Action/Sports Photography

Our next photo shoot will involve sports photography. You should take action photos---stop action, blurred action, and panning. Please take LOTS of pictures (minimum 35-40). Many of them will not come out! You should have several of each type by MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, DEADLINE FOR CONTACT SHEETS. You'll make a contact sheet showing 4 photos of each type---12 total.

The final project will be to turn in the best edited 'freeze action', best edited 'blurred action', and best edited 'panning' shots, as well as a sports shot using text to make a poster. You will place the four photos on one sheet. This page will be due at the end of class on Thursday,
FEBRUARY 14TH. Save the sheet containing all four final photos to the shared folder on the 'N'.

Print the page to 'media center color', and turn in the hard copy. THE LAST DAY THIS PROJECT WILL BE ACCEPTED LATE, WITH A LETTER GRADE DEDUCTION, WILL BE FEBRUARY 21ST. Here are some sites to help you better understand what makes a good action shot.

Professional Photographers who specialize in Action Photography:
http://www.padulaphotography.com/
http://www.actionsportsinc.com/eventdisplay.aspx?is=9
http://www.actionathletics.com/
http://www.actionsportsphotography.sasktelwebsite.net/
http://www.actionsportspress.com/http://www.greggriess.com/action_main.htm

‘How to’ Sites:
http://photo.net/learn/sports/overview
http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/4016/how-to-photograph-baseball-and-softball.html
http://www.nyip.com/ezine/sports/golf.htmlhttp://www.squidoo.com/action-photography/
http://www.nyip.com/ezine/sports/football.html
http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/4334/how-to-show-an-action-sequence.html
http://www.schoolofphotography.com/if/infocus22.html

Required Reading:
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/shows_dtwp/episode/0,2499,DIY_23301_40578,00.html
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/hp_digital_photography/article/0,2033,DIY_13956_4228109,00.html
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/hp_techniques/article/0,2033,DIY_13958_2270940,00.html
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/hp_digital_photography/article/0,2033,DIY_13956_4228109,00.html
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/hp_digital_photography/article/0,2033,DIY_13956_4228155,00.html