More on my First Football pictures (Page 2): My first tip is keep shooting. Your pictures will get better with time if you look at them with a critical eye. Meaning after a game go...

Jaackil Loc: Massachusetts

DelRae wrote:

Please let me know what you think I can Changes like setting now that I putting them on here some looks Blurry I really would like to hear what you think DelRae

My first tip is keep shooting. Your pictures will get better with time if you look at them with a critical eye. Meaning after a game go through all your pictures and find what you like about them and what you don’t. When you see what you don’t like seek out how to correct it like you are doing here. Accept that not all of your pictures are keepers. Don’t be afraid to get rid of the ones you don’t like. For a sporting event I might shoot a couple hundred shots to get maybe 20 keepers. The others never get processed. When shooting sports don’t expect the majority of your shots to be “good”. The Pros you see in the NFL sidelines are shooting 1000’s of shots during a game to end up with a hand full of good shots. Next as others have mentioned sports need a high shutter speed 800 is a minimum ideally you want to push your shutter as high as it can go. Don’t be afraid to raise your ISO to get the shutter speed you need. One thing I don’t think anyone has mentioned yet is get your horizon level. Your pictures all look tilted which is common, with software you can level them but also pay attention to how you are holding the camera. Another tip for shooting sports is get low. Shoot kneeling down. Looking slightly up at the players is a better perspective for sports. Keep this in mind. Shots with action, ball and faces will be the best. You have one image for example of two players tackling the ball carrier but from the angle you are at all you can see is backs. That is a throw away. Don’t worry about it when I shoot sports I get a lot of backs too. It’s the nature of sports you can’t always get the right angle but those shots go in the trash. (This is why you shoot a lot of shots at a game). Look at Jules work. He is a very good example to follow. Another PRO tip. Take shots of the sidelines fans and benches. Sometimes what is going on off the field is very interesting. Sometimes you will get a great shot showing emotion like a coach yelling or a player cheering. Those are great shots when you get them. Finally I will say again keep shooting. You are off to a good start. Good Luck.

tshift Loc: Overland Park, KS.

Jaackil wrote:

My first tip is keep shooting. Your pictures will get better with time if you look at them with a critical eye. Meaning after a game go through all your pictures and find what you like about them and what you don’t. When you see what you don’t like seek out how to correct it like you are doing here. Accept that not all of your pictures are keepers. Don’t be afraid to get rid of the ones you don’t like. For a sporting event I might shoot a couple hundred shots to get maybe 20 keepers. The others never get processed. When shooting sports don’t expect the majority of your shots to be “good”. The Pros you see in the NFL sidelines are shooting 1000’s of shots during a game to end up with a hand full of good shots. Next as others have mentioned sports need a high shutter speed 800 is a minimum ideally you want to push your shutter as high as it can go. Don’t be afraid to raise your ISO to get the shutter speed you need. One thing I don’t think anyone has mentioned yet is get your horizon level. Your pictures all look tilted which is common, with software you can level them but also pay attention to how you are holding the camera. Another tip for shooting sports is get low. Shoot kneeling down. Looking slightly up at the players is a better perspective for sports. Keep this in mind. Shots with action, ball and faces will be the best. You have one image for example of two players tackling the ball carrier but from the angle you are at all you can see is backs. That is a throw away. Don’t worry about it when I shoot sports I get a lot of backs too. It’s the nature of sports you can’t always get the right angle but those shots go in the trash. (This is why you shoot a lot of shots at a game). Look at Jules work. He is a very good example to follow. Another PRO tip. Take shots of the sidelines fans and benches. Sometimes what is going on off the field is very interesting. Sometimes you will get a great shot showing emotion like a coach yelling or a player cheering. Those are great shots when you get them. Finally I will say again keep shooting. You are off to a good start. Good Luck.

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I mentioned the horizon. Do you post on Zenfolio? Do you have a web page. Thanks BE SAFE!!

Tom

DelRae Loc: Oregon

tshift wrote:

What were your settings for all these? The horizon needs straightening on most. Maybe shoot a little tighter to fill frame a little more. Comp is good. Thanks keep posting as the people on here will get you taking excellent photos with their knowledge and advice. BE SAFE! OH yea settings please.

Tom

Thank you Tom as for my settings Iam not sure Sorry

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

fstoprookie wrote:

Here are 2 I took the liberty to do a little post Processing to Not much difference - However Got them straightened and the color balanced a little

Awesome ☀️🌀🌀☀️

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

DelRae wrote:

Please let me know what you think I can Changes like setting now that I putting them on here some looks Blurry I really would like to hear what you think DelRae

Awesome shots of fine action
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Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

DelRae wrote:

Please let me know what you think I can Changes like setting now that I putting them on here some looks Blurry I really would like to hear what you think DelRae

Del here is what I think. Number 1 2 3 vertical cropping, we want to focus on the runner only too much space in the shot. Number 9 and 10 throw away, can't see the ball carrier and a bunch of players on the ground. The other shots are very nice, why you ask? Simple you have a runner the defensive player trying to tackle him only in the pic. We care about in sports the face, and the ball, most of the time. Your doing quite well and picking this stuff up very nicely. As someone else said practice practice and more practice. Shoot cars coming down the street, full image fill frame, no cropping or very little.

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Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

Jaackil wrote:

My first tip is keep shooting. Your pictures will get better with time if you look at them with a critical eye. Meaning after a game go through all your pictures and find what you like about them and what you don’t. When you see what you don’t like seek out how to correct it like you are doing here. Accept that not all of your pictures are keepers. Don’t be afraid to get rid of the ones you don’t like. For a sporting event I might shoot a couple hundred shots to get maybe 20 keepers. The others never get processed. When shooting sports don’t expect the majority of your shots to be “good”. The Pros you see in the NFL sidelines are shooting 1000’s of shots during a game to end up with a hand full of good shots. Next as others have mentioned sports need a high shutter speed 800 is a minimum ideally you want to push your shutter as high as it can go. Don’t be afraid to raise your ISO to get the shutter speed you need. One thing I don’t think anyone has mentioned yet is get your horizon level. Your pictures all look tilted which is common, with software you can level them but also pay attention to how you are holding the camera. Another tip for shooting sports is get low. Shoot kneeling down. Looking slightly up at the players is a better perspective for sports. Keep this in mind. Shots with action, ball and faces will be the best. You have one image for example of two players tackling the ball carrier but from the angle you are at all you can see is backs. That is a throw away. Don’t worry about it when I shoot sports I get a lot of backs too. It’s the nature of sports you can’t always get the right angle but those shots go in the trash. (This is why you shoot a lot of shots at a game). Look at Jules work. He is a very good example to follow. Another PRO tip. Take shots of the sidelines fans and benches. Sometimes what is going on off the field is very interesting. Sometimes you will get a great shot showing emotion like a coach yelling or a player cheering. Those are great shots when you get them. Finally I will say again keep shooting. You are off to a good start. Good Luck.

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Well said Jack..

DelRae Loc: Oregon

Jules Karney wrote:

Del here is what I think. Number 1 2 3 vertical c... (show quote)

I really enjoy the help I have been getting from everyone I went back and check the pictures again I am going to change some of them see what you think this time please DelRae