Sports Photography
When most of us think of “sports photography,” we immediately think of iconic images from the world of land-based sports—American football, track and field, boxing, baseball, and others. One could argue, however, that yacht racing and sailing regattas provide the canvas for some of the most spectacular images in all of sports. And, if you have spent time around the water, seen the framed print on the wall of my physical therapist’s office, or flipped through the pages of any sailing magazine, you might have noticed that professional sailboat
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an official photographer at the Olympics? Jeff Cable just returned from his 6th Olympic Games, shooting for Team USA. He shows his images from PyeongChang and brings back some stories of the experience.
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Sony has completely turned the industry on its head with its lightest*, fastest, most well-balanced 400mm lens, which pairs magnificently with the Sony a9 camera. Many have been waiting for this day to come, the day on which Sony finally unveils the details and pricing for the monster lens that is the FE 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS, for the full-frame E-mount
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Mel DiGiacomo has been a top pro for years, and gets access to events like the US Open that other photographers can only dream of (in fact, he is the only photographer in the Tennis Hall of Fame). But when budding photographers think him lucky, and ask him how they can get that same access, assuming that it is the access that drives his success, he explains the VIP access myth: It is not the access that gets him the great shots; it is his great, consistent work that gets him the access. Before you aim high you have to start small, and in this
Growing up in the small town of Brainerd, Minnesota, Elsa Garrison didn’t have an inkling that her ninth-grade photography class would become her ticket to the high-octane world of professional sports photography. “The class was an art elective, and I thought it could be kind of interesting,” she says. “After that semester, I ended up working on the yearbook, pretty much through the rest of high school. I was definitely your classic yearbook dork—but we all are, I think,” she reflects.
Photographs © Elsa Garrison unless otherwise
Every two years since the summer of 2008, San Francisco Bay area-photographer Jeff Cable has set off on an intrepid adventure to photograph the world’s top athletes representing their respective countries in competition during the famous cold- and hot-weather international sporting events in the global cities of Beijing, Vancouver, London, Sochi, Rio de Janeiro, and currently, Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Photographs © Jeff Cable
While the trip itself is a huge commitment, with a grueling schedule of roughly 18-hour days during the three to four
Is your team playing in the final professional American football game of the current season? Or are you traveling to Los Angeles to see the Big Game? Are you a photographer wanting to capture the action of this or other professional gridiron games?
Here is what you need to know!
The American professional football league has stipulated requirements for what you can and cannot bring into a stadium, but individual venues have their own sets of rules.
As of February 2022, the league Stadium Bag Policy basically states that you cannot
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Photography icon Robert Capa once famously said, ‘If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.’ One of the great ways to get people’s attention with your photos is to bring them close to your subject. Getting in close can be achieved with a macro lens or even zooming in close with a long lens. This is a fun and exciting type of photography that anyone can learn. And the best part is, you can take close-up photos anywhere! Learn how to take high-quality photos of small subjects and make a giant impression on your viewer.
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Jeff Cable shares his favorite tips for photographing sporting events. Even though Jeff is a 5-time Olympic photographer, he has advice for photographers of all levels. Jeff recommends camera gear, camera settings, and ways to grab unique sports photos. His casual and fun style of teaching has made him one of the most popular speakers at B&H for the last 5 years.
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Sony continues its attack on the status quo with yet another game-changing release: the mirrorless Alpha a9. On paper, this is one of the most exciting releases for sports shooters in years, because it claims to prove finally that mirrorless cameras can keep up with, and even beat, their DSLR adversaries. However, after owning and shooting with Sony cameras for the past few years, I’ve learned that you must read the fine print to truly understand what you are getting yourself into. And the a9—which is certainly a marvelous camera—still falls
Elsa Garrison is a New York-based staff photographer with Getty Images Sport. A graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, Garrison began her career in 1996, with Allsport, in Los Angeles, which was acquired by Getty Images in 1998.
As a staff photographer, she has covered a wide variety of major sporting events, including the World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, World Soccer, the Summer and Winter Olympic games, the Kentucky Derby, and the Belmont Stakes. Her work has been internationally published on websites and in
Can you imagine the pictures you could have taken if you had spent 50 years employed as the official photographer for New York City’s Madison Square Garden? In this B&H Photo Event Space video, photographer George Kalinsky discusses some of the more memorable events and people he’s had opportunities to photograph. Kalinsky also discusses the tools, workflow practices, and some of the special challenges he’s encountered during his tenure at MSG.
Airplanes and helicopters are very cool, and an air show offers a collection of cool aircraft. And, if you are like me, you want to not only take a ton of photos at air shows, you will want to come away with a bunch of “keepers.”
Photographs © Todd Vorenkamp
A USAF Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle in afterburner
1. Planning
Air shows are fun for everyone, and, if you just want to go to see cool
In celebration of Gail Buckland’s wonderful new book, Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present, and the accompanying exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, we take a look at sports photography from all angles. With Buckland, we discuss the making of her book and the role that sports photography has played in the history and technology of photography. Buckland breaks apart false distinctions by including photographers as diverse as Andy Warhol, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Stanley Kubrick
In this B&H Prospectives video sports photographer Al Bello discusses his approach to sports photography. Some of the topics he talks about include the physical and logistical demands of photographing sports events, the gear he uses, the art of anticipating the precise moment to press the shutter button, his use of color, and the realities of travel sports photography in terms of one’s personal life.