Posts Tagged ‘Sports ’
Basketball season is just about over for the year. It used to be one of my least favorite sports to shoot, but I’ve learned a lot over the past two months. If you find yourself in a similar situation – trying to figure out how to capture some awesome photos…
Aside from the exposure settings (aperture, shutter speed, ISO), there are a number of other important things to think about when using your camera. A lot of the time, you may not need to worry about them. But, when I go out to take photos at a sporting event, there…
I was looking through the Google Analytics data today, and I came across this question that someone had searched for: Is the Canon 85mm f/1.8 a good lens for night football photography? I own a Canon 85mm f/1.8 lens. I love it, for certain things. Night football photography is not…
Photo by: Viele Geischter. This photo of some football (soccer) players posing together came out of the recent uploads section of Flickr. It’s a great illustration of how to take a quick posed shot outside in the afternoon: find some shade! Look in the background (or in the other pictures…
Photo by: Ft. Couch Potatoes. This snapshot of some cyclists taking a break came out of the recent uploads section of Flickr. Two things of interest here. One, a “sports” shot doesn’t necessarily have to be an action shot. Those are cool and all, but at the end of the…
Photo by: dangorman16. I didn’t have any inspiration as to what to look for today, so I headed to the recent uploads section of Flickr. There were some slim pickins, and it took me about a dozen reloads before I found this picture which kind of caught my eye. Composition…
Photo by: richseow. Found this pic in the recent uploads of Flickr. I wasn’t looking for anything in particular, but when I saw a little thumbnail of a sports pic I thought I’d check it out and see if it was any good. Turned out to be a decent shot…
Photo by Bo No Bo. Summer is awesome. But, one of the good things about fall is that football season arrives. Over the years, I’ve lost interest in most other sports, but college football is fun to watch, and high school football is even more fun when you get to…
Photo by vramak. I wanted to look through some sports pictures today. Although this isn’t exactly what I had in mind when I started flicking through Flickr, it is too cool. Like a lot of people commented, the timing here is perfect. I like the color. Only thing that seems…
