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

Low perspective vs high perspective

A great way to improve your sports shots to get into a unique perspective, everyone shoots the normal pictures straight from a standing position. but try to sit down next to the sidelines. or maybe even climb up the stairs of the tribune to get a high perspective. This will change your shots a lot!

High perspective

Because you are high and shooting towards the ground, its easier to get a clean background because you don’t look very far behind the player. Sometimes you can get very cool overviews of play and really see a buildup of a certain action. The negative part of this is that you probably need a pretty long lens. and sometimes you get a bit strange shots. but keep trying and you know what works for you and what does not. every sport and every field is different. most of the time there is just no possibility to shoot from a higher perspective.

Low perspective

This is one of my favorites. this way you really enter the action. your shot is in the middle of all the excitement. Players look  a bit bigger and you sometimes get a great bokeh from your depth of field because you see all other players blurry in the back or front of the shot. Often i try to sit in the neighborhood of a goal so the action is really coming you way. Try to experiment with a very low position (sitting on your butt) and try to get as low as is a (little) bit comfortable. or just kneel can also be a good way.