Professional sports photography requires something that most styles of photography don't. Of course you need to know composition, lighting, and the ideal camera settings, but the harsh reality of sports…
Location scouting is incredibly important for any photo shoot, particularly a lighting shoot. Not only are you inspecting the space for its ambient light and pedestrian and vehicle traffic, but…
The more people in a photograph, the more complicated the shot — which means that sports team photography is, well, a challenge for the rookies. Managing multiple players, getting multiple…
“What is the basic component of a salad? Lettuce.” “What is the basic component of a photograph? Light.” These are the words of Jay Goodrich, and when he taught Intro…
This weekend, Millions of Americans will gather around televisions and computers to watch one of the biggest spectacles in sports: The Super Bowl. For more than 40 years, the top…
With baseball season fully underway and football just around the corner, sports photography is about to hit its busiest time of year. And whether you're just shooting your own kids'…
If you grew up in the U.S., you know that summer is for baseball. Since the sports began to sweep the nation in the 1850s, baseball has been considered America's…
The Sochi Winter Olympics have been absolutely stellar (aside from the poisonous water / feral dogs), and every moment of action has been documented by professional photographers at The AP…
The role of photographers at the Winter Olympics has been essential since the very first event held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Unlike other sporting events, Olympians dedicate years of…
Sports photography is a pretty niche medium, but for those who get it right, it can be a super-lucrative (and super-fun) way to make a living. Between Corey Rich, Tim…
