Tips for Taking Sports Images (Part 3) by David Peterson Freezing Action Shots Most of the time you want to freeze the action. People want to see people suspended in mid air, or in mid shot. To freeze the action you need a fast shutter speed. The faster the shutter speed, the better the freeze [...]
Tips for Taking Sports Images (Part 2) by David Peterson Focus An out of focus shot is pretty useless. You should aim for every photo to be crisp and clear. Auto focus cameras do a very good job of this, and they usually focus pretty quickly. Many times, however, manual focus will work much better [...]
Tips for Taking Sports Images ( Part 1) by David Peterson Most of us have seen sports photos that capture the essence of the action – mostly in the sports sections of the newspapers. It’s normally pretty hard to create quality sporting photos because most of the time (for large events) you can’t get close [...]
