Football in the era of Coronavirus

October 29, 2020  •  Leave a Comment
There are good bits and bad bits to shooting football during these tough Coronavirus times and in my book the bad bits far outweigh the good bits. The good bits are all about making your job easier. It’s easier to get to the ground as there are not as many cars on the roads, you get a parking space allocated at the stadium as there are no VIP or...
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Photographing Premier League football

March 09, 2020  •  1 Comment
At Premier League level, photography is highly competitive. There can be over 20+ photographers at each game producing thousands of photos. However, the interest is global so the demand for good images is high - particularly for games involving the top six teams in the country. Including travelling time to and from the ground it can take between 8...
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Photographing Snooker

March 13, 2019  •  1 Comment
Snooker is a slow moving sport so in theory it is not difficult to photograph as things move at a walking pace and players stay still on their shots for enough seconds to enable good quality sharp images. The major challenges are the quality / colour of light and the repetitiveness of it all - it is hard to get much variation in your shots and you...
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Photographing Indoor Athletics

February 19, 2019  •  1 Comment
I photographed The British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham Arena in February 2019. An excellent venue that allowed for some good photography positions both in-field and on the perimeter of the track - low down on the ground and high up in the grandstands. The arena was only about half full which meant that I could take up seats in the...
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Photographing International swimming

August 13, 2018  •  1 Comment
When you photograph a new sport for the first time it is always advisable to start at junior events so you get to understand the nature of it, the way they do things and the type of shots that may be possible. However, there was no time to plan ahead for my visit to Glasgow for the European swimming championships in August 2018 and thus it was very...
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