While much of today's online media rely on video and moving images to tell their stories, there is still a huge demand for photography from certain news outlets. The art of telling a story is pivotal to sports photography. While viewers are able to watch an entire match, game or event over the course of several minutes or hours, not everyone has the time or interest to devote to following their hobbies. A photograph is the perfect partner for a news report on a website or in more traditional media such as newspapers or magazines, whereby photographs are used to complement the narrative and editorial content of the publication. A good photograph not only captures a precise moment in the game but also sums up the general feeling of the story. If the article relates the loss of a match it would be inappropriate to show players or managers looking happy. This allows the reader to guess the tone of the article in conjunction with the headline. This poses many problems for sports photographers. In football, a photographer has 90 minutes to capture as many quality pictures as possible never quite knowing what the story will be at the end of the match.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Photographing Sport
While much of today's online media rely on video and moving images to tell their stories, there is still a huge demand for photography from certain news outlets. The art of telling a story is pivotal to sports photography. While viewers are able to watch an entire match, game or event over the course of several minutes or hours, not everyone has the time or interest to devote to following their hobbies. A photograph is the perfect partner for a news report on a website or in more traditional media such as newspapers or magazines, whereby photographs are used to complement the narrative and editorial content of the publication. A good photograph not only captures a precise moment in the game but also sums up the general feeling of the story. If the article relates the loss of a match it would be inappropriate to show players or managers looking happy. This allows the reader to guess the tone of the article in conjunction with the headline. This poses many problems for sports photographers. In football, a photographer has 90 minutes to capture as many quality pictures as possible never quite knowing what the story will be at the end of the match.
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