Secrets of Sports Photography - Let's Review Photos! Part 3.

Welcome to part 3 of Peter's photo critiques. We are getting great feedback, so please send over your photos if you'd like Peter's review.

AP/Sports Illustrated Photographer and Canon Explorer of Light Peter Read Miller and Flipboard's Steve Fine offer an incredible photo critique and comment on viewer-submitted sports photography. Learn about the ideas and preferences from two of the most successful sports photography professionals of all time.

Peter Read Miller has been photographing athletes, events and the sporting life for more than 40 years. He is has worked as a staff and contract photographer for Sports Illustrated for more than 35 years. His images have appeared on over 100 Sports Illustrated covers.

His editorial clients have included: Time, Life, People, Money, The Associated Press, Playboy, Runner’s World, Newsweek, USA Weekend and The New York Times. In addition to covering 9 Olympic Games and 40 Super Bowls, Peter has shot 14 NBA Finals. He has covered the Stanley Cup Finals, the World Series, the Kentucky Derby, the NCAA Basketball Final Four, and the Men’s and Women’s World Cup Soccer Finals.

Click here to view Peter's book: On Sports Photography

[jamescorral]

Great tips Peter, looking forward to the next video

[michaelblum]

It is rare to find so much useful information presented in such a concise manner. Excellent video!

[tpronko]

I really enjoy these critiques. Thanks for doing them and keep them coming!

[royottaway]

Excellent honest critiques, I totally agree with bad weather shots with school sports, I used to shoot week in week out, but with bad weather came High Iso most of the time, as most of my games didn't start until 3:30 on UK winters afternoon and then I lost the good light going by 4:30/5 ( School Rugby )

[johnsudbrink]

Peter this is awesome, I hope you do more of these in the future and please ask Steve to continue as well. His approach looking at photos for critiques is brutally honest and that helps allot IMO. I remember his critiques in Denver 2012 and wouldn't have it any other way, if you want to get better and be better then average have Steve critique your work. Thank you again Peter and I'm working to see you in Knoxville later this year... John S

[JMHSPhoto]

Thank you Peter for another great installment.

[akjoe]

I LOVE a good editor! We fall in love with everything we shoot and need someone to lay it out there. Thank you both for doing this!

[ralphparrott]

Thank you for doing these. I enjoy the honest feedback. I hope to submit my own one day.

[TubaSolotheHiker]

Hello Peter. How much post processing is suggested beyond a crop? With the understanding that you are not going to get all stylized, do you bring up saturation, adjust luminescence, etc.; basic corrections? Sometimes it seems like once a picture is taken and cropped its considered all good (noise and everything) here's your final product and I'm off to the next event. In this video Steve comments a few times on the color of things. Just wondering if there is some balance to the amount of clean up work done after the fact. (Hope that all makes sense). Thank you, love your channel. I've learned a lot already and excited to learn more.

[sonnybowman]

Interesting about what you can or cannot change. Would appreciate more information in that area. What about hydro wires and poles of different sorts beyond the play area, in particular, coming out of a players head?

[hipbdaniel]

On the last photo: I think if the photo really stood-up on its own without the rainbow, having the rainbow could have made it better. However, the rainbow doesn't save a boring photo.

[davidrainey]

Suggestions: your videos are great intro is way to long, cut it in half.

You videos are outstanding...I always learn from them and often watch them 2-3x.. as a sports photographer they are gold, keep them coming.

[cadmus]

I'm certain you would become a better photographer working for a boss like that, but man would there be some frustrating times!