What tips would you recommend for someone starting out in sports photography? Index: 0:10 Angles 0:42 Back button focus 1:09 RAW vs JPEG 1:46 Auto ISO 2:23 Single focus point 2:50 Faces 3:23 Gear 3:54 Fill the frame 4:20 AI Servo 5:09 Capture Emotion 6:10 Avoid Chimping 6:49 Shutter Speed (freeze the action) 7:28 Manual Mode 7:52 Arrive Early 8:26 Burst Mode (high speed continuous shooting) 8:54 Long Lenses 9:12 Learn the Sport 9:43 Don't stop when the whistle blows

@DanielBengtsson

3 жыл бұрын

M. Lee Media i would say that if you use auto iso, most the time use a spot metering not a wider one because you want the players to be right not the background. Also try not to shoot towards the sun if can avoid it and if you shoot jpg make sure to have a really accurate white ballance and exposure because the pictures might be hard to correct in post otherwice.

@MLeeMedia

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanielBengtsson I agree. I'm also not a fan of shooting against the sun, I prefer having it behind my back (when possible ofc).

@MLeeMedia

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanielBengtsson Agree. I'm not a fan of shooting against the sun, always prefer to have it on my back, when possible of course.

@Twobarpsi

Жыл бұрын

Biggest tip!!!! Set white balance!! Don't use auto white balance.

Your video is a simple, direct and easy to follow. A must for the budding up and coming sports photographers and a nice refresher for seasoned veterans as well. Definitely will show this video to my rookies.

@MLeeMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you George, I appreciate that.

Awesome tips

Awesome video thanks.

Such a great video. Straight to the tips. No messing around. Thank you.

Thank u so much, David!

Good stuff and thank you.

Very informative and easy to follow. Great vid!

@MLeeMedia

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Ginny

Great tips! And excellent presentation! 👍👏

Thank you for this straight forward breakdown.

I agree with everything. Great tips. I have to remember to fill the frame

Nice and direct and to the point, thank you Sir.

excellent educational video, thanks

David, thank you. Easy going nad well explained simple but important actions on the field!

Amazing video. Very useful!

This was awesome and exactly what I was looking for. Plain and simple to the point tips that is understandable for a hobby photographer as myself. Thanks and looking forward to more of your vids.....subscribed !

@MLeeMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment, and sorry for only replying now, happy you enjoyed the video.

Whilst I'm an experienced (amateur) photographer, I have NEVER photographed any sports event. However, I have my very first (amateur) football match to photograph on Saturday. Bearing in mind that I'm not interested in, not have any knowledge of, football, and haven't played it since school over 50 years ago, this video (and your football video) have been absolutely invaluable in giving me some extremely helpful advice, guidance, and tips. So THANK YOU SO MUCH! 🙂

Nice tips and great t-shirt. Greetings from Portugal!

Great tips! Thanks!

A hearty thank you. This may be the best (and most concise) how-to-shoot sports video I've seen. I'm always looking for something I've overlooked, and your back-button focusing tip did it for me this time. My frustration in shooting futbol is that my grandson plays center back and usually is on the far side of the field (by the benches) which is off limits to spectators/family photographers. This means that my shots and/or focus often gets blocked or changed by bodies in between the action. I guess the answer is to be more aggressive and make them tell me to move. Shooting from the stands or against a fence is frustration. Your "angles" tip is another winner. Get on the sidelines and on the ground (just don't let the sideline official block your good shots).

Great Tips

Great Video and great tips !

Very informative tutorial! Thanks a lot!

@MLeeMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Nate

Thanks for the tips, sir!

Incredible advice!!

Excellent Video !!

I have watched many tutorials since I started out shooting football a few months ago and this was the best overview on settings to use when shooting sports I have seen yet.

@MLeeMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nicht!

Thank you. Great video

Spot on. Great video. They all become natural after a while but this is certainly a video I'll pass on to newer sports photographers!

@MLeeMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Philip!

I really enjoyed your video. It's an excellent refresher and I got some very good tips. If you're sited on the side of the court or race track, I recommend practicing panning techniques. Specially in motor sports they became very useful. One more thing, long glass is really important, and fast glass, even more. Even when I own good lenses (Canon L), they all are f/4. Sometimes I find them too slow under low light situations. If you can afford them, go for f/2.8. Not only faster, but you'll get better subject isolation. Just my penny

excellent tips, very good video

Great video for someone starting out in sports photography and a good refresher for someone that has shot for a while. I'm going to go back to single point focus. One suggestion that I would have, which is my biggest weakness, (I shoot soccer) is don't stop when you think the play is over. I've been burned so many times and I end up watching a great play. Just the other day. On a penalty kick the goalie stops the shot and of course I get caught looking as another player comes in and scores on the rebound. Again, great tips!!

@MLeeMedia

5 жыл бұрын

Kent AufDerHeide thank you, happy you liked the video, thanks for the comments, and happy shooting!

Spot on! I would recommend a hand grip screwed into the tripod port on the lens.

Some very good hurling images within this vlog. Some of the best sport images can be found, seen and felt within the shinty and hurling world. Paul Paterson Photography

Very helpful!

Great presentation! Hoping for a safe (de)confinement and go back soon to what we love. 'Shooting' and be involved in the sport! Thank You for a straight forward presentation.

@MLeeMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Likewise Carlos, fingers crossed all goes well. Stay safe, and thank you!

Thanks great info, Chris in Mayfield.

I learned soooo many thing from this video ❤️

Great video thank you for making this fellow canon friend!

@MLeeMedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Noah. Go #TeamCanon ;)

amazing video

Thank you for this...

Thanks heaps your video was really helpful , I'm going to shoot in manual mode tomorrow and see how I go...

@MLeeMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lucia

Only 96 subscribers? This is a great channel. Hopefully you’ll get more viewers.. I’m subscribed... thanks a lot for your videos.

@MLeeMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support, and I'm sorry for only replying now, glad to hear you are enjoying the videos.

Many thanks

Nice video... and nice shirt 👍

Thank you 😊

A really excellent video!! It's just a pity I didn't find it until today. Yesterday, I photographed my first futsal game and your tips would/might have made my shots so much better!! Oh well, at least I know where to improve for next time.

@MLeeMedia

2 жыл бұрын

There’s always a next match! Happy shooting

Thanks

FINALLY a sports photography video with actual useable tips!!!! Sooooo many other videos are an exhausting review of the presenters sports portfolio. Thank you!!! New sub.

nice 😃

Thank you pro

Tip #19 HAVE FUN!!!

Don’t forget to get a few shots of the fans, too, their expressions and emotions!!

excellent presentation it was better then Peter Millers videos are

Simple and interesting video fast and easy to learn from you Master Meanwhile I use 28-300mm Lens I don't know if this is quite okay for me as a sport photographer because I find it difficult to get bold pictures of the players while in the field of play. please recommend the best lens for me

Thanks , #19 choose your background. Although you have shallow depth of field at low aperture, get supporters in the background - not sky, fences or parking lots. Get emotions - scoring goals in focus, opposite team i background ;-)

@MLeeMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Knut Omholt-Jensen getting public in the background is definitely a plus, though not always possible 👍

Thank you, great video and sound advice, re tip 5 , using single point focus for soccer, which metering mode would you recommend?

@MLeeMedia

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Jez, thank you for the comments. For metering I leave it in evaluative, which should be the one that's set by default.

Nice video, I shoot horse racing, do you think Manuel is better or TV (time value) mode? Thanks

Eeat pointers! One thing with gdpr etc, ask permission and think about where your photos are going. I share mine via a secure folder to thw parents but I still blur thw opposition tens faces as I don't k ow where parents will share, eg Facebook, and in principle break gdpr rules.

Good tips. Sounds like you might want to hire a babysitter next time!

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Brilliant video! On the single point focus tip - I shoot basketball mainly - where do you recommend I place that point when tracking players. Should that point be on the face or somewhere else more contrasty e.g. the chest area of the jersey? Thanks!

@MLeeMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the video Donald. I'd aim for the chest, as it should be in the same focus plane as the head, unless you are using an insanely wide aperture like 1.2 or similar, then aim for the head, you'll want the eyes in focus. But that's getting into detail. Generally speaking I'd place the point on the chest, as the area is bigger than the head, and as such, easier to keep up with.

@dchodeva

4 жыл бұрын

@@MLeeMedia Thanks so much. That is helpful indeed!

Please Make video on Golf too

great video, do you do any feild trips / workshops in ireland?

@MLeeMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Keith. I’m afraid I don’t no. Sorry to disappoint

A lot of shots of Cork City players and Cork grounds like the GAA Pairs Ui Chaoimh, Musgrave Park rugby ground in Cork. Editing and also then discuss using Photo-mechanic. With M Lee as a name is a giveaway.

@MLeeMedia

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed, most of my sports photography is in county Cork. Hope you liked the video, thanks for watching!

@amt1164

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent tips and great video production.

In case of DSLR calibrate your lenses to the camera.

Mr. Lee, i have question for you. if I take photos in door area, but there are low light. what I gear use lens recommended? thank you mr

@MLeeMedia

3 жыл бұрын

If you're taking pictures in poorly lit conditions, they you want a fast lens (one where the aperture has a lower value, like 1.8, 2.8, etc, to let in more light). The reach depends on what type of picture you want to take, but it's the aperture that will matter most in that case.

@stefanusjessefr5714

3 жыл бұрын

@@MLeeMedia thank you Mr. Lee

can you shot in f4? with good quality and with a6500?

@MLeeMedia

4 жыл бұрын

You can shoot great pictures at any aperture. Different apertures will give you different results, it depends on what you're after. Keep in mind that aperture is only 1 factor in your picture, shutter speed, ISO, etc will affect the end result too. As for the camera, it's a fine camera, but I'm not well versed into the Sony ecosystem, but I'm sure you can find plenty of great channels out there. One I recommend is camerarecToby, search him on KZread, he's a Sony shooter, but has shot all sorts during many years. Tons of info on his channel too, just not sports photography.

@DanielBengtsson

3 жыл бұрын

AllPink yes but you have to come close, because you can not crop that much. If you can, get a really sharp lens. I use a a6000 for goalcamera it is not the best pictures ever but it works for social media atleast... :-)

Do you have to pay to go on the sidelines to photograph?, do other photographers get shitty with you, if your new on the field/sideline? and lastly, who owns the copyright, the photographer, the people who allowed you to go on the field, the club etc... I ask this for I was thinking, what if you wanted to sell some images to people printed up on canvas/frames ?. Look forward to your reply.

@DanielBengtsson

3 жыл бұрын

JA_NPH you own the pictures if you have not made any other agreements. Other professional photographers may ask for whom you are photographing for and at larger events you will probably not get that much help from other photographers due to competition and lack of time. From my experience people are nice but not very social. Sports photography are not a well paid job and the other photographers are competitors... :-)

How to start sports photography

@MLeeMedia

4 жыл бұрын

MOHD JM check my videos, I have one on that specific topic ;)

@mohdjm4860

4 жыл бұрын

@@MLeeMedia ok

If you use the center point all the time, you will not have good composition, especially basketball when they are at the hoop, you would cut off their feet.

@MLeeMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Basketball is a vertical game, so I agree. You’d also be photographing in portrait mode a lot more than in other sports. To each game/situation you need to adapt. These are just tips, not strict rules to follow. Thanks for the feedback and for watching