You said one of the things you started with was volleyball. Volleyball is rough! The focus of attention moves around the room sooo fast. Volleyball has inspired me to go back and rework my approach or skills on mulitiple occasions.
Awesome! Yes, it has been a long 11 or 12 months of waiting to get back on the field for a lot of folks. Glad to hear you are able to get out and shoot. LAX is awesome. Under appreciated and fun sport to photograph!
@turnerx5 thanks for the kind comment. I couldn't agree more, good fundamentals and the drive to keep on pushing/learning are keys to success in sports photography.
Amazing Jerry. Jose from Puerto Rico. I'm not a pro but I do enjoy Photography and your know-how and experience is so valuable even for an amateur like myself. I'm retired so becoming a pro like you in this field I'd probably have to be born again :-). Having said that, I do enjoy seeing your amazing work and hearing your advice. Makes me go out and just shoot. The particular advice on knowing your gear is what I'm practicing now so make it second nature,
My pleasure! You are never too old to start - if anything maybe your body has more miles left on it from not carrying so much heavy camera gear up and down sidelines or contorting into so many small photo spaces! Happy shooting!
Jerry, yet another informative video and well done. Can I make a request? Can you make a series on editing during a game to show the speed as well as what things to look for?
Thanks Jerry. I find our channel very informative although I don't shoot sports. But many of these principals still apply for event type run and gun settings, where you have to think fast and capture the right moments. I'm curious about your workflow how much editing you do and if you're shootin raw. + jpeg or just jpeg... I hear some folks don't have the time to do full on edits and may not shoot raw when they have to publish quickly. Also, how do you manage/balance exposure with the harsh sun or when shooting at peak times of day or times where there may be frames where you're capturing the subjects in part with the sky...unless you're cropping eliminates that from being a problem majority of the time.
@ForeverYoung! Thanks for watching. So back when I was a freelancer, I shot weddings, and you are right, my sports photography actually helped me out a lot in that genre because the "run and gun" settings/mentality helped me capture the moment. To answer your other questions: - I shoot JPG only. It's not that RAW slows you down that much, it's just that I sample/adjust my settings frequently enough that I only rarely make an exposure that is so far off that I can't save it. I also just don't want to deal with the storage space. - To deal with harsh light, you just have to adjust your position on the field so that you can use it to your advantage. Take advantage of the harsh shadows to make some creative or different looks. And yes, cropping or trying to only frame your shots in a certain direction will also help with that.
Hi Ahmik, thank you for watching! I use Adobe Photoshop CS 6.0. I know there are newer cloud based versions that require a monthly subscription ($9.99USD/mo). There may be cheaper or one-time software purchase alternatives, but I still think Photoshop is the best to get to grow into it. If you don't do a lot of graphics design work, you could potentially try to find an older version of Photoshop Elements if all you care about is cropping and light exposure changes (which to be honest is what will be 90% plus of what most people do).
Very true. I started off as a sports photographer first but back when I freelanced I found the skills - as well as the tips to improve results - transferred well to news and wedding work. 📸
How long does it typically take you to go through this process for a baseball game? The minor league team I interviewed with asked how long it would take me to do the editing per game? I told them 1-2 hours but wasn't sure since Ive never been on the clock for editing. Thanks!
Hi Ben - actually surprisingly not very long. We usually do some editing between innings, and even during the game at some point. So when the game is over, we are done really not more than a few minutes after that. That said, if you were to not edit images at all during the contest, and just ingest everything when the game is over and then do your edits, yes 1-2 hours probably would be more like it.
You said one of the things you started with was volleyball. Volleyball is rough! The focus of attention moves around the room sooo fast. Volleyball has inspired me to go back and rework my approach or skills on mulitiple occasions.
I love how well organized these videos are from introduction to recap, informative, and don't waste a second of viewer's time!
Keep it up Mr. Lai :D
@Mihajlo, thank you very much for the kind words!
After nearly a year I'm finally getting to shoot some great sports. LAX today and baseball tomorrow at the Naval Academy.
Awesome! Yes, it has been a long 11 or 12 months of waiting to get back on the field for a lot of folks. Glad to hear you are able to get out and shoot. LAX is awesome. Under appreciated and fun sport to photograph!
Great tips
Great advice!!
Jerry - THANK YOU so much for this overview - fundamentals are important, and you touched all the bases.
@turnerx5 thanks for the kind comment. I couldn't agree more, good fundamentals and the drive to keep on pushing/learning are keys to success in sports photography.
Excellent description. Get as much time behind the lens as possible. Knowing the game helps so much. The flow of every sport is different.
Thanks for watching Mike! Yup, what helped me post was just shooting as much as possible. Learn by seeing and doing!
