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Hola,
Was back on the mainland this past weekend covering a few games and happened to have an hour or so looking at the most excellent book from Bob Martin (1/1000th) .... goodness me such a fantastic book. The production as well as of course the images. Each and every one tells a story and many transported me back in time to the event when I would have been watching on the tele-box .... If you haven't had a chance to look at the book and are interested in being inspired then go hunt it out .... Certainly on my wish list now to own personally ...
On the flight on the way home managed to listen to an interview with Mark Leech, which in turn led me back to his online portfolio ... Once again fantastic stories, advice and of course images ....
Both experiences however left me feeling a mixture of inspiration and feeling flat ... Inspired of course as it would be impossible not to be in the company of two legends in the sporting photography world. However flat as from a commercial side of things it would seem we are being squeezed more and more to get the standard shots as that is what sells ... Managers shaking hands, the goals, the celebrations ..... I understand this but similar we also need to be careful that we are not just turning up and shooting the same old same old .... The challenge is meeting commercial obligations but continuing to grow as a photographer and trying to build a portfolio which hangs together such as Bobs or Marks ... ie not just the standard Managers, shots and celebrations ....
The longer version of my musings can be read here ...
cheers,
Nige
Was back on the mainland this past weekend covering a few games and happened to have an hour or so looking at the most excellent book from Bob Martin (1/1000th) .... goodness me such a fantastic book. The production as well as of course the images. Each and every one tells a story and many transported me back in time to the event when I would have been watching on the tele-box .... If you haven't had a chance to look at the book and are interested in being inspired then go hunt it out .... Certainly on my wish list now to own personally ...
On the flight on the way home managed to listen to an interview with Mark Leech, which in turn led me back to his online portfolio ... Once again fantastic stories, advice and of course images ....
Both experiences however left me feeling a mixture of inspiration and feeling flat ... Inspired of course as it would be impossible not to be in the company of two legends in the sporting photography world. However flat as from a commercial side of things it would seem we are being squeezed more and more to get the standard shots as that is what sells ... Managers shaking hands, the goals, the celebrations ..... I understand this but similar we also need to be careful that we are not just turning up and shooting the same old same old .... The challenge is meeting commercial obligations but continuing to grow as a photographer and trying to build a portfolio which hangs together such as Bobs or Marks ... ie not just the standard Managers, shots and celebrations ....
The longer version of my musings can be read here ...
cheers,
Nige