Saturday, 21 May 2011

Sports Photography

What is Sports photography?

Sport photography is a specialized form of action photography which is focused on capturing moments from any sport.

If you are a person who loves sports and loves photography,  you may want to become a sports photographer because not only you will enjoy doing it, but you will also get free and best seats at the stadium!!

Right gear is very important
For sports photography you may need to be ready with right gear for the occasion, like:
  • Cameras that support wide range of ISO.
  • Cameras that support fast shutter speeds.
  • Cameras with fast continuous shooting modes.
  • Multiple lenses with wide angle and zooming capabilities, telephoto zoom lens.
  • A monopod as using tripod may cause problems by taking more space and restricting mobility.
  • High capacity and high speed memory cards.
  • Two cameras if possible so you don't miss the moments while changing lenses.
  • Remote device for clicking will help avoid blur.
  • Extra batteries.

Few Tips:

  • Opening up aperture a bit will help in low light situation and produce great results by fading the fore ground and the background around the scene.
  • Though using very shallow depth of fields can make it difficult for focusing on subject.
  • Using auto focus capability of camera helps as it takes more time to get manual focus and you might miss the right moment doing that.
  • If you are using memory card with smaller capacity, shoot in Jpg mode. This will allow you to take more numbers of shots to choose from later on.

Trust your luck!
In sport photography you also need to trust your luck, there are various odds that are against you. Like you may not have freedom to move in close to the action scene. You wont know when something interesting will happen. You may not get the angle of shot that you desire.
Patience is the key, if you loose concentration you may miss the moment.


To read more about other types of photography click here

Related reading:
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/introduction-to-sports-photography

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