1. !!SPOOORTS! ! Are these photos any good?

2. What about these?

3. Sports is about STRUGGLE and CONFLICT

5. Where to shoot from Shooting from the end of the field: Always get faces Capture the play no matter where it comes from Longer distance to background = better bokeh Not all fun and roses! Cannot follow along with action Less useful with short focal lengths

6. Where to shoot from Shooting from the end of the field: Always get faces Capture the play no matter where it comes from Longer distance to background = better bokeh Not all fun and roses! Cannot follow along with action Less useful with short focal lengths

7. Sun! Hard to see dark stuff Human vision is naturally drawn to brightest stuff Ideally, shoot with the sun on "your side" with respect to the player, so subjects are directly illuminated BadAWESOME

8. http://shuttersounds.thedailynathan.com/2008/09/27/football-photography-xs-and-os-part-3-lighting-situations/

9. Vantage Point Like most photos, avoid standing-level vantage point! Usually, get lower (getting higher isn't physically possible usually)

10. Clean Backgrounds