. The script you'll find on my site can be used in many many ways... and is highly customizable. a. B. C. 2.