FootBall

Football

Sports Action Photography by Thom Marshall. Call 818.618.7076 for bookings.

Baseball

Sports Action Photography, Call 818.618.7076 for bookings.

I have been inspired by these photos to do a study on candid portrait photography .

I like how the eyes have framed between the mask of the ball players. Each giving a differant expression, and light.

I burned the surround of the face to draw the eye to the players eyes.



These particular close ups I like because of the "bird cage" attached to the helmet.

The bird cage is kind of like a natural frame for the eyes, and the brim of the helmet is a natural cutter.








Candids of kids can be a great way to produce a story.

The close up shot makes for a more intimate way of showing the emotion that is on a players face.

Soccer

Sports Action Photography, call 818.618.7076 for bookings.

One sample of a slide show for the whole team.

Strictly sticking to the guidelines.

Candids of players at the youth level can result in cuteness.

Even here sticking to the guidelines is desirable.

Stricktly sticking to the guidelines when possible.

I try to stick to the guidelines of sports photography as much as possible.

Clean backgrounds, tack sharp images, blah, blah.

As in some of these examples however, a yellow fence line gets in the way.

I can clone out the fence line, or blur out the back ground, but now we are talking a bunch more work for little fare.

I like the action, I hate the fence line. What to do?































































Keeping strictly to the guidelines of sports photography.

Story telling through the lens v14.

Story telling through the lens v13.