Will the Amateur Sports Picture Taker
Apr 4, 2019 12:16:32 #
Greetings! I'm a youth sports parent and enthusiast with previous film medium study.
I had mostly drifted away from photography for about 10-15 years (outside of the standard taking pictures of family during vacation). Then my son started participating in youth sports. With that I found myself sucked back in and with the $$$ invested and I don't see any looking back.
I stumbled upon this site while reading Auto Focus articles and after poking around a bit it looks like this will be a great resource for technical tips, technique pointers and equipment recommendations.
As I mentioned, my current focus is sports photography. Primarily football and Lacrosse as well as maybe some wrestling. My current equipment to this end is:
Nikon D7200 kit purchased at Costco (so you know I have the 2 kit lenses as well)
Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 DG OS HSM
Currently have my thumb on the pulse of the Nikon D850 for my next camera body along with the Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm F/4G ED VR lens.
For editing I've been playing around with Affinity Pro.
I had mostly drifted away from photography for about 10-15 years (outside of the standard taking pictures of family during vacation). Then my son started participating in youth sports. With that I found myself sucked back in and with the $$$ invested and I don't see any looking back.
I stumbled upon this site while reading Auto Focus articles and after poking around a bit it looks like this will be a great resource for technical tips, technique pointers and equipment recommendations.
As I mentioned, my current focus is sports photography. Primarily football and Lacrosse as well as maybe some wrestling. My current equipment to this end is:
Nikon D7200 kit purchased at Costco (so you know I have the 2 kit lenses as well)
Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 DG OS HSM
Currently have my thumb on the pulse of the Nikon D850 for my next camera body along with the Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm F/4G ED VR lens.
For editing I've been playing around with Affinity Pro.
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Apr 4, 2019 12:56:51 #
Welcome to the Hog, Jo, you will find a wealth of information here, enjoy.
Apr 4, 2019 13:18:09 #
Welcome to the forum!
There are many sub forums if you have not found them, yet (including Sports Photography).
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Pat
There are many sub forums if you have not found them, yet (including Sports Photography).
Check the link for all sub forums.
You can subscribe to any of them.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/all-section-list
Pat
Apr 4, 2019 15:32:03 #
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Apr 5, 2019 06:34:14 #
david vt
Loc: Vermont
Welcome,
I was sucked back into photography for exactly the same reason - you can’t take decent shots of my kids playing sports with an iPhone (at least not yet!!!).
Recommend the sports sub-forum. We post and comment on technique.
Also, there will be folks there whom can advise on the equipment you are thinking of (for instance, I don’t hear a lot of chatter about D850 for sports. Great for lots of stuff, but I don’t hear about it for this (against, say, a D4 or D5). But, I am an amateur only using a D7200 only
Enjoy, and post what you shoot
I was sucked back into photography for exactly the same reason - you can’t take decent shots of my kids playing sports with an iPhone (at least not yet!!!).
Recommend the sports sub-forum. We post and comment on technique.
Also, there will be folks there whom can advise on the equipment you are thinking of (for instance, I don’t hear a lot of chatter about D850 for sports. Great for lots of stuff, but I don’t hear about it for this (against, say, a D4 or D5). But, I am an amateur only using a D7200 only
Enjoy, and post what you shoot
Apr 5, 2019 07:14:56 #
Jo_Madre wrote:
Greetings! I'm a youth sports parent and enthusia... (show quote)
Welcome to the HOG! You are right, this is the place to be. There are lots of knowledgeable people on here that are always willing to help out. There are some really good photographers for sports questions here. Enjoy and please post photos for us to look at and critique. Thanks
Tom
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