The Davis Cup at the Manchester Arena in September 2023 was my first effort at photographing indoor tennis. On arrival the venue looked superb with the tennis court bathed in good light - just what photographers want to see. I had a super court side seat in full view of all the action. It was a different story when the action started. Inside the wh...

A two week international multi-sport event spread over several different venues can seem quite daunting as a photographic challenge. However, there are dedicated media suites, manned by very competent helpers at every venue designed to help you succeed. The communications technology also works extremely well with one wifi password enabling you to g...

Night time football presents its own set of photographic challenges particularly as you go down the leagues and the quality of floodlights deteriorates in terms of output. At Premier League level the floodlights are usually superb, they basically turn night into day and you can shoot quite easily and well within the capabilities of your camera sett...

It pays to know your patch, have a sense of the crowd and the strength of feeling about the issue underpinning the gathering. The supporters protest at Old Trafford against the ownership of the club by the Glazer family is the only such event that I have ever photographed - so I claim no expertise at this type of photography. Being a regular at...

If you shoot a lot of football games you can get into a ‘normalised’ way of doing things. You sit in roughly the same spot, getting the same angle, taking the same sort of pictures - it can all become a bit of a routine. If however, you want to learn, you have to do new things, look for different ways and find unusual features. The top sports ph...