Sports Action Photography Preview

Overview: Sports action photography is a special type of photography that requires the mastery of some basic skills. We will review some of the types of sports photography before we practice these techniques.

Directions: Begin by looking at some great sports photography!!

This GoogleDoc is multiple pages long and it has all the information you need to complete the rest of the work today. So make sure you click the box on the bottom and watch all 20 pages full screen.

Now  go to these websites and see some great sports photos:

http://espn.go.com/action/photos/

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/?eref=sihp

or

http://www.betterphoto.com/galleryTOCdynoSub.asp?cat=14

http://www.gettyimages.com/EditorialImages/Sport

for  more choices.

Copy and paste photos from the above  sites (DO NOT TAKE PHOTOS FROM THE GOOGLE DOCS PIECE I CREATED) to  complete the 12 slide powerpoint presentation described below:

Make  a PowerPoint with the following slides: Save it as  "LastName_FirstName_sports" in your folder

Action

Slide  1 - A Large example of an excellent action shot.

Slide 2- A slide  with a small version of the photo, and the following information:

1)  Is it a money shot or a safety shot? How can you tell?

2) Is it  shot with high (250 or higher), Medium (100-250), or slow (Below 100)  shutter speed, and what specifically in the photo shows this?

3)  Discuss anything about the lighting and / or composition that adds  significantly to the impact of the photo.

Reaction

Slide  3 - A Large example of an excellent reaction shot.

Slide 4- A  slide with a small version of the photo, and the following information:

1)  Is it a money shot or a safety shot? How can you tell?

2) Is it  shot with high (250 or higher), Medium (100-250), or slow (Below 100)  shutter speed, and what specifically in the photo shows this?

3)  Discuss anything about the lighting and / or composition that adds  significantly to the impact of the photo.

Rituals

Slide  5 - A Large example of an excellent rituals shot.

Slide 6 - A  slide with a small version of the photo, and the following information:

1)  Is it a money shot or a safety shot? How can you tell?

2) Is it  shot with high (250 or higher), Medium (100-250), or slow (Below 100)  shutter speed, and what specifically in the photo shows this?

3)  Discuss anything about the lighting and / or composition that adds  significantly to the impact of the photo.

Coach

Slide  7 - A Large example of an excellent coach shot.

Slide 8 - A slide  with a small version of the photo, and the following information:

1)  Is it a money shot or a safety shot? How can you tell?

2) Is it  shot with high (250 or higher), Medium (100-250), or slow (Below 100)  shutter speed, and what specifically in the photo shows this?

3)  Discuss anything about the lighting and / or composition that adds  significantly to the impact of the photo.

Fans

Slide  9 - A Large example of an excellent fans shot.

Slide 10 - A slide  with a small version of the photo, and the following information:

1)  Is it a money shot or a safety shot? How can you tell?

2) Is it  shot with high (250 or higher), Medium (100-250), or slow (Below 100)  shutter speed, and what specifically in the photo shows this?

3)  Discuss anything about the lighting and / or composition that adds  significantly to the impact of the photo.

Features

Slide  11 - A Large example of an excellent features shot.

Slide 12 - A  slide with a small version of the photo, and the following information:

1)  Is it a money shot or a safety shot? How can you tell?

2) Is it  shot with high (250 or higher), Medium (100-250), or slow (Below 100)  shutter speed, and what specifically in the photo shows this?

3)  Discuss anything about the lighting and / or composition that adds  significantly to the impact of the photo.