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My high school's (yeah I still go, my brother is a junior) Homecoming game was this afternoon. I have been shooting the games whenever I get a chance. Now that I'm back home in Kenai it makes it a whole lot easier. I started posting my shots on facebook and the team enjoyed them and asks me to keep them coming, so I do. Don't have to ask me twice.
Anyway during the game the "star" of the team (he's seriously a one man show, he pretty much can play ANY position you ask him to.) ran a touchdown but had to leap over an opponent to do it... and I caught it!
Considering my 100mm-400mm lens is giving me fits I'm over the moon that this shot came out at all. Dumb thing is being sent out this week to get it looked at. I'm so disappointed. I won't have it for the game next week, I'm sure.
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What a cool shot - thanks for sharing that. And I have to agree with Bill. There have been times I've tried to take a shot and it doesn't come out but I'll go through my pictures and come along to one that I have no idea how I managed to get it.
Sometimes I think photography is 5% equipment, 5% talent, and 90% luck
in some ways that's so true, especially when it's sports because 90% of the time you have NO idea when/where/what is going to happen. That's why I LOVE to shoot figure skating events, after watching them practice for a week on the ice I know where and when the action is going to happen. Football I spend most of my time going "where they heck is the ball?!" But that's the challenge, and I love that kind of challenge... when the equipment is working. Which is why I am SO glad that this shot happened. I was worried it was going to be one of the "error msg" shots that I had so many of...
Definitely great shot! As far as I'm concerned, "luck" in action photography is 90% preparation and anticipation. If you don't have those lined up, the odds on getting that great shot drop to the nearly non-existent. Sure, you can have your camera in burst mode and improve your odds somewhat, but if you haven't tripped the shutter a half-second prior to the peak moment, even burst mode doesn't help. Anticipation. An-tici-pa-ay-shun.
But... ya gotta come up with a different watermark for your football photos! Perhaps something in collegiate-style block lettering, rather than a script? Ditto if you shoot hockey. Keep the script for weddings and figure skating.
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But... ya gotta come up with a different watermark for your football photos! Perhaps something in collegiate-style block lettering, rather than a script? Ditto if you shoot hockey. Keep the script for weddings and figure skating.
this is the only one I have watermarked because it's the only one I feel like protecting, but I agree, I do need better watermarking.
and I agree preparation and anticipation is key, but you really can't expect a play like the one I caught. Granted the player in black has done it many times before, but who knows when he's going to be Michael Jordan instead of Steve Young (believe it or not #7 for Kenai is actually the QB lol)
And I just got a call from his mom asking to purchase the photo. As it was an official school game I don't know that I can charge for the photo as I know they are contracted with a statewide photographer association to take photos of the games (and I know the USFSA sanctioned figure skating stuff can't be sold that I take...). So I'm sending it free of charge and I'm not bummed about it. If anything they'll at least mention me as she saw my website and loves what she sees as far as portraits go so who knows.
But it's given me the desire to look at how i could possibly become part of the association as I know that they don't have many (if any) official photogs down here...
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