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Action Photography - Seven Tips You Should Use
Understand Your Subject Due to the short amount of time you have to shoot, it's important that you understand the subject you're photographing. For example, with basketball, if you're not near the basket, you won't get a good picture of the next dunk. Before you start shooting a particular subject in action, take time to understand your subject so you can anticipate the action before it happens. It's All About the Action Try and capture your subject at the absolute peak moment of whatever that activity is. For example if you're photographing snowboarders jumping off a ramp, know what type of shot you want. Do you want the launch, the landing or the highest part in the jump? Action photography is very striking when you are able to grab the most interesting part of the action, so make sure you're thinking about that before you shoot. Pre-Focusing One technique used by professional photographers is to focus your camera on an empty space where you think the action will occur. It helps to know your subject so you can better predict the action and save valuable time when you only have milliseconds to capture the shot. Don't Forget to Pan It is important in action photography that you convey motion in the final print. While some subjects will have obvious motion, such as a basketball player frozen mid-dunk, others may require a bit of work on your part. Panning is moving the camera with your subject as they pass by. This will give you the end result of the subject being clearly in focus but the background being blurred by the motion of the camera. Flash and Film High-speed film (800 or above) is usually best for action photography. High speed film will let you use faster shutter speeds in more varied light situations and help you to freeze actions perfectly. A flash can also be quite helpful in capturing those ultra-fast moments, though it is worth noting that the great majority of consumer level camera flashes won't have much use beyond 10 feet. Frame the Image for Action Try not to stop the action of a subject in your photograph. Although its great to freeze action in progress, always make sure to leave room in the image for the viewer to imagine the end of the action. For instance, if you have a person in your photograph jumping down a flight of stairs, try to put the subject near the top of the frame and leave some stairs for the viewer to follow the course of the action. Shoot Digital Action photography does take a lot of practice and patience and also used to take an enormous amount of film. Thanks to digital cameras and their near-endless supply of photographs, you can now practice your action shots without taking such a huge hit on your wallet. And as an added bonus, many newer digital SLRs have continuous shooting modes that will fire 10-50 photos in rapid succession, giving you more opportunities to snag that peak action. Anytime your shooting action photography safety needs to come first you so can avoid injuring yourself or the subject in motion. You never want to get in a position where you could put yourself or someone else in harms way so try to only shoot in areas where photographers are expected and allowed. So have fun and the more you practice, the better you will get!! Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Autumn Lockwood is a writer for Your Picture Frames. Shop online and see our selection of large picture frames in a wide variety of sizes, colors and shapes. Visit our website and see our wooden large picture frames and our large brown picture frames or call 800-780-0699. |
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