It is only natural that someone will learn something when they engage themselves in the subject they are covering. This past game's experience is another example of this. Although I have been to MANY Marlins games dating back to when I was eight years old, this experience is one of my favorites not only because of the game, but because I was able to document it with my photographs. I have never taken pictures at a Marlins game, but after this experience, I learned how much fun it can be!
But besides learning about the joys of sports photography, I also learned just how difficult it can be, especially during a night game. The difficulties in this photo shoot included timing action shots from a distance. Getting the timing down when taking a picture of somebody swinging is very difficult, but I learned how to properly time it so that I can take the photo at contact. I also learned how difficult it is to get good quality at night. A much more advanced camera, where I could better control the aperture, shutter speed, zoom and focus would have been ideal for this type of photography. For instance, if I could have controlled the shutter speed, I could have more crisp pictures of hitters swinging by increasing the shutter speed and opening up the aperture.
Something else I learned is that when you use a digital camera and zoom in heavily, you can really lose a lot of clarity in your photograph. This is where a better zoom would have improved my photos, along with a greater amount of pixels. However, for the purposes of this assignment, the photos were more than adequate. I'm not intending to blow up these pictures any time soon.
All in all, this was a very informative assignment and I certainly learned a lot. I look forward to applying these lessons more throughout the class!
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