so you want to be a sports photographer

http://www.dombower.com/

This video i tell you the basic needs for a "sports" photographer.
from the type of camera and lenses to the attituded needed.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• so
• you
• want
• to
• be
• sports
• photographer
• dom
• bower
• photography
• dslr
• lens
• idea
• www.dombower.com
• tips
• on
• how
• become

[andyt5303]

I want to be a sports photographer. ill hopefully be going to uni next year to get a degree in photography and im currently at college finishing off my A level in it. When your applying to work for a magazine or something as a photographer, would you say they focus mainly on the portfolio or the background education? I was just wandering because im only going to uni for the extra experience and if its really crucial for me to go or not. Do students get jobs as photographers with just an A level?

[dombower]

@andyt5303 dont think ihave ever sent education information for working of any sport magazine regarding photography work. send them some images and get on their books

[Capesports4]

umm pretty sure most sports photographer do raw or raw + jpeg

[dombower]

@Capesports4 depends on the deadline. watching documentary on the photographers at the olympics, shooting in jpeg giving to the runner and sending them straight away to the news agencies etc. no time to waste editing.

[lukasgisbert]

Hi Dom, you mentioned Dolby lightroom, it this an option you find under Adobe Lightroom or a totally different program?

[dombower]

no i said adobe.

[0ldSandwich]

to be honest, the moose was really distracting

the whole time I was like "oh, watch your head there Dom, don't bonk it on the antler"

[kalleman93]

im diggin the moose

[jknightglfr]

@Capesports4 ummm pretty sure you don't know what you're talking about. I'm a professional sports photographer and very few of us shoot RAW.

It's all about speed and JPEG gives you the advantage every single time out.

[panzarw]

Nice pointers!

[ajlepisto]

@Capesports4 Not true.

A lot shoot JPEG only, because you can shoot more in a burst.

SOME shoot Raw+JPEG, but unless it's for a strange assignment, a lot of them shoot jpeg.

[Capesports4]

@dombower some also like to have a high quality file in the event of later use

[Mtbfanro]

@lukasgisbert its his accent :) it sounds like dolby

[spid3r4ever]

Sony A550 is having a very fast focus also and 7fps/s is actual a marvelous think to have ;) ... if you have any chance in checking this camera , you should ;) .

Thanks for advices .