The vast majority of my work with baseball is from parents requesting me to capture their child in action during a game. This request was made by the parents of the two kids you see pictured below. When I'm asked to shoot these kids I will try to capture them in various stages of the game and types of action. I will also try for some personal candid shots.
When I'm hired for these types of jobs I make sure the parents understand the amount and quality of the action shots I obtain depend solely on the players involvement in the game and how much action they are actually involved in. Additional a players position will and can affect what type of shots I can obtain.
Both of these kids pitched during the game and the first also catched. During this game I positioned myself around the dugouts on both the first and third base side. When taking the direct shots of the pitchers I positioned myself behind the catcher and slightly to the side.
I used both my 300 f/2.8 and 70-200 f/2.8. My cameras were set to aperture priority with an ISO ranging from 500 - 100, depending on how much cloud cover I had at the time.
Below you'll find various shots of each of these kids.
I really liked the look of the picture above and felt it was a great candiate for some playing with Lucis Arts.
1 comment:
Awesome, Jim! The parents are going to LOVE these! Such a neat effect on that bottom one!! Reminds me of a picture that would be in a VIP box at a ballpark or something. So cool.
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