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12/07/2008 02:47:46 PM · #1 |
Have nerves of Steel.
What else in your opinion do you need? :)
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12/07/2008 03:09:20 PM · #2 |
Try being a DEAF sports photographer! For two years I was on the sidelines for NFL (SD Chargers) games, and a couple times I got absolutely flattened, once by a 300+ linebacker, probably because I didn't hear the warning sounds LOL.
R.
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12/07/2008 03:13:22 PM · #3 |
Oh crap =S
that looks kinda scary.
Message edited by author 2008-12-07 15:13:32. |
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12/07/2008 04:53:57 PM · #4 |
I'll have to remember that if I get asked to cover a rally. You also need feet of steel, one weekend covering Formula 3 in Tasmania, my feet were so darn sore at the end of it. And a rain cover for your camera is essential.
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12/07/2008 05:37:49 PM · #5 |
Know your sport.
Good thing that photog knew his.
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12/07/2008 05:55:10 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by StOlafPhotographer:
Have nerves of Steel.
What else in your opinion do you need? :)
Evan |
ARRRGH stupid filter. Anyone feel like summarizing?? |
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12/07/2008 06:17:07 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Jessi:
Originally posted by StOlafPhotographer:
Have nerves of Steel.
What else in your opinion do you need? :)
Evan |
ARRRGH stupid filter. Anyone feel like summarizing?? |
Photographer was standing on the side of the road and one of the rally cars lost control and just misses him. He just side steps the car (missing him by inches) then turns around to take pictures of the crash.
Message edited by author 2008-12-07 18:18:11. |
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12/07/2008 06:31:36 PM · #8 |
| Nerves of steel yes - but at the same time is it not a bit morbid that his first reaction is to take a picture of the crash? I'd have tried to help the guy who just totalled his car in front of me... |
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12/07/2008 06:36:56 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by JimiRose:
Nerves of steel yes - but at the same time is it not a bit morbid that his first reaction is to take a picture of the crash? I'd have tried to help the guy who just totalled his car in front of me... |
Well he did run to help, after getting the shot. And there were others to help also. |
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12/07/2008 08:07:33 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by togtog:
Well he did run to help, after getting the shot. And there were others to help also. |
Was he running to help? I don't think so...
I thought he was at first, but notice how the camera filming this video spins around as soon as he reaches it. It looks like to me he was manning the video camera as well; he's running to the video camera, and turns it around to film the crashed car... I don't see "him" in the footage once the video camera is turned around.
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12/07/2008 08:22:22 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by cdrice:
Originally posted by togtog:
Well he did run to help, after getting the shot. And there were others to help also. |
Was he running to help? I don't think so...
I thought he was at first, but notice how the camera filming this video spins around as soon as he reaches it. It looks like to me he was manning the video camera as well; he's running to the video camera, and turns it around to film the crashed car... I don't see "him" in the footage once the video camera is turned around. |
Note his vest, he runs around the left side of the screen and behind the car. :) |
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12/07/2008 08:26:15 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by togtog:
Note his vest, he runs around the left side of the screen and behind the car. :) |
Ah, yes. It's a little hard to tell from the video quality, but I see who you're talking about. I may stand corrected. The timing of the video camera turning around is pretty funny, though. :)
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12/07/2008 09:14:22 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by StOlafPhotographer:
What else in your opinion do you need? :) |
In the case of today's Steelers/Cowboys game, LOTS of hand warmers. And toe warmers. I'm hoping to be able to feel my toes by the end of the week. |
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12/07/2008 09:34:09 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
Originally posted by StOlafPhotographer:
What else in your opinion do you need? :) |
In the case of today's Steelers/Cowboys game, LOTS of hand warmers. And toe warmers. I'm hoping to be able to feel my toes by the end of the week. |
Texans/Packers game too. Temperature at kickoff was -6F |
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12/07/2008 10:18:35 PM · #15 |
So how do you become a photographer for the NFL? just curious....
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Try being a DEAF sports photographer! For two years I was on the sidelines for NFL (SD Chargers) games, and a couple times I got absolutely flattened, once by a 300+ linebacker, probably because I didn't hear the warning sounds LOL.
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12/07/2008 10:37:22 PM · #16 |
Working for the media in an NFL market is the easiest way, but easiest does not mean easy.
It's not that great a gig anyway. The photographers working for the team do not own their images. Everything is owned by the NFL. If you shoot for a newspaper, magazine or wire service, the photos are owned by them. Plus you need some very expensive gear if you are working freelance.
You have a better change of shooting for a local college or university, or high school. The bigger the school, the harder it is. The upside is you can get just as good pictures at a small college game as you get in an NFL game. If would start with a call to the media office for the athletics departments and ask for a photo pass to a game. Tell them you are a freelancer doing a photo story on a player.
Shoot day games so you don't have to have the really fast glass on the long telephotos.
Originally posted by wizardry:
So how do you become a photographer for the NFL? just curious....
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Try being a DEAF sports photographer! For two years I was on the sidelines for NFL (SD Chargers) games, and a couple times I got absolutely flattened, once by a 300+ linebacker, probably because I didn't hear the warning sounds LOL.
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12/07/2008 10:52:12 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by scarbrd:
Everything is owned by the NFL. If you shoot for a newspaper, magazine or wire service, the photos are owned by them. |
Not necessarily :) I own the shots I take at Steelers games. Granted, with NFL credential rules, you can't do much of anything with them anyway, though... |
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12/07/2008 10:53:24 PM · #18 |
You won't have much of a social life. Most sporting events occur on the weekends and evenings. Say goodbye to relationships.
Pay isn't that great because there's lots of folks trying to break into the field and won't think twice about the conditions that were raised.
Like doing signing a "work for hire" clause. That means you walk away at the end of the day from your hard work, collect the paycheck.
Most gigs like that are part-time with no benefits.
Scarbird is right about shooting day games. It can be the difference between having rent or buy a fast telephoto or one that's $1,000 cheaper. |
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