Olympic Sports Photography
Some of you may not know, but I started my photography career as a sports photographer.
I even took a workshop from one of the top US sports photographer at the time, in Colorado. I think this is when I got hooked on photography.
I was lucky enough to shoot a number of major events, including the US Snowboaring finals in Aspen, the Quicksilver Pro Surfing event at Snapper Rocks in Australia and a major tennis events in Sydney. Since then I have shot a number of surfing and football events – mainly for media (newspapers and magazines). I tell you, it’s a rush when you have the newspaper editor calling you wanting an image before dealine:)
I’ve even almost drowned while shooting surfers from the water. Not good.
The best of the best in Sports Photography.
This video shows what it takes to cover a major event, maybe the biggest event ever, the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. I was not there, but these guys take sports photography to a whole new level, my hat off to them.
Enjoy.
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I have a Canon 7d and I was wondering if I need to upgrade to do more professional sports photography?
What is the camera I should be using and also what lens?
Could you give me some idea about which direction I should go?
Thank you.
Your short videos have been very helpful to me.
Thank you again Brent
The 7d is a great camera and I use it for sports photography, but if you really want to go up a notch then the Canon 1d mark4 (10 frames per second) is the ultimate sports/action camera. I own the original canon 1d (3 megapixel camera) and I still have the body collecting dust right now. Also, the lenses are very important and very, very expensive. Depending on how far away you are from the action, a 70-200mm f2.8 is a great lens, I use a 100-400mm for a lot of my action photography, and if you have the budget the 400mm f2.8 or the 600mm f4 is amazing glass. Hope this helps. Brent