5 Sports Photography Tips | What I Wish I Knew About Photography in Sports

I've been photographing sports since 2014 on NFL sidelines. Here are my 5 sports photography tips I wish I knew when I was starting. Let me know if these are helpful and if there's any more tips you'd like to learn about!

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[southernscorpioqueen]

I do it as a hobby for my sons football games. I use that same lens... I have been doing it for a few years and love it. It brings the team together no matter if they have just 11 players or 50 players.

[jeremynelson]

#4 is on point - you can't anticipate the action without knowing where it will happen. Solid list - thanks for sharing!

[aquarioamico]

Solid video, Daniel. Finding sports photography opportunities is actually not as difficult as some may think. Your point about taking advantage of high school sports is spot on. Club leagues and amateur sports events are happening frequently, once COVID-19 is behind us, in most communities. Athletes and participants love getting hero shots of themselves and I've never had anyone object when I approach a coach or event director to introduce myself and ask if I could take some shots, not for me, but for their club, the athletes or event participants. If someone thinks they know their camera, then go shoot fast paced activities or sports events and they will discover really quickly whether or not they truly know their equipment. Thanks again for the video. I subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your work.

[BruceLeroyUK]

Great tips. There aren’t many sports photography channels on YouTube. Subscribed.

[therookiefisherman]

I really enjoyed your video thank you so much I did go to amazon looking for the book out of stock.

[billymutch]

Hey man I’m 14 and I made my own sports photography business and have gotten to shoot HS, College. And have gotten a bunch of other kids in HS and MS to get into sports photography and writing

[cadmus]

Honestly, it's infuriating to hear that you were just gifted this opportunity, but this is how the world has always worked. "It's not what you know, it's WHO you know"

[tball]

Is a 4fps camera enough for someone just looking to start sports photography?? Was looking at the Nikon D5100

[MikeMaye]

Man thanks bro!! really good tips and advice... appreciate it

[jackfletcher]

Thanks for the tips! Keep up the great work

[aaroncook]

This was a very well put together video bro!

[mmtv]

F4 is enough in night photography sport? Football

[henryanton]

FYI - The guy with the amazing book is NOT Pete Red Miller...try Peter READ Miller, damn son!

[xOzymandias]

#1 is great, Im tired of hearing this gear doesnt matter bs so "doesnt matter but it kinda does" is more accurate

[dkingofimages]

My question is - If you had zero experience in sports photography how did you get this opportunity to shoot for the NFL?

[Jay-ifdr]

Good tips Daniel. I have a few questions I hope you could answer. I do nature and a few other styles and have a 70-200 and 150-600 Sigma sports lens, which would you take or would you take both ?. Also, when you started out, how did you come up with pricing?, did you charge for the shoot at the game then later charge per image, did you maybe charge like a package deal or per hour etc etc.... Lastly, what was the rough pricing you offered?. I ask the last one due to I have trouble on working out what to charge and to if do like a per image and free shoot or charge for shoot PLus images later. PM me if you like, or reply a comment, many thanks.

[mrbillman]

Good stuff Daniel but for the love of god set your focus and turn off the auto focus!!! lol