Okay so a friend of mine just pointed out that I haven't posted to my blog in a few weeks. Well actually months and so with his prodding and after having a busy start to a year I am know back in full post mode.
It's the end of soccer, and the beginning of softball and baseball season after a crazy first of the year dealing with basketball. A sport in which I love dearly because it's an indoor sport with air conditioning, the game is fast past, the action is better and i played basketball some when I was in high school.
Anyway getting back to the point I hate shooting baseball and softball. More so baseball than anything, at least in softball things happen when somebody gets on base. I suspect that most other people also find baseball/softball tedious to shoot because the lack of constant action. So here is what I do to make it fun for me to shoot.
1) be creative with angles. I've shot
well Ive got to interrupt this blog have to run on an accident.
Okay Im back. The accident panned out to be serious but not major.
1) Be creative with angles. I've shot many different angles of the pitcher, batter and batter leading off from first and sliding into second, third and home plate.
2) Off the field action. What is the coach doing if they are calling plays or talking to the dug out that might make for a good photo. What are people in the dugout doing there could be a photo there.
3) I look to get a good shot of the catcher flinging off his helmet for the a loose ball havent gotten it just right yet but i'll get there.
These ares some of the things that I do to make it bearable to stand out in the sun for hours.
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3 comments:
I shoot them warming up. It looks like action is going on then.
And yes, it's so slow and boring, that's why I've yet to shoot softball for the daily.
First I know your background is not in photojournalism but as a photographer shooting for a paper you should never shoot the warm up and present that as game action. 1) you are lying to the readers and 2) you can tell its from the warm up.
It does get very boring during games when waiting for something to happen what I do and what I was going to post was that I try to find different pictures that don't take place necessarily on the field. Like a good photo of the coach giving directions or players in the dugout. Or field action of the batter leading off the base or catcher calling the play or pitch or catching the ball after the pitch. There are subtle things going on in baseball and softbal that you have to hunt for harder than most sports.
I just saw this reply. Yeah, I wouldn't shoot warm up and publish it in a paper. Just shooting for fun, and joking around. Good advice on shooting stuff not taking place necessarily on the field.
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