Amazing Jerry. Jose from Puerto Rico. I'm not a pro but I do enjoy Photography and your know-how and experience is so valuable even for an amateur like myself. I'm retired so becoming a pro like you in this field I'd probably have to be born again :-). Having said that, I do enjoy seeing your amazing work and hearing your advice. Makes me go out and just shoot. The particular advice on knowing your gear is what I'm practicing now so make it second nature,
My pleasure! You are never too old to start - if anything maybe your body has more miles left on it from not carrying so much heavy camera gear up and down sidelines or contorting into so many small photo spaces! Happy shooting!
Great tips, thank you. Bob
Hi Bob! Glad you found these helpful and thanks for watching!
Jerry, yet another informative video and well done. Can I make a request? Can you make a series on editing during a game to show the speed as well as what things to look for?
Hey Stephen! Nice to see you here. Yes, that topic is on my ever growing list of ideas :-)
Thank you for another excellent video!
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!
Great work again Jerry, really appreciate your input and guidance in these videos.
My pleasure!
@7:15 “They absolutely kicked my ass!” 😂
Part of the evolution and growth is admitting you might not be the hot s-t you think you are 🤣
Thanks for watching!
yeah, that was pretty funny. Love these videos, as I'm learning a lot. :)
Thank you so much for your channel. But why Olympus Gear as an example? Private Use?
Good question! The Olympus gear is a personal set!
Thank you for your video! Maybe your 5 tips could be resumed in 2 tips: keep studying and do networking. Would you agree?
Thanks Jerry. I find our channel very informative although I don't shoot sports. But many of these principals still apply for event type run and gun settings, where you have to think fast and capture the right moments. I'm curious about your workflow how much editing you do and if you're shootin raw. + jpeg or just jpeg... I hear some folks don't have the time to do full on edits and may not shoot raw when they have to publish quickly. Also, how do you manage/balance exposure with the harsh sun or when shooting at peak times of day or times where there may be frames where you're capturing the subjects in part with the sky...unless you're cropping eliminates that from being a problem majority of the time.
@ForeverYoung! Thanks for watching. So back when I was a freelancer, I shot weddings, and you are right, my sports photography actually helped me out a lot in that genre because the "run and gun" settings/mentality helped me capture the moment. To answer your other questions:
- I shoot JPG only. It's not that RAW slows you down that much, it's just that I sample/adjust my settings frequently enough that I only rarely make an exposure that is so far off that I can't save it. I also just don't want to deal with the storage space.
- To deal with harsh light, you just have to adjust your position on the field so that you can use it to your advantage. Take advantage of the harsh shadows to make some creative or different looks. And yes, cropping or trying to only frame your shots in a certain direction will also help with that.
hii since you are a photojournalist, can we also get some tips how to be a photojournalist??
the best..
Well I don't know if I am, but I can try!
@@JerryTLai greetings from Indonesia
Thank you for the video. Do you have a recommendation for photo editing software for a beginner/amateur sports photographer?
Hi Ahmik, thank you for watching! I use Adobe Photoshop CS 6.0. I know there are newer cloud based versions that require a monthly subscription ($9.99USD/mo). There may be cheaper or one-time software purchase alternatives, but I still think Photoshop is the best to get to grow into it. If you don't do a lot of graphics design work, you could potentially try to find an older version of Photoshop Elements if all you care about is cropping and light exposure changes (which to be honest is what will be 90% plus of what most people do).
The majority of these tips would apply in photography in general....excellent as always.
Practice makes perfect."\_Ω_/"
Very true. I started off as a sports photographer first but back when I freelanced I found the skills - as well as the tips to improve results - transferred well to news and wedding work. 📸
Hey Jerry even the Ref's in Football (soccer to you) DON'T KNOW the offside rule !!!!!!!!!!
LOL! Glad it's not just me then! ;-)
How much I can use high ISO without noise in the image while using 1dx mark 2?
What are you shooting? Low light? Sunlight? Are there other photographers you can ask on what they do?
How long does it typically take you to go through this process for a baseball game? The minor league team I interviewed with asked how long it would take me to do the editing per game? I told them 1-2 hours but wasn't sure since Ive never been on the clock for editing. Thanks!
Hi Ben - actually surprisingly not very long. We usually do some editing between innings, and even during the game at some point. So when the game is over, we are done really not more than a few minutes after that. That said, if you were to not edit images at all during the contest, and just ingest everything when the game is over and then do your edits, yes 1-2 hours probably would be more like it.
@@JerryTLai Thank you! Do you recommend shooting in Raw or Jpeg?
I'm sad sir jerry lai 😥