[Leica] Saturday sports photography

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

Thanks, Ted.  I thought it was probably something like that :).  The truth
is I had no idea of the details of the scene I was shooting, just a lot of
action.  I am not that big on gear, but I can see where a longer lens would
be helpful (I was using a 200mm), so I could see more closely.  

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> Ted,
>
> Thanks for the kind words.  Grandson, actually - he is pretty talented 
> and has been to a number of football camps.  I had never done sports 
> photography before, but instead of "that's nice, click" I think it is 
> click click click click and hope for the best :).
> Best regards,
> Ken Carney<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Hi Ken:

No this kind of machine gunning the scene of action of the sport doesn't
necessarily mean you're going to get good, great or whatever special photos
when covering sports.

Too many of the lads who use motor drive cameras believe all they have to do
is squeeze on the shutter release and the motor-drive firing away is going
to grab the magical moment! "NOT SO AT ALL!"

When motor drives came to be, many many news photogs and others figured they
had it made for great action! Not so, simply because the motor doesn't see
the action! You the photographer must know the game, watch and re-act to the
moment "CLICK!"

The shooters re-action to the action is what makes great sport action
photos! Not that machine gunning motor drive. Yep the trick is "you the
photog react to action...."click " then follow through with a machine gun
burst?" Hopefully catching the after effects of the initial action!  If any?

Even that doesn't always work?  Using digital machine gun cameras is great
as  rarely do you have to change a card. In the days of film you constantly
had to be conscious of "HOW MANY FRAMES LEFT?" Forget that? And the absolute
magical moment is silent because it's "LOCKED ON FRAME 37!" The Non-existing
frame! :-(

Today motor drives screaming off "TWENTY FRAMES A SECOND" wildly capturing
zero many many times!

What is the success? It's the photogs re-action to the action! As simple as
that! Your welcome! :-) It also comes from shooting hundreds of sports of
all kinds from a pee wee hockey game to the 100 meter finals at the Olympics
or the many other International Games held around the world!! :-)

cheers,
Dr. ted





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