Customer Reviews

Digital Sports Photography, Second Edition

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Excellent guide for the new sports photographer who is unsure about where to stand and what settings to use! This book helps with all the details such as this and has really helped to answer some questions for me. It makes a great gift to a college student who is majoring in photography and interested in sports and the first chapter is about how the author got started and is an inspiring story! Lots of wonderful pictures and every major sport is covered well! well worth the price!

The book has intersting info like what kinds of photos would make an editor's cut. This is clearly based on author experience.
I also like the breakdown of tips based on several popular sports like baseball, basketball and his personal favorite, football.
But the book lacked some technical info that many newbie sport photographer would like to know. How to reduce depth of field
when shooting from more than 100 ft away. Not everyone will be able to shoot up close and personal. It would ha e been more interesting to share common technically problematic areas that he has overcome.
Overall, a good biographical piece.

First, the author spends a good amount of time describing his own entry into big-time sports photography. Interesting, but not very helpful for this amateur trying to learn the best way to photograph junior high and high school basketball, in particular.
Second, there are frequent references to film photography, despite the "Digital" in the title. Why? Does any sports photographer still use film?
Third, too much space is given over to basic info like "learn the game so you can predict where the action will occur" and too little on the mechanics of sports photography.
In sum, if you want to get in on the ground floor of photographing sports action, buy the DVD "Digital Sports Photography Made Simple." It's considerably more helpful and accessible to amateurs and beginners. As for books on the subject, I'm still looking for a really useful one.

Not what I expected from the book. I thought it would tell me how to make better use of my camera and lens - shutter speed, f stop etc. Instead it told how they took pictures in the NBA and other pro-sports from angles the average person does not have access to. Very disappointing, would not recommend to anyone.

I like how the authors provide personal background so there is credibility, then they walk through equipment, positioning and some problem solving for each of the sports discussed in the book. It was an enjoyable read, not just technical details, but techniques.

It is a good book over all. The author explains the every thing pretty well and goes into detail with the setting you should ude, where are good spots to shoot, and gives lots of tips. He also shows some of his pix he took and explains some of them. this is nice book for people who want to learn more about sports photography.

I've been searching for a good book on taking digital pictures of sports at night and this book easily met my needs. "Digital Sports Photography" was easy to read and gave great tips & suggestions. I'm a novice photographer and I also struggled with high school sports under stadium lights and this book set me straight. Now my pictures look as good as those in sports magazines (well almost). I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in shooting sports at all levels of competition.

This is an excellent book. Very helpful and instructive. I found it well worth the cost. Answered all the questions I could think of.

I bought this book for my husband who takes action photos for our sons sports teams. When he opened it at Christmas, he wasn't too sure about it and definitely wouldn't have bought it for himself. He was very surprised at how good this book was and how the authors' experience was very similar to his own. The book addressed the very issues he was having problems with, especially how to deal with different lighting situations. Great information!