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Sports Photographer Scotland Tips and What to Avoid

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Hi Everyone

Thought I would do a short post on sports photography.  As a professional photographer who does a lot of sport, I thought I would give some general tips, not specific to any one sport.

  1. Get to know the sport well.  Look for example photos from the great sports photographers and learn the rules, as sports photography is all about understanding the rules and anticipating the next move.
  2. Get into the best position possible if you have a choice that is
  3. Don’t be selfish, there are other people there who are entitled to enjoy the game
  4. Shutter speed is everything, some sports more than others, you will get a way with a slower shutter speed if the subject is coming towards you, or you are panning (ie looking for a blurred motion type of background), otherwise faster is better, some sports need very fast speeds ie golf to freeze the ball, and also for motor sport
  5. Stick to JPEGS, Raw will use up to much memory and slow you down.  Also, you will discard loads of shots with sports photography
sports photography, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK by event and corporate photographer, by professional photographer Colin Wright, www.colinwrightphotography.co.uk

Hope that helps, more to come soon.

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About Colin Wright

Freelance conference, corporate and event Photographer Edinburgh and throughout Scotland and the North of England.

Colin Wright is a commercial freelance corporate event photographer from Edinburgh, currently based in Kirkintilloch near Glasgow. Colin specialises in conference and corporate event commissions in Edinburgh and other areas throughout Scotland and the UK. Colin is a qualified and experienced freelance photographer, who has several years experience in newspaper and PR photography, particularly for Johnston Press publications and other newspapers in the Lothian area. In addition to supplying national publications with PR photography in Edinburgh and Glasgow on a regular basis. commercial photographer Colin is also a regular event photographer in Edinburgh and Lothian for Supercar event companies, who organise motor sport and other extreme sport events throughout the UK. Colin Wright Photography also do interior and architecture photography commissions in Edinburgh, Glasgow and throughout Scotland. Colin also specialises as a conference photographer in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Scotland. In addition, Colin has supplied a number of magazines and publications with architecture, landscape and Infrared images.

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Some of Colin's commercial photography clients include: Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Government, NHS Education for Scotland, the Scots Magazine, Standard Life, Restaurant magazine, Edinburgh Fringe Festival companies, Lammermuir Festival, White Light Media, World Forum on National Capital, European Taekwondo Championships, Vet Partners and Professional Photographer and F2 magazines. In addition, Colin is a specialist infrared photographer, supplying hotels and businesses with bespoke fine art images from around Scotland. In addition to professional event photography in Edinburgh, Colin also participates in a number of infrared photography forums throughout the world and he is in the process of developing a long term project entitled "Infrared Photography in Scotland."

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Colin Wright
Professional Photographer
Kirkintilloch
M: 0775 213 5055

info@colinwrightphotography.co.uk

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