At today’s W-League match I was positioned at the end of the field because of the afternoon sun lighting conditions I’ve blogged about in the past. Since most of the action was the far end of the stadium I thought I’d pull out the 1.7X teleconverter and put it on the 400mm. That combo makes […]
Found this on Pixiq. It’s mainly for photojournalists and travel but the essence is still useful for sports photography: How to Write a Professional Photo Caption. “Viewed from Philopappos Hill, the temples on the Acropolis still dominate Athens, old and new. Beyond, on the right, is the conical hill of Mount Lycabettus.”
Thought I’d shoot some junior soccer this morning. The Victorian Champions League is almost finished for the year so in between rain showers I shot some of the under 17 girls match. Here’s the album.
After shooting volley ball this week it took a little while to get my timing back. Gallery is here.
As I’m hoping to shoot some World Cup (winter sports) events in Europe, Olympics and other international events in the next few years I wanted to be affiliated with AIPS. That’s not an easy task for Australians as there is no local sports press association like other countries. My application had to be approved in […]
Back at AAMI Park on a muggy night. Shot from the far end of the pitch for a change and I liked it! Gallery here.
A cold and wet night meant shooting from the stands. Images here.
The 2nd match of Round 14 with Melbourne Victory (photos) and the Round 15 match for Melbourne Heart (photos) was back to back this week. Both matches were at AAMI Park.
Melbourne Heart at AAMI Park. Perfect shooting conditions from level 3 and on the ground.
This round was held on Saturday night at Etihad Stadium under an open roof and with the sun still shining (a little bit). So changing light conditions meant starting out at around ISO 1600 and finishing the night at ISO 2500. Almost 1 f-stop difference. Doesn’t sound much but its enough to make sure you’ve […]
A muggy night at Etihad stadium hosted some great action. I sat on the south west corner: At last week’s match I was on the south east side of the pitch. Here is a link to the gallery.
A beautiful Spring afternoon match. No sun across AAMI Park. ISO 800 at the start of the match before the sun set. Small crowd and pretty uneventful match. More pics here.
Round 10 of the A-League was back at Etihad Stadium. Since its been raining the match was under a closed roof. This is the first match at Etihad this season as the first 9 rounds were at the new AAMI stadium. I like Etihad from a photographer’s perspective. The facilities are much better. At AAMI […]
Shooting an international road cycling event is a huge buzz. Here’s a post about how the day unfolded when I shot the UCI Road World Championships for Southcreek. The arrival – 8.30am The first part of the day is rider sign on. For the 2010 Worlds this was in Melbourne. It’s the first Worlds where […]
The mens road race is tomorrow and I wanted to see if it was worth trying to catch the peloton to the town of Lara as they pass under the backdrop of the You Yangs mountain. As luck would have it the Portuguese team was out on a training ride going the other way. What […]
Here’s where photographer’s are allowed to go to get the shots. The only event I know of where we’re allowed on the actual circuit!
The next day was Men’s Time Trial. The last to start was Fabian Cancellara – remember him? Starting last wasn’t a hindrance to him winning the event and making history as the only person to have won the world championships four times. Fabian crossing the line:
I shot the first day of racing at Bailey Bridge. Managed to get almost every rider at around the same location. This is the winner Emma Pooley from Great Britain:
The next day was familiarisation. This is the start-finish line up a long straight road in the heart of Geelong: and getting the photographer’s bib – with a $50 deposit:
On Monday, the hype started with a press conference with the Swiss team. Fabian Cancellara is the red hot favourite to take out the time trial and maybe the road race as well…
So the last few days have been focused on shooting cycling. It kicked off last Sunday with a warm up race to the UCI Road World Championships. The first time this event has been held outside the Northern Hemisphere. The warm up race was held in Ballarat. This shot was taken with a 400mm with […]
An overcast afternoon for this match. Shot the first half from Level 3 of the stadium giving a really clean background to the images. Link to gallery here.
First weekend with no rain for quite a few weeks. Had a 10.5mm fisheye from Nikon on a D300s body. I was surprised how much better the D3 and D3s is still compared with the D300s sensor. Also shot some of the football with my 1.7 teleconverter. The images were pretty good and nothing beats […]
This was an afternoon match, starting at 3pm. The weather was beautiful with bright sunshine. However, this posed a real conundrum for shooting position. The sun was lighting half the stadium when the match started. If you positioned yourself in the shade then then shooting players in the sunshine meant either the image is going […]
