"In the end, we are all just human beings, and that’s often forgotten with athletes. That is also the case as a photographer," says Dutch photographer Yannick Schurwanz. He was a former competitive athlete when an injury forced him to the sidelines for a few weeks.
Picking up a camera during this period got him a funny nickname and a future photography career. . thephoblographer.com
High frame rates can help in some ways, but they're no substitute for spatial awareness and being one step ahead of the game when you're working as a sports photographer. We look at some of the best who we've spoken to over the years.
The Sony a9 series is innovative — but it’s also overkill if you don’t photograph sports or wildlife. That’s changing with the Sony a9 III, however, because of a feature called a global shutter. A first for full-frame cameras, the global shutter inside the Sony a9 II solves a few issues that plague photographers beyond just capturing fast action.
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"It is a crazy good camera in a tiny package," professes Australian professional photographer Adam Pretty, about Panasonic's Lumix S5 digital camera. He was approached by the company to produce a set of promotional images for this camera, and Adam decided to go with skateboarding as the choice of sport to photograph with it.
We are big fans of the Sony a9 series of cameras here at The Phoblographer. These specialty cameras have continually blown us away with their impressive specs and the results they can help produce in real-world scenarios.
Sony, as usual, made huge waves when they first introduced the a9 in 2017. They entered the sports market that had been dominated by both Canon and Nikon for decades, and they staked their claim as a serious player in this field.