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Intent/Purpose
- Fun and self-fulfillment
- Sale of image to newspaper, sporting press, magazines for some cash
- Fully understand the sports or activity you are covering
- Ability to anticipate a high point in the action and to immediately respond to some vital moment
- Aim is to capture participants’ skill, anguish and tension, plus the dramatic excitement and atmosphere, preferably all summed up in one shot
- Go for the expressions and body language which visually communicate how it feels to be taking part
- Ensure big memory card storage available
- Will shoot mostly in burst mode (i.e. 4.5 FPS)
- Wide-angle lenses are useful for crowd shots, general scenes and dramatic, steep perspective close-ups
- Wide-aperture high focal distant lens (e.g. 300mm) for certain games like cricket is mandatory
- Work at shutter speeds of 1/500 and upwards
- Tripod or monopod almost standard requirement
- Flash may be prohibited so only high ISO can help you in low light conditions
- Prefocus on some key spot on the ground and shoot when the action reaches this point