How Do I Get Started in Sports Photography?

This book mainly explains shooting techniques for sports photography. In the book, from the shooting equipment for sports photography to the key points when shooting, such as lighting, composition, focus, etc., have been explained and analyzed in detail. The comparison and clear analysis of how to find the best shooting position, how to shoot large sports events or small competitions. In the book, the author has explained in detail the poses that need to be emphasized when shooting sports competitions, and the emotions of the characters when shooting. In addition, the book comes with a large number of exquisitely enlarged pictures and step-by-step explanations, and readers can easily master sports shooting based on the reading of this book.

The golden rule of sports photography

This book mainly explains shooting techniques for sports photography. In the book, from the shooting equipment for sports photography to the key points when shooting, such as lighting, composition, focus, etc., have been explained and analyzed in detail. The comparison and clear analysis of how to find the best shooting position, how to shoot large sports events or small competitions. In the book, the author has explained in detail the poses that need to be emphasized when shooting sports competitions, and the emotions of the characters when shooting. In addition, the book comes with a large number of exquisitely enlarged pictures and step-by-step explanations, and readers can easily master sports shooting based on the reading of this book.

Book title

The golden rule of sports photography

Author

Bill Frakes

Publishing house

Electronic Industry Press

Pages

222 pages

Open

16

Brand

Electronic Industry Press

Foreign name

Sports Photography: from Snapshots to Great Shots

Translator

Chen Xianbo

Publication date

June 1, 2014

Language

Simplified Chinese

ISBN

7121231255 ^[1]

Chapter 1 Photographic Equipment 1
Essential equipment for sports photography 1
Interpretation of picture shooting 2
Photography equipment is not enough 4
Camera 5
Lens 7
Memory card 8
Stand, flash and camera case 9
Stand 9
Flash 10
What's in the camera bag 12
Intensive Exercise 13
Chapter 2 Starting to Shoot 15
Fundamentals of Sports Photography 15
Examining the picture 16
Ready to shoot 18
Camera Basics 19
Sports photography as training material 24
Sports photography for advertising and promotional purposes24
Sports photography for journalism 25
Action and Portrait Features 30
Ray 30
Looking forward to hit 32
Intensive Exercise 35
Chapter 3 Accurate Perspectives 37
Shooting with long and short lenses 37
Closer look at the picture 38
Short lenses: from ultra wide-angle lenses to ordinary lenses 40
Long lens 45
Shooting Practice 49
Chapter 4 Finding the Right Light 51
Shooting with the Right Light 51
Closer look at the picture 52
Backlight 54
Shooting Intensive Practice 61
Chapter 5 Shooting a Rugby Game 63
Big scene, feast for the eyes 63
Closer look at the picture 64
Rugby: How to Take the Best Photos 66
Intensive Exercise 81
Chapter 6 Shooting Basketball 83
Shooting basketball moves from various angles 83
Closer look at the picture 84
Basketball: How to Take the Best Picture 86
How did I report on a basketball game 92
Intensive Exercise 99
Chapter 7 Baseball and Softball 101
Shooting American Classic Sports 101
Closer look at the picture 102
Baseball: How to Take the Best Picture 104
Different feelings109
Shooting Player Emotions 110
Baseball Feature 111
Intensive Exercise 113
Chapter 8 Fast Events 115
Horse racing, track and field, motorcycle racing 115
Closer look at the picture 116
Horse Racing: How to Take the Best Picture 118
Track and Field: How to Take the Best Picture 126
Motor Sports: How to Take the Best Picture 138
My shooting equipment 141
To set your camera carefully 142
Outside the game 143
Intensive Exercise 145
Chapter 9 Shooting the Summer Olympics 147
From Greece to now 147
Closer look at the picture 148
How to find the best shooting position 150
Select lens 150
Beach Volleyball: How to Take the Best Picture 150
Boxing: How To Take The Best Picture 154
Bicycles: How to Take the Best Picture 155
Diving: How to Take the Best Picture 158
Dressage, all-around equestrian, obstacle course: how to take the best picture 160
How to take the best gymnastic pictures 162
How To Take The Best Table Tennis Match Picture 166
How to take the best swimming picture 168
How To Take The Best Weightlifting Picture 171
How to take the best wrestling picture 173
Capturing the scenery around the field 174
Equipment 174
Settings 174
Intensive exercises? 175
Chapter 10 Quick Action Shooting 177
Football, Lacrosse, Hockey 177
Scrutinizing pictures 178
How to take the best football pictures 180
How To Take The Best Ground Hockey Pictures 182
How to Take the Best Lacrosse Pictures 184
My shooting equipment 187
Camera settings 188
Taking pictures before the game starts 188
Action 188
Post-match tidbits 190
Intensive Exercise 191
Chapter 11 Golf and Tennis Shooting 193
Quiet sports 193
Fine-tuning the picture 194
Golf: A Cozy Long Trip 196
Tennis: Inside and outside the net 198
Shooting the Moments in a Race 204
Intensive Exercise 207
Chapter 12 Personal and Professional Growth 209
Beyond Photography 209
Refining the picture 210
Improve Business Level 212
Polish Your Photography Skills 215
What will happen in the future? 218
Intensive Exercise 219
Book Summary 220
Friends, mentors, and heroes 220

