Sports sports photography Skills

Lead: The essence of sports photography is that it can record the eternal moment of athletes' high-speed movement in the competition with beautiful composition and light, show the elegant posture of athletes in the fierce competition, and has certain appreciation and interest. I will arrange the following sports sports photography skills for you, hoping to help you!

Tip 1: Choose the shooting position and shooting point.

For sports photographers, the shooting position is very important. A favorable shooting position and wonderful photos are often closely linked, which directly affects the quality and effect of photos. When choosing the shooting position, we should consider the following aspects as needed, and give priority to one or two factors:

1. The photos taken in this position can reflect the characteristics of this project;

2. The photos taken in this position can show the technical and tactical characteristics of athletes;

3. This position can be moved at a critical moment and close to the subject at any time;

4, this position should adapt to the lens you have;

5, this position can try to avoid messy background.

The shooting point is where the athletes are. In sports photography, choosing a reasonable and suitable shooting point plays an important role. A suitable shooting point plays a great role in expressing the theme and grasping the moment of key action.

1, do a good job of investigation and study to understand the project? It is best to know what the typical movements of athletes are.

We should give full consideration to the lighting effect of the shooting scene and the contrast between the background and the theme. It can be said that what subject you want to highlight, you must choose what kind of shooting point; Different sports should choose different shooting points. The choice of shooting point directly reflects the photographer's movement, understanding of athletes' movements and creative ideas.

3. When choosing the shooting point, look for the places where the action climax often appears and where it can definitely appear. For example, the shooting point of basketball, under the backboard, the shooting point of football, in the restricted area, above the hurdle, etc. Are the best points to show the characteristics of the project and the climax of the sport.

Tip 2: Choose the focusing method.

Sports photography is different from ordinary shooting. In order to capture wonderful moments, high-speed focusing is needed. Regarding field shooting, focusing depends on the evolving focusing system of photographic equipment. At present, the coverage of the focusing system on the top 135 camera is very high, and the total number and high precision are quite large, which can meet the focusing requirements in most use scenarios. Here are some common focusing methods.

1, using autofocus-autofocus has developed to a very high level in speed and accuracy, especially when shooting high-speed moving objects, it is difficult to meet the requirements of snapshot. Now, the flagship SLR camera has added the automatic tracking function of moving snapshots, which makes it easier to focus on the subject when shooting complex scenes. When these functions are turned on, you can safely hand over the focus to the camera and have better control over the snapshot.

2. Use manual focus-For photographers, it is more willing to use manual focus to shoot accurately. Shooting in a high-speed moving scene requires the photographer to use the manual focusing function. However, for experienced photographers, as long as the approximate motion range of the subject is well budgeted, manual focusing can narrow the focus range and shorten the focus finding time during focusing. For shots with hundreds of focal segments, use autofocus to find the focus. In addition, when shooting a game with predictable trajectory, you can use the trap focusing method, set the focus at the required position in advance, wait for the subject to enter the focus area, and use continuous shooting to obtain accurate focused photos.

Tip 3: Choose the shutter speed.

Choosing the shutter speed according to the different characteristics of different sports is the first problem to be considered when using sports photography equipment. When shooting a moving object, the shutter speed can be used in three situations: fast, slow and medium. The specific shutter speed depends on the action of the follower, and the corresponding shutter speed should be selected according to the performance intention.

1, fast shutter speed-moving image "freeze". Its advantage is that it can clearly record moving images. The disadvantage is that the image is not dynamic enough. The "solidified" sports image is often good at expressing the graceful posture of the sports body. To achieve this effect, just use the high speed of the shutter on the camera, such as11000 seconds. This can often clearly record most moving objects. The highest speed of some cameras is 1 /2000 or 1/4000 seconds or even 1/8000 seconds, so it is more ideal to use them to solidify moving objects.

2, the shutter speed is slow-the moving image is virtual paste. The advantage is a strong sense of movement, but the disadvantage is that you are not clear about the moving body or even the face and posture. Blurred moving images are often used to represent high-speed motion. A moving picture with blurred image can reproduce the scene of fast-moving animals flying by in front of our eyes. Through the contrast between fuzzy moving objects and clear background, it shows a strong sense of movement, and the choice of shutter speed is more complicated than "shutter speed is fast" Gymnastics may be slow115 seconds, but speeding or 100-meter sprint will be slow 1/60 seconds. Different "slow speeds" have different degrees of virtual paste effect on the same sports experience, which requires photographers to sum up their experience in practice, rather than just remembering one or two shutter speeds according to some teachings.

High-speed shutter is mostly used to shoot sports without trajectory restrictions, such as football, basketball, and many track and field events. These games use high-speed shutters to capture the athletes' expressions instantly. Of course, this requires high photographic equipment, a lens with a larger aperture and high quality and high sensitivity to ensure a higher shutter speed.

Low-speed shutter is mostly used in projects with certain motion trajectory, such as track and field running and swimming. , you can easily take dynamic photos. Because the motion trajectory is easy to calculate, the success rate of using telephoto lens is also high.

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