How do I get into professional [freelance] sports photography?

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Does anyone know how to get into the sports photography industry?

I really want to be a sports photographer, but don't know how to get into this field. I have a diploma in photography so have studied it but they don't tend to let you take ...show more

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You have to work from the bottom up! In high school I photographed the games for the newspaper. I got...

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How can I get into sports photography? Like taking pictures at basketball/football games?

I currently have a studio in my home and do wedding and family portraits, but went to the UT/Memphis game yesterday and was thinking about how I'd love to have been down there getting shots of the players...how would I go about starting this? I thought...

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You neglected to tell us what camera system you have. I will assume you have some kind of Nikon, Fujifilm...

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Looking to get into sports photography, what body should I invest in?

I currently have a Canon Rebel T2i (550D) but it does not shoot fast enough. I was looking around the web and many people suggest 1D Mark ii, although it only has 8 mp? Isn't that going to be a big downgrade in image quality from my 550D? I feel like...

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The T2i shoots at 3.7 shots per second... you CAN get good shots with that, just fewer at "once...

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What camera settings are optimum to get better Sports Photography photos at hockey games?

I have a Nikon Coolpix L120 14.1-megapixel digital camera with 21X optical zoom, and I get quite a few pretty good photos from every event. But there tends to be a lot of noise in the photos. Is there anything I can do, short of buying software, to get...

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Since the L120 doesn't have manual controls, there isn't much you can do other than crank up your ISO...

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To get into sports photography, you generally start out as a journalist. Some colleges offer photojournalism...

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Digital technology has profoundly affected the field of photography: nonprofessionals can now utilize...

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How to get into football and Concert Photography?

Hi, how can i get into football and Concert Photography? Motorsport or even any kind of sports/event photography. I'm 19 years old and have a D300 and f/2.8 glass, i will also get liabilty insurance when needed. I would love to do this kind of work,...

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You mean soccer aka European football? What I did for motorcycles was freelance. I contacted local motorcycle...

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What lens would a photographer need for Nightclub photography, and how many flashes?

I am planning to get a Nikon D5000 before October hopefully, and i want to get into club/rave and sports(baseball, football and soccer) photography. For sports i was thinking that i can do it for the community college i am going to next year and get...

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At the very least a fast wide zoom, tamron's 17-50 f2.8 is popular with the beginning club photographer...

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Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 for sports photography?

For my senior year in high school (next year) I am going to be the staff newspaper photographer and I want to get a good telephoto for when I'm photographing sports and various other things. I am looking at purchasing the Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8. However...

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Maybe the reason you don't like the Sigma 70-300mm is how slow the lens is? An f/4.5-5.6 lens won't...

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What are some tips/rules to sports photography ?

So yesterday I tired out some sports photography with my brother and i did a bad job on them . I used the sports mode on my Canon Xti . So here is one of them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annafur/260… What can I do to get better results ? Thank...

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Sports photographers are usually photojournalists with many, many years of experience shooting under...

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