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Taking great photographs of a baseball game (contd..)




Tip 566 (Look for other opportunities): During the course of a game, there are many opportunities to taking some great photos besides the sportsmen on the field. Look out for opportunities among the crowd, look for children enjoying the game, look for the food and drinks being sold in the game, and shoot some great [...]


Taking great photographs of a baseball game (contd..)




Tip 561 (Learn more about exposure): Given that for actual game action shots, you will need to take shots at pretty fast shutter speed, learn more about exposure. Exposure is the amount of light that reaches inside the camera, and is a measure of shutter speed, aperture and ISO. It is the interplay between all [...]


Taking great photographs of a baseball game (contd..)




Tip 556 (Watch out for those baseball caps): When shooting players, watch out for those caps, especially if the face is shadowed from the sun. You could have got a great shot, but then find out that the sun has cast a shadow on the face because of the baseball cap. This may not totally [...]


Taking great photographs of a baseball game




Tip 551 (Having great equipment is not a must): For shooting great photographs at a baseball game where the distances can be large, you can see people toting along some great equipment such as 600mm ultra-zoom lenses, and having such equipments do carry some advantages, but if you learn about techniques and keep on learning, [...]