07 Oct 2009, Posted by Kay in t Veen in Techniques, 0 Comments

Analyze before you shoot

Make it easier for yourself, and stop shooting everything that moves before your lens but analyze a bit what players give you the best shots. These game be athletes that just look great, of have awesome moving hair or great facial expressions. This way you can concentrate more on those players.

Not only players that looks nice but also the most active or powerful players give you the best shots. for example one time i shot a field hockey game of a friend of mine. i concentrated whole game on him be he never got the ball. No because he was bad but just was not in the right place on the right time. or because the defense of the opponent was good protected and he just could never get trough without have a  opponent in he’s shadow. When i got home and load up my 200 pictures (i normally make around 600 in a hockey game) i saw what i already expected, i just had a very small amount of good publishable shots.

Analyzing the game or study the players a bit before shooting will save you a lot of time in selecting the images. and a bigger percentage of your photos will be useable. But never bed all you money on one horse.
If you are shooting amateur games and like to sell your pictures to moms or dads this is not a article for you. then shoot as much god pictures of all players. and be sure to never miss out on anyone