How to take good sports photos? What are the seven skills of sports photography?

Tip 1: Be fully prepared. No matter what sport, you should fully understand the rules and characteristics of this project and who the players are before shooting. Knowing this, you can be handy when shooting, and the greater the chance of capturing wonderful moments.

Tip 2: Be familiar with the camera in your hand. The wonderful moments of sports competitions are fleeting. You should be able to adjust the lens quickly and know how to change the focus mode and how to change the exposure to adapt to the situation on the spot.

Trick three, about the scene light. A good photographer knows how to use light. Lighting is very important. To take wonderful photos, you must know which direction the light comes from, and pay attention to shadows and glare. Only mastering the correct exposure is the premise of a good work.

Tip 4: Shoot at the lowest possible angle. Whether sports events are held outdoors or indoors, we will eventually find that shooting from a lower angle will be unexpectedly good. It can accommodate more athletes, make them look taller, and avoid some unnecessary messy backgrounds.

Tip 5: Unique perspective. At the Olympic Games, everyone else was using high-speed shutter to concentrate the athletes' movements, so I followed the whole door sideways. When others stand and shoot, I may kneel down or even lie prone on the ground.

Tip 6: Try using a variety of different lenses. In order to try to use different lenses in a sports event, most photographers will use telephoto. You can choose to use a wide-angle lens, which can accommodate a wider scene and more people to show the grandeur of the scene.

Tip 7, grab the best position. As a sports photographer, you must seize the best position on the scene to take wonderful photos.

About the striking background. Speaking of background, you will find that there are many messy places on the scene, such as fire hydrants, trash cans and other unsightly obstacles. In order to make the theme of our photos stand out and the background clean, we can only keep moving or using large apertures at the scene to make the athletes we shoot stand out.

But on the other hand, there is also a striking background, that is, there are banners about the sports meeting and the visual impact of the Great Olympic Ring. These backgrounds can clearly show the name and location of the game we shot. This is the basic element of sports news photography.

Buy good equipment when economic conditions permit. When shooting outdoors, because the light is sufficient, you can shoot with a faster shutter and low sensitivity, so you can use a zoom lens with higher evaluation. However, if the game is held in an indoor venue, a larger aperture f2.8 is needed, and a good camera will also take low-noise photos with higher sensitivity.