Just for a change I'll give an insight into my day covering the action I'll Try to keep as short as i can!
Having a full time job does get in the way but fortunately i work Nights so have Saturday afternoons off.
So get home about 9am and get a few hours sleep up around 12 for lunch/breakfast then check local sporting websites for any big games or postponements that may come up especially with all this bad weather we're having.
Then a Quick text to my boss to check which are the most important matches to cover and if there's any specific shots required (team photos/manager's/certain players/people or crowds).
My job list is ladies hockey followed by the Men's check next door if there's any football as according to the web there's a team playing but doubtful then to rugby 1st and seconds both at home with the 1st the priority.
Once that's sorted its planning my route were to start and finish as i need to move from one place to another quickly as most team start at the same time which means i only have 90mins to cover 4/5 games and also I'm racing against the light this time of year.
Now to my gear making sure all the batteries are charged and checking i have the wide angle lens for the group images if needed /flash/400mm/camera and check setting are approximately right for what I'm going to be doing first.
Then out the door and on my way to the first job Ladies hockey, as with the first games the light is good so no real problems shots in the bag just have to wait for the men's team to start while waiting i just have a check on the football match nets are on but no sign of any teams warming up so looks like one less team to cover.
Men's hockey now underway so time to get as many shots as i can with also one eye on the time as i have to travel a mile or so to get to the rugby.
Jump in car and move on to the rugby car park is full and the overflow closed due to the mud so have to park 100s of yards away and run back to the ground it's half time for the 1st and the 2nds have just started their second half so that gives me a chance to capture some of their game first whilst the 1st have there half time break.
1st are now back out so best move back and capture those as there the main priority but light is now very low and I will be shooting in the dark very soon thank god for the 5D and f2.8 lenses.
Once home and coffee in hand it's time to upload all the images and sort them out as to which images i will use for the papers this is were a lot of time is wasted waiting to upload then checking all the images to then sharpening/straightening/cropping images that i think are worthy of being published from each game.
With all games sorted and folders arranged their now uploaded to dropbox for the editor to use and that's my work done for today just Hull City ladies to cover on Sunday so feet up and spent the rest of Saturday evening relaxing with my wife or maybe not she gone to bed looks like its just me and the dog.
#1 ladies hockey
Action Images by Paul Linton, on Flickr
#2 Men's hockey
Action Images by Paul Linton, on Flickr
#3 Rugby 2nds
Action Images by Paul Linton, on Flickr
#4 Rugby 1st
Action Images by Paul Linton, on Flickr
#5 Hull City LFC
Action Images by Paul Linton, on Flickr
Having a full time job does get in the way but fortunately i work Nights so have Saturday afternoons off.
So get home about 9am and get a few hours sleep up around 12 for lunch/breakfast then check local sporting websites for any big games or postponements that may come up especially with all this bad weather we're having.
Then a Quick text to my boss to check which are the most important matches to cover and if there's any specific shots required (team photos/manager's/certain players/people or crowds).
My job list is ladies hockey followed by the Men's check next door if there's any football as according to the web there's a team playing but doubtful then to rugby 1st and seconds both at home with the 1st the priority.
Once that's sorted its planning my route were to start and finish as i need to move from one place to another quickly as most team start at the same time which means i only have 90mins to cover 4/5 games and also I'm racing against the light this time of year.
Now to my gear making sure all the batteries are charged and checking i have the wide angle lens for the group images if needed /flash/400mm/camera and check setting are approximately right for what I'm going to be doing first.
Then out the door and on my way to the first job Ladies hockey, as with the first games the light is good so no real problems shots in the bag just have to wait for the men's team to start while waiting i just have a check on the football match nets are on but no sign of any teams warming up so looks like one less team to cover.
Men's hockey now underway so time to get as many shots as i can with also one eye on the time as i have to travel a mile or so to get to the rugby.
Jump in car and move on to the rugby car park is full and the overflow closed due to the mud so have to park 100s of yards away and run back to the ground it's half time for the 1st and the 2nds have just started their second half so that gives me a chance to capture some of their game first whilst the 1st have there half time break.
1st are now back out so best move back and capture those as there the main priority but light is now very low and I will be shooting in the dark very soon thank god for the 5D and f2.8 lenses.
Once home and coffee in hand it's time to upload all the images and sort them out as to which images i will use for the papers this is were a lot of time is wasted waiting to upload then checking all the images to then sharpening/straightening/cropping images that i think are worthy of being published from each game.
With all games sorted and folders arranged their now uploaded to dropbox for the editor to use and that's my work done for today just Hull City ladies to cover on Sunday so feet up and spent the rest of Saturday evening relaxing with my wife or maybe not she gone to bed looks like its just me and the dog.
#1 ladies hockey
Action Images by Paul Linton, on Flickr#2 Men's hockey
Action Images by Paul Linton, on Flickr#3 Rugby 2nds
Action Images by Paul Linton, on Flickr#4 Rugby 1st
Action Images by Paul Linton, on Flickr#5 Hull City LFC
Action Images by Paul Linton, on Flickr
out of breath reading it but as usual really good images
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