football

Shoot as early as possible. Once the players go out from their place, once they start warming up and practicing, that’s the best time for you to take photos. While the sun is still up or if not, there is still ambient light left for your photos to be well lighted. This is a great opportunity to take individual pictures of each players while they are all out in the field. Try to capture candid photos of players taling to their coach. Remember this time, the sun is about to set. Remember what has been shared when taking photos during the golden hour? you can also apply those here. The touch of the sun’s rays to the player’s skin results to a better and more dramatic picture.

Portrait orientation will give more desiring photos. However, you can shoot either landscapeor portrait. It’s really up to you. But if you are far from the field, landscape orientation is the best way to capture images. However, if you are closer to the field, you would want to get the whole action or the whole body of the player who’s doing an interesting action worth taking a picture of. That is why you will want to shoot in portrait so that the whole body can be included in the frame. Have the subject fill up the whole frame, use long focal lengths and get close to your subjects.

Get down on your knees. Try shooting in a kneeling position to add a dramatic atmosphere in your photos. You can even lay down on the ground beyond the end line and shoot. Surely, the images you will get will be jam-packed with power and intensity. Let the viewers feel that they are in the actual field, watching the exact game. Shoot the faces of the players and capture the emotions they do.

Set the settings of your camera. USe aperture priority, especially when the light is ever changing from bright to dark. Also, try shooting in manual mode.Compensate for the shadows and helmets by setting with aperture priority and 1/3 exposure compensation so as to see the faces clearly. Shoot in JPEG format since your subjects are constantly moving and jpeg is more sensitive along with auto white balance. Moreover, when you want to blrr the background, opt for a faster shutter speed – apertures to be set at f/2.8. Set your ISO with just enough noise that you can tolerate.

The linemen play an important role as well. Linemen can become so violent, aggressive and intense. So try to capture all the pushing, holding, choking, grabbing. It’s fun to see this scenarios and can be proof for fouls and the like. Don’t limit yourself to capture just the player with the ball. Explore.

Stay as late as you can. Staying late will get you more photo ops and more news. Try to capture the last man who comes out of the field, hugging his loved ones for a successful game or even the ones consoling the player after losing from a game.