I am truly blessed to be able to do what I do for a living. I have said it before and I will continue to say it whenever anyone will listen. As a photographer, I sometimes get invited to do things I normally wouldn't get a chance to do. I have piloted the Goodyear Blimp...not just ridden in it, but I actually FLEW the damn thing! I have worked for NBC Studios photographing celebrities, and on occasion, I get invited to photograph the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Professional sports is an amazingly difficult thing to shoot well. things happen in fractions of seconds on the baseball diamond. next time you watch a game, time the ball from the moment it leaves the pitcher's hand, to the moment it cracks against the bat. Pretty fast huh? As a sports photographer, you have to be able to time those moments exactly. But beyond that, you have to anticipate the game, and train your camera toward the action before it happens. If you can do that, you get the shot and go home a hero, if you can't, you go home something else. Sometimes, you even get lucky and get a shot that none of the other photographers missed.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Los Angeles Angels
I am truly blessed to be able to do what I do for a living. I have said it before and I will continue to say it whenever anyone will listen. As a photographer, I sometimes get invited to do things I normally wouldn't get a chance to do. I have piloted the Goodyear Blimp...not just ridden in it, but I actually FLEW the damn thing! I have worked for NBC Studios photographing celebrities, and on occasion, I get invited to photograph the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Professional sports is an amazingly difficult thing to shoot well. things happen in fractions of seconds on the baseball diamond. next time you watch a game, time the ball from the moment it leaves the pitcher's hand, to the moment it cracks against the bat. Pretty fast huh? As a sports photographer, you have to be able to time those moments exactly. But beyond that, you have to anticipate the game, and train your camera toward the action before it happens. If you can do that, you get the shot and go home a hero, if you can't, you go home something else. Sometimes, you even get lucky and get a shot that none of the other photographers missed.
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5 comments:
That shot is just awesome, just awesome GOOD JOB BILL! well done! IIm proud of you!!! Now I sound like your mom... Becky
Great picture! I love baseball and this is an incredible shot!....Orv
You are such an amazing photographer. Thanks for taking such wonderful pictures of my nephew this weekend. How you were able to keep up with that little guy and still get a great picture is why you get paid the big bucks!!
This is a FANTASTIC shot!!
Hi Bill, The Figgens shot knocked my socks off, WOW!
Excellent work.
Scoot E.
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