Ways For You To Improve Your Sports Pictures

Catching the world in motion can be a truly challenging task

. More than any other kind of photography, action photography demands lightning-quick reflexes, a solid foundation in composition and other photo elements, and a little bit of luck. However, anyone can learn to take great action photos if you're willing to invest the time and effort needed to understand the methods. Here are some techniques on how you can get started taking action photos.

Understand Your Subject

Because of the critical impact timing has on action photography, it is important that you understand what you are shooting. For example, if you're shooting a soccer game, you can't get a good shot of the goal if you're not near the goal posts. Take time to properly prepare before the shoot by learning about your sport so you can anticipate actions and properly position yourself in the right spot.

Get the Subject in Action

You want to always try to get the subject at the time when the action is at its maximum impact. For example if you're photographing snowboarders jumping off a ramp, know what type of shot you want. Do you want the launch, the landing or the highest part in the jump? Action photos can get your attention if you compose the image to include the most interesting part of the movement. So, always be thinking of the best way to compose your picture.

Focus in Advance

One technique used by professional photographers is to focus your camera on an empty space where you think the action will occur. This is an easy thing to do if you know the activity you're shooting, and will save you valuable time when someone is flying through the air in your frame and you have milliseconds to react.

Pan with the Subject

It is important in action photography that you convey motion in the final print. Although there will be some subjects that will have obvious movement (like a basketball player caught in mid air) others may require more practice. Panning is when you keep your camera moving with the subject like when a cyclist is passing in front of you. This will give you an image with a blurry background and the subject in focus.

Having the Right Film and Using a Flash

For action photography, a high speed film of 800 or above is usually best. It will allow you to use faster shutter speeds in more light situations, helping you to freeze action as it happens. A flash can also be quite helpful in capturing those ultra-fast moments, though it is worth noting that the great majority of consumer level camera flashes won't have much use beyond 10 feet.

Continue the Action

Try not to stop the action of a subject in your photograph. Although freezing an action shot is a good goal, you should try to leave enough space in the image to let the viewer see the outcome of the action. For instance, if your subject is jumping down a couple of stairs, position them at the top of the frame so you can see where they're jumping to so the image has a clear outcome.

Best to Go Digital

Action photography does take a lot of practice and patience and also used to take an enormous amount of film. Because of the power of digital photography, now anyone can practice taking action shots without spending a lot of money on film. And for even more fun, many new digital SLRS have continuous shooting modes that will let you shoot 10-50 pictures in rapid succession so you're almost guaranteed of a good shot.

The two things to always remember when shooting action photography is to have fun and be safe. Never position yourself where you run the risk of getting hit by vehicles or athletes, and make sure that the people you are shooting are aware of where you'll be during the activity. It really comes down to practice- the more you shoot the better you'll get!

by: Autumn Lockwood

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