4 Tips for Sports Photography An excerpt from Advancing Your Photography, Chapter 7 Photo Credit: John Todd, Photographer Whether it’s your kid’s baseball game or your favorite team, sports are always a great opportunity to capture some stand-out images. Here are some tips from sports photographer John Todd, whose work has appeared in USA Today, Sports Illustrated,
"These days, the girls are hitting it as hard and heavy as the boys are." "It's a great thing to see. I'm use to seeing mostly men out here on the driving range so when I spot a woman blasting away, I like to give her a tip of the hat," says Lam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVjPWwr47yo What would you suggest if we just want to get better sports shots of the friends and family? You know, two of the things that I would suggest for better sports photography are: One: clean. That is my biggest thing that I am looking for in an Image is make your background clean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uenv7PXwvhk This video from Tony Hawk's RIDE youtube channel featuring Michael Burnett is all about composition when you shoot skaters. One of the most important things to make sure of is that you get both the takeoff and the landing so that the viewers can see a story of how the skater got in the
We got to meet up with a sports photography legend Michael Zagaris, better known as Z-man in San Francisco. As team photographer for the San Francisco 49ers, Zagaris is an “inside-out shooter”. He took us behind the scenes of the NFC Divisional playoffs New Orleans Saints versus the San Francisco 49ers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh1Uk59se4Y
