Hello everyone. Yesterday it was the first time for me shooting sports. It was Volleyball. How the *** do professionals get solid photos with all the faces, people running around, athletes getting in your shot while you are focused on a subject, limited space etc? I took around 1300 photos. Only like 300 of them are usable. It was extremely tough anticipating the ball and trying to capture the action. And when I did… the faces… Oh my god. And not only that… it was women playing…you can imagine how many of the photos they will like. Some are pretty good athletic photos not gonna lie. And to my defense I had only one lens a 24-105 f/4. I am waiting for the new Sigma for Sony mount. I think it will help a lot. Anyway I would love some advice. Thank you.
Edit: By saying it was women I wasnt trying to be sexist at all. But my girlfriend was playing and when see saw the photos she would look at every minute detail of her body.
How does anyone do anything? Practice.
I did sports photography for two summers. Mostly high school age kids. 300 decent shots out of 1300? That was probably my percentage too…
You largely start getting used to how things go and where the action is going to be. I was a wrestler in high school and my journalist friend was amazed that when I sat with him covering an event I could tell him a few seconds ahead of time what was going to happen in each match.
It’s the same when I shot basketball in college (awful). You know where the ball is going to be because it’s a lot of rote practiced activities for the athletes. When things go well, it’s predictable.
It’s the same when I shot basketball in college (awful). You know where the ball is going to be because it’s a lot of rote-practiced activities for the athletes. When things go well, it’s predictable.