Next topic---Action Photography

Next we will cover Action (Sports) Photography. If you have the opportunity to take any action shots at home, practice, or games, you'll be ahead! I hope to take the class outside this week to get action shots at school. Please remember to bring your cameras for the rest of the week. In the meantime, those of you who are caught up may research on the Internet for Sports or Action Photography. In particular, you find out about these terms:
Stop Action
Blurred Action
Panning
Find examples of each. These shots are created by adjusting the shutter speed. Read up on the mechanics involved in this type of photography. You will be re-creating each of these techniques. Our goal will be to create stop action, blurred action, and panning in the camera. If not, these effects may be created in PhotoShop through use of the 'Motion Blur' filter. Practice using this filter on your photos.
Research using these links:
Professional Photographers who specialize in Action Photography:
http://www.padulaphotography.com/
http://www.actionsportsinc.com/eventdisplay.aspx?is=9
http://www.actionathletics.com/
http://www.actionsportsphotography.sasktelwebsite.net/
http://www.actionsportspress.com/
http://www.greggriess.com/action_main.htm
‘How to’ Sites:
http://photo.net/learn/sports/overview
http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/4016/how-to-photograph-baseball-and-softball.html
http://www.nyip.com/ezine/sports/golf.html
http://www.squidoo.com/action-photography/
http://www.nyip.com/ezine/sports/football.html
http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/4334/how-to-show-an-action-sequence.html
http://www.schoolofphotography.com/if/infocus22.html

Your Action Project will be to leave a contact sheet of 12 action shots right out of your camera on May 1st. Then you'll create four images---a stop action, a blurred action, a panning shot, and a poster with text. Make a contact sheet of these four shots for your final submission on Thursday, May 2nd.