Sports Photography
3 Easy Tips on Taking Good Sport Photos By:Claudia Dunn
Most sports photographers usually work for newspapers, marketing agencies, or sports magazines. However, sports photography can also be used for advertising to promote a brand that athletic people are wearing/using or a team brand. Sports photography is everywhere. It gives the viewer a little look into the action if they weren't there. It also allows the viewer to see details about the athlete or sporting event that could not be captured by watching in action. One picture can tell a whole story.
Here are three key elements that I discovered in my research that I feel are important to taking good sports photography:
Shutter Speed
Background
Horizon
Before using a tripod the horizon line is off by a lot (tilted).
After using the tripod and making the camera stable it no longer looks like the subject is falling off the camera.
Well Known Sports Photographer
Bob Martin
In this photo Martin uses the runners' shadows to look like the person running.
Using different angles is what Martin did here. He put the camera inside the hay barrel, a shot that people can't experience in real life.
In this picture Martin captures a Paralympic diver leaving his artificial legs behind on the deck to take a dive.