Triathlon Photo Advice

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My friend is taking part in the Liverpool Triathlon in a couple of weeks.
I said I’d go and cheer him on, but I’m also hoping it will give me some good photo opportunities.

I’m newish to photography and not yet done any sports shots, so I’ve been flicking through various places for inspiration, but does anyone have advice for me on what to consider when taking such photos. With there being swim, cycle and running events, I’m assuming there may be different things to consider for each. So……….

- What angles work best.
- What shutter speeds work well with these events
- Is motion blur worth while
- What should I do!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry if this post is in the wrong forum, but it’s sport related pictures I’m talking about, so I assume this would be the better location to find sport photographers!

Thanks
 
I did a triathlon last week and found it very boring.. theres no urgency.. each contestant? sets off at a different time so most avaialble pictures are single shots rather than groups..

indoor swimming was the same as any indoor.. high iso to get a good shutter speed..

the running and cycle bits where not fast enough to cause any problems photogrpahing.. your biggest problem would be indoor swimming IMHO


ADDYONBIT: Although i guess all events are different.. I may ahve been at a low key triathlon. hmm
 
AmatuerClicker said:
Sorry if this post is in the wrong forum, but it’s sport related pictures I’m talking about, so I assume this would be the better location to find sport photographers!
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I agree with you .. unfortunatly the mods dont and will move it to where most sports photogrpahers wont see it :(
 
Kipax, thanks for the post.

The Liverpool event is all outdoors (swimming in the Albert Dock) and to my knowledge it's group not individual start times for each stage and various groups in the stage – Olympic and sprint categories etc.
 
AmatuerClicker said:
Kipax, thanks for the post.

The Liverpool event is all outdoors (swimming in the Albert Dock) and to my knowledge it's group not individual start times for each stage and various groups in the stage – Olympic and sprint categories etc.
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sounds better than mine then.. and all outdoors should be a lot easier to photograph .. i bet every man and his dog are there taking pics.. :)
 
I've done a couple now and have one in the next week or two at Ellesmere...

As KIPAX said, very boring. If you get a chance go and scout some good locations - I prefer scenic type shots and luckily knew the route on the first one so good some nice 'winding road' shots behind the cyclists.

Always try and get focus on the competitors face - get the insight into the pain and commitment they're putting in to it. Is it an Olympic marathon or Sprint? If it's Olympic they're not swimming indoors but typically out at a local lake or river.


Dave
 
I shot at the European Cup event at Strathclyde Park last month, and I thought the action was great. You can see the variety of the shots I tried here.

For the swim, its great if you can get fairly close at the start while the competitors are bunched together, you get a lot of churned water with arms sticking out.

most photographers didn't seem to stray far fron the start/finish area, so I strolled out onto the course a bit to get something different. On the running route, if there's a water station, try positioning yourself 40-50 yards past it and catch the runners emptying bottles of water onto themselves.
 
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