How do you get the best sports photos and videos of your favorite team or your child playing?
The 2024 Olympics in Paris gets underway soon. Good for you if you’re traveling to Europe to see the world’s greatest athletes in action, but there’s always plenty happening in the sports-crazed USA.
Football season is only weeks away, and the playoff picture in Major League Baseball is shaping up.
Are you attending any of the football training camps or late-season baseball games?
Soccer and volleyball will kick off for all ages with basketball and hockey just a few months away.
Cheerleaders get busier than ever and there are plenty of competitions for the martial arts and competitive dancing.
There’s lots of sports to keep us occupied but there are two pressing questions to answer.
- How do you get the best sports photos or videos possible?
- And how do you store your photos and videos for future generations?
Let’s look at tips for those of us who are amateur photographers. And learn to permanently store your sports photos to enjoy for decades to come.
Scroll down to contact me to safeguard your favorite photos and videos.
I’ll show you how to digitize and store your most meaningful memories and if you like, show you how to create beautiful keepsake photo books or other photo projects.
Take your best shot
Keep your expectations real. Don’t expect your shots to make the cover of Sports Illustrated or your local paper, but your photos and videos will have lots of meaning for your kids, grandkids, and their children.
Try these pointers, made especially for smartphone users.
- Know key moments and important places.
Right before the action begins is nice because the players are in a ready-to-go stance so you get a sense of action. In football, a key moment is when teams line up for kickoffs or plays from the line of scrimmage.
- Aim for the eyes when possible.
In soccer, look for your player coming close to the touchline. Football is nearly impossible to get the eyes, especially if you’re seated higher up in bleachers.
- Capture the entire field or get a close-up of your player during a time on the sidelines with the action in the background. The viewer’s imagination will fill in the rest.
- Get the right setting for lighting and your shutter speed. Shutter speed determines how long the shutter will remain open and how bright the picture will be.
- Stay steady and take a breath. A slight hand motion can ruin your picture.
- Make sure your aspect ratio is 4:3.
This lets you take a wide-angle stadium photograph to capture the crowd and the game or catch as many images as possible during the action.
- Burst mode allows you to constantly capture images as long as your finger is on the shutter. You won’t have to worry about timing.
Enjoy sports photos from the 20th century and the 22nd century
As a photo coach, I help clients bring all of their photos, videos, and other memories into one safe place using FOREVER®. It’s the most complete memory-keeping system available.
FOREVER® album.
Here’s what you can do using the platform:
- Digitize your older photos, VHS tapes, slide shows, Super 8 movies and more
- Store everything in one place. Your older memories can be stored alongside the photos and videos that you’ll take in the future.
It’s easy to create digital albums and there’s an option for video streaming.
I can walk you through the uses and show you FOREVER® in action on a virtual tour.
- Use your files to easily make photo books and gifts. Create theme books for an entire sports team or show the highlights of a loved one’s lifelong sports involvement.
- Wondering if you’re related to famous athletes? Use FOREVER®’s professional researchersto look into your family’s history.
- In your digital album, you can write brief notes about a photo, video, or document. There’s enough room for you to write paragraphs about the significance of a particular file.
How FOREVER® benefits you
With FOREVER®, you own your digital home. This means your content won’t be used for data mining or advertising purposes and you won’t be locked out of your account. Use it with confidence.
Photos aren’t compressed. They’re stored in their original size.
FOREVER® is permanent storage and they’ll stay current with technology.
Older files will migrate to the newest technologies being used when older ones become obsolete. There’s no extra charge to you or to future generations. Accounts are guaranteed to last a lifetime, plus 100 years and beyond thanks to the FOREVER® Guarantee Fund. I can share about passing it on to future generations.
Let’s have fun safeguarding your memories
My passion is helping families tell their stories and safeguard their most meaningful memories. The photos and videos you take today can come alive many decades from now, thanks to FOREVER®.
Contact me to take a brief tour and experience FOREVER® yourself.
Your memories are your legacy and tell the story of your family that no one else can tell.
If you want to look in-depth at more sports photography resources, then link on the articles below.
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