San Francisco 49ers Training Camp 2008

aktse

For once, I was obtained some San Francisco 49ers' morning training camp tickets instead of my usual 4 pm weekday time slot and offered to take some dgrinners with me like previous years. At the last minute, I decided to send an e-mail to Dan and he was able to come with me! :clap:clap

Unfortunately, the 49ers spent most of the session on the FAR field instead of the one closest to us likes years past and good photo opportunities were difficult and few. :rolleyes Now, I want to go to another session.

I still have trouble shooting in sunlight, but I think I’m doing better these days.

1. Joe Nedney, kicker


2. Dennis Haley, LB


3. Unknown big guy


4. Block Drill


5. Allen Rossum, CB


6. Dontarrious Thomas, LB


7. Jeff Ulbrich, #53, LB



C&C welcomed and appreciated

Skippy

aktse wrote:

For once, I was obtained some San Francisco 49ers' morning training camp tickets instead of my usual 4 pm weekday time slot and offered to take some dgrinners with me like previous years. At the last minute, I decided to send an e-mail to Dan and he was able to come with me! clap

Unfortunately, the 49ers spent most of the session on the FAR field instead of the one closest to us likes years past and good photo opportunities were difficult and few. Now, I want to go to another session.

I still have trouble shooting in sunlight, but I think I’m doing better these days.

1. Joe Nedney, kicker
2. Dennis Haley, LB
3. Unknown big guy
4. Block Drill
5. Allen Rossum, CB
6. Dontarrious Thomas, LB
7. Jeff Ulbrich, #53, LB

C&C welcomed and appreciated

Nice work April I'd like to see one of these games some day.
These look great .... Skippy
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Awais Yaqub

These are cool !! loved them

hindsy

For me you could not have picked a better subject! I LOVE 49ERS!!!!!!

Darren Troy C

Unknown Big Guy? See picture #2! It's the same tree trunk!

Nice shots!

pyry

Oh those 49ers, I was thinking these 49ers

I think you did rather well. Up the saturation and contrast of the grass a bit to match players outfits better?

You're also showing a few players looking for something outside the frame, I'd like see more shots of what they were looking at

Good job

aktse

Skippy wrote:

Nice work April I'd like to see one of these games some day.
These look great .... Skippy
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I think you would be more interested in the fans than the game itself. I think in some parts of the US, american football is considered a religion.

aktse

Awais Yaqub wrote:

These are cool !! loved them

Thanks for the kind words!

hindsy wrote:

For me you could not have picked a better subject! I LOVE 49ERS!!!!!!

If you're ever here in July/August, there is a decent chance that you can also go to the training camp!

aktse

Idlewild wrote:

Unknown Big Guy? See picture #2! It's the same tree trunk!

Nice shots!

Nope. Two different tree trunks


One is wearing black gloves and the other is wearing red gloves, but I have to agree -- tree trunks.

If people didn't wear numbers, I wouldn't be able to tell anyone apart. They were big, Big, and BIGGER. And they didn't have pads on yet...

aktse

pyry wrote:

Oh those 49ers, I was thinking these 49ers <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/lol3.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

I think you did rather well. Up the saturation and contrast of the grass a bit to match players outfits better?

You're also showing a few players looking for something outside the frame, I'd like see more shots of what they were looking at

Good job <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

heheh.. different 49ers.

As for the grass, I might try that, but it would be very unnatural for California since much of the state is a desert. The grass was a brownish-green color and the jerseys popped in color because they were still new (clean!). However, I'll give them another shot in post! Thanks so much for the suggestion.

And as for the players looking outside of the frame... I did get some, but wasn't as happy with those frames because they were not as "clean" for me.

1. On the Offensive Line Hopscotch


2. Trashcans and football



3. Leg Lines


4. Spinning red thing on tire


5. Looking for a pass



From the wonderful people on dgrin and by studying the work of various SI photographers, I try to post sports images with a “sports shooter” mind set.
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• Expose for the face, even if the sky is a bit blown out

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• Conveys action or emotion -- captures the moment

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• Shoot tight, crop tighter – all the extra stuff; gone!

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• Pay attention the backgrounds – extra people, objects, etc, or make the background have some sort of meaning

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• Tack Sharp focus; nothing soft

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• Proper exposure during moment and good post work (panning, freeze motion, etc).

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• Show photos that tell a story and that stand on its own

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I felt that most of my shots from the day suffered from some of these due to my shooting location in relationship to most of the action on the field.
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Although the images that I’ve posted in this post are decent (focus on, color decent, focus mostly good) most of them suffer from background or foreground distractions and lack of emotion/story.

HockeyFan

keep posting these great shots. It's great to see that someone can be there for training camp, etc. Most of us can't. Thanks for sharing.

KED

aktse wrote:

Although the images that I’ve posted in this post are decent (focus on, color decent, focus mostly good) most of them suffer from background or foreground distractions and lack of emotion/story.

Hey -- you were THERE and that's pretty huge right there; you made the most of the opportunity. Takes a lot to get an SI cover -- most of us shouldn't hold our breaths. Really nice, sharp images.

grimace

Great looking series of shots April. It almost makes me miss mini camp. Almost.

WildWally

Very nice images ...