Get to the game a early and get images of the pre-game practice or warmp-ups. You can almost be assured all the players will be doing something and its a great chance to get everyone covered. Especially those requests we all get from parents. "Hey Photo Guy, get a shot of #44 tonight!" Well, maybe #44 is the second string long snapper.
Baseball: What, maybe 20 kids on a team. With 9 kids on the field at a time it is obvious that not all will see game time or action if they are on the field.
Here is something I strive for in these type of situations.
Here you can see the player, good eye contact and its not blatantly obvious that this is during warm-ups. For baseball, as really all sports, try to make sure you have clean background. Make sure somebody in the background, fan or player, is not watching some other activity, for this might be a clue that the game has not yet started. For baseball, sometimes the games balls are sparkling white and the practice ones are dirty, very dirty. Try to minimize that if possible.
Another reason to cheat. Lighting. At the high school football games around here, it's almost dark by kick-off and later in the season, it will be dark at kick-off. Yet, just before game time, the lighting can be really nice. So, why not make some images with the good lighting. Now, with the image below, there is no defender in sight, so either the coverage got really blown, or this guy is smoking fast. Notice in the background, I've got some fans feet. In this case, you can't see much of them and can't really tell they are not watching the "action" on the field.
Also, I don't think it is all that terrible to get images of the warm-ups and it is blatantly obvious that it is warm-ups as that can be part of the game too.
How often can you get a clean image of a center in football. With my luck, his head is down and he is trying not to get creamed by the nose guard. Either that or the side judge or back judge has their rear end between me and the center.
Also, one last reason to cheat. Sometimes the kids are a bit looser before the game starts and you can catch them smiling, or maybe better yet, with their game face on.
Either way, you might have better access to the kids before a game starts and therefore, a chance to get in nice and tight on their handsome mugs.
Here you can see the player, good eye contact and its not blatantly obvious that this is during warm-ups. For baseball, as really all sports, try to make sure you have clean background. Make sure somebody in the background, fan or player, is not watching some other activity, for this might be a clue that the game has not yet started. For baseball, sometimes the games balls are sparkling white and the practice ones are dirty, very dirty. Try to minimize that if possible.
Another reason to cheat. Lighting. At the high school football games around here, it's almost dark by kick-off and later in the season, it will be dark at kick-off. Yet, just before game time, the lighting can be really nice. So, why not make some images with the good lighting. Now, with the image below, there is no defender in sight, so either the coverage got really blown, or this guy is smoking fast. Notice in the background, I've got some fans feet. In this case, you can't see much of them and can't really tell they are not watching the "action" on the field.
Also, I don't think it is all that terrible to get images of the warm-ups and it is blatantly obvious that it is warm-ups as that can be part of the game too.How often can you get a clean image of a center in football. With my luck, his head is down and he is trying not to get creamed by the nose guard. Either that or the side judge or back judge has their rear end between me and the center.
Also, one last reason to cheat. Sometimes the kids are a bit looser before the game starts and you can catch them smiling, or maybe better yet, with their game face on.
Either way, you might have better access to the kids before a game starts and therefore, a chance to get in nice and tight on their handsome mugs.
No comments:
Post a Comment