I have thought about this book for some time.
I take pictures every day. I am a narrator and this is the best and most appropriate way for me to communicate with the outside world. I want to share what I'm lucky to see with others and spread it as widely as possible.
In my bones, I am very willing to impart my photography experience to others, and I am also very willing to share my photography knowledge with others. In turn, it is this kind of willingness that made me meet a lot of mentors and friends who follow my photography path.
The reason I like to shoot sports photography was when I was in my twenties and was a regular photographer hired by the Miami Herald. Compared with today, the photography technology at that time is completely different: the slow response of the lens and the camera must be manually focused, which makes the shooting more difficult, and the frames that can be captured are much less. Since the main use of cross-roll shooting was at that time, more light was needed, which allowed me to choose very little, and the process of image processing was particularly time-consuming. Before pressing the shutter, two points must be guaranteed: first, the image must be clear; second, the captured image must record important moments.
In the early 1990s, I became a member of the Sports Illustrated photography team. Since then, I have traveled all over the world, filming and reporting on those sports events you can see.
In some of the world's most grand sports events, the organizing committee often arranges the best place for me. But I think the first priority of shooting is whether you can take meaningful pictures, not where you shoot. Shooting a small league game is just as important as shooting a world professional baseball game.
Over the past 25 years, I have covered 10 Olympic Games, 25 Super Bowls, 10 Basketball Championships hosted by the National College Student Sports Association, 25 Kentucky Horse Races, and any major sporting events in the period. In 1991, at their home in New Orleans, Airy Manning was only 10 years old. He and his father were training at the time, and shooting such a shot was no less precious than when Manning won the Super Bowl in 2012. Screen.
This book is not just to teach you how to shoot sports photography, but to teach you to look for it with your heart, then pick up the camera to record that moment.
The goal of this book is in the field of sports photography. Although the ability to produce pictures is constantly developing, the core photography elements have not changed. Increasingly new cameras-these cameras are also equipped with larger and larger sensors, faster and faster lenses, and larger and larger memory card capacities, all of which are driving more and more people into Sports photography. Discover iconic movements, capture different styles of athletes, and feel the cheers of the audience, all of which will make you feel the extraordinary charm of sports events. These elements are the essence of sports photography, they will not be, and will not change in the future.
This book will reveal to readers my photography experience and shooting methods. The content ranges from how to use photographic equipment to how to enter the event scene for shooting. In the book, I will like to show how I do sports shooting, and I will discuss with you how to compose and shoot according to different events.
For whom this book is written It is well known that photographers have varying levels of photography, and this book is written for photographers who want to improve their photography. This book will show readers how to use pictures to tell the whole process of conceiving exciting moments, from capturing the penultimate action to glorious moments outside the game. Of course, shooting skills are also very important. For this reason, in my book, I not only focus on explaining the use of shooting tools, but more importantly, I also interpret my selection. Where do I choose to shoot and why do I stand here to shoot, squat, kneel, or sit?
The purpose of this book is to teach readers to shoot sports, whether it is a novice photographer, amateur or experienced photographer, you can learn useful things and learn how to make your photography. The work became the focus of audience attention.
Shooting sports pictures If you want to successfully report sports events, photographers must conceive of all aspects of shooting in advance, and must grasp the motivation and response of the athletes' actions. In other words, you should have the expected results before shooting, and you must be prepared to do enough work, and let the pictures you take "impress".
It is important to understand the sports that athletes engage in, that is, to understand the personality of the participants and the development trend of the sport. But the most important thing is to know yourself, to be ready to react, and to be ready to capture great shots.
My experience in shooting sports events is to take pictures with sportsmanship and passion. Of course, sometimes it takes some luck. But more often, sports photography is a passionate activity that combines art, commerce, and advocating sports. Through personal participation and observation, photographers can have a huge impact on society by shooting works. I want to capture those peak moments, hoping to be able to define sports events in a way that allows the audience to be inspired and arouse their passion for sports.
Sports photography is inseparable from movement and emotion, style and scene, shooting location and target. The highest state of shooting is that the pictures are very artistic and contain elements that advocate sports.