After a quick look on google, I would look into this :
International Tennis Photographers Association
and this website:
http://tennisphoto.org/
As a freelance photographer your chances are less than zero. You need to be covering the entire Aegon series and with an agency to get a look in.
As a freelance photographer your chances are less than zero. You need to be covering the entire Aegon series and with an agency to get a look in.
As a freelance photographer your chances are less than zero. You need to be covering the entire Aegon series and with an agency to get a look in.
That makes sense. Kinda like you have to work yourself into that position over a long period of time in the trenches first.
I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but even that won't get you a look in at Wimbledon. My agency has covered ATP and WTA events across the globe including the full lot of British tournaments, plus the ATP Tour Finals and the Davis Cup and still Wimbledon won't shift on offering accreditation. The reason this year was that 'they are committed to working with agencies they've have had previous successful relationships with, please try again in future though'.
As a side note you used to be able to take a camera into Wimbledon. I can't remember what the limits were but I think it was anything up to and including a 200mm lens. You won't be able to do a great deal on the big stadiums with it but you could easily shoot the outside courts on the early days and get some nice snaps for your personal gallery. I think more recently though they have gotten a little stricter. They upped security a few years ago and it got to the point where security people were creating issues that didn't exist to justify being there. Unsurprisingly people with bigger cameras were being picked on every time a flash went off despite the fact that the bigger the camera lens, the less likely it would be that person would be using a flash.
Nikon 300 f4 VR PF would be a good candidateI wonder if you could take a 300mm prime or something like sigma 120-300mm or 100-300mm and sneak in a 1.4x or 2x TC
Nikon 300 f4 VR PF would be a good candidate
See my post above yours, I had to take my 300mm f4 back to the car a few years ago. I suspect it depends on which security person you get, but a 75-300 isn't going to attract attention the way a 300mm f4 will.I wonder if you could take a 300mm prime or something like sigma 120-300mm or 100-300mm and sneak in a 1.4x or 2x TC
See my post above yours, I had to take my 300mm f4 back to the car a few years ago. I suspect it depends on which security person you get, but a 75-300 isn't going to attract attention the way a 300mm f4 will.
Really!So not small then! Got nothing to lose by trying, but be prepared to leave it in left luggage if security get sniffy.