I have recently teamed up with an upstart media outlet to capture images for regional sporting contests at the NCAA Division I level. I am also available to cover your sporting events at any level, be it for your organization's media needs or for individual portfolios.
For the past two years I have been building the skills necessary to capture exciting images at the youth and high school levels, while occasionally having the opportunity to cover events at the college level. I love capturing the excitement and human drama of sports. There are immense challenges that come with shooting sports, especially if you want to capture quality images. Of course, there is a question of access and being able to get close to the action. This is not really a problem at the youth level, and can help any photographer gain skills. But access isn't necessarily enough as lighting is typically quite poor for youth and high school venues and long, fast, and expensive lenses are a necessity for any venue.
Sports photography is based on capturing specific moments of peak action where there is the most drama. For the most part, action is super fast. The saying goes "If you see the action you missed it." Successful sports photography is all about timing and anticipation. Good sports photographers have a decent to excellent knowledge of the particular sport they are shooting.
Image: The number one ranked men's ice hockey team in the country, the Boston University Terriers, took on Maine at Agganis Arena in January. In this first period score, Maine's goaltender can only watch as freshman Chris Connolly's slapshot sails past him, through the air, and into the net. BU ultimately defeated Maine 4-1.
For details on my action sports services, see the Action Sports page.