I signed up for a Sports Photography class last night that had us ice-level shooting the Portland Winterhawks in action.
I left the game (match?) very disappointed with 700 mediocre (at best) photos. I didn't even look at them until this morning because I knew I hadn't captured anything remarkable. I spent much of the afternoon (Super Bowl, what Super Bowl?) whittling that number down to 602, then 359, and now 98.
I'm having trouble finding my "best" 10 to bring back to class on Tuesday because I don't see 10 that I'd be comfortable sharing. I got some decent portrait shots of various players who were standing still, but once the game was underway it was just too fast for me to follow, much less photograph.
Considering that I was the only student in the class with zero sports photography experience, I'm feeling like I may have bitten off more than I can chew with this one. Discouraging.
13 years ago
2 comments:
If David Beckham was a hockey player, you would have got a lot of shots you were happy with, I bet. :) What lens did you end up using?
Well... there was supposed to be some equipment on hand that we could use for the night, but the teacher sort of called dibs on the good stuff [ahem], so I ended up using what I had of my own. 185, 50, and fisheye, I think.
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