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submitted 11 months ago by Johnako123@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro
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Hello everyone. Yesterday it was the first time for me shooting sports. It was Volleyball. How the *** do professionals get solid photos with all the faces, people running around, athletes getting in your shot while you are focused on a subject, limited space etc? I took around 1300 photos. Only like 300 of them are usable. It was extremely tough anticipating the ball and trying to capture the action. And when I did... the faces... Oh my god. And not only that.. it was women playing...you can imagine how many of the photos they will like. Some are pretty good athletic photos not gonna lie. And to my defense I had only one lens a 24-105 f/4. I am waiting for the new Sigma for Sony mount. I think it will help a lot. Anyway I would love some advice. Thank you.

Edit: By saying it was women I wasnt trying to be sexist at all. But my girlfriend was playing and when see saw the photos she would look at every minute detail of her body.

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[โ€“] mrfixitx@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Professional sports photographers typically have sideline access or a dedicated press area where they only have a few people who might be walking in front of them.

You might find Jeff Cable's blog here interesting. He does a lot of sports photography and shot the US olympics water polo team in Japan. It was a very interesting read to get his thoughts on how he managed to get some of his shots and the thought process that went into them.

[โ€“] Johnako123@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Thank you very much. I will definetly check this out!!