School Football

DanielB

well with school starting up i took on the Photo editor position in our photojournalism department. we all get assigned to sports and such so i picked football. overall its been goin pretty damn good:D

heres from our first game.







more to come later since i gotta run out to another game tonight. C&C welcome as always.

thanks,
DanielB

System

dang, dan'lb, don't get run over, those guys will crush you-

great shots!-

CalexPhoto

DanielB, them are some cool shots. Especially love the first one!! Great job.

wxwax

Very dynamic first shot!

My only two suggestions are: don't be afraid to crop, you usually have to; and I can't seen any detail in the dark pants of the last shot.

Have fun, shooting sports is enjoyable!

DanielB

thanks all yeah its a blast. i'm gettin to the point where i'll listen to what the coach is saying so i can get into position for the next play. i'm learning what player is their go to guy so when he comes out i watch him and such. and i've already been tackled twice lol. it was sweet. my favorite thing to get in photos though is them falling and seeing the astro-turf go flying

ShepsMom

Awesome shots!! I love football pictures, but can't never make any decent myself . My son is always begging me to bring a camera to his games, but i can't manage anything good. Games are at 8pm, yikes!!

ian408

Hey Daniel

Branching out a bit? Lookin' good. Especially that first one.

One comment though. You need to watch your horizon. Most of these are not
level.

DanielB

ian408 wrote:

Hey Daniel

Branching out a bit? Lookin' good. Especially that first one.

One comment though. You need to watch your horizon. Most of these are not
level.

never hurts to try out new stuff

and will do. its def hard to get faces in football too.

Mitchell

These are great. That first one almost looks 3D.

You need to crop these tighter and focus on exposing properly for the eyes. This can be difficult with those helmets, but your shots will have greater impact if you can see the faces well.

willaibach

wow
That first shot is amazing! What lens are you using?

willaibach

Mitchell wrote:

These are great. That first one almost looks 3D.

You need to crop these tighter and focus on exposing properly for the eyes. This can be difficult with those helmets, but your shots will have greater impact if you can see the faces well.

Would you mind being more specific in how you would crop these? I do football pics myself, and I'm always in a dilemma about how to crop the pics. The choice for me often seems to be between a great shot of an individual player, vs telling the story of the play. Does that make sense? I thought dialogue on these shots might help some of us figure this process out a little better. Thanks!!!!

wxwax

The last shot could be cut in half on the vertical axis.

The middle shot could be cropped to include only the ball carrier and the tacklers.

Trailing players usually don't add much to a shot. Look at the sports pics in the newspaper or Sports Illustrated or on www.si.com or www.espn.com. They often crop to focus on the action.

willaibach

wxwax wrote:

The last shot could be cut in half on the vertical axis.

The middle shot could be cropped to include only the ball carrier and the tacklers.

Trailing players usually don't add much to a shot. Look at the sports pics in the newspaper or Sports Illustrated or on www.si.com or www.espn.com. They often crop to focus on the action.

I see what you mean. That's helpful. Thanks!

cletus

wxwax wrote:

...don't be afraid to crop...

Wow, who turned on the way-back machine? Seems only yesterday that Sid was cropping everything in site.

Nice shots Daniel. Subjects are nice and sharp while the backgrounds are out of focus

wxwax

cletus wrote:

Wow, who turned on the way-back machine? Seems only yesterday that Sid was cropping everything in site.

Nice shots Daniel. Subjects are nice and sharp while the backgrounds are out of focus