I’ve done a lot of fine art, travel and portrait photography, but sports photography is a bit different. Moving subjects and often difficult lighting make it much more of a challenge, and the opportunities to practice are also limited.
Next weekend’s Karapiro Half Ironman will be a good opportunity to work on my technique and hopefully get a few good shots. A Half Ironman race takes about 5 hours on average to complete, so this is a good amount of time to move between locations and work with a range of compositions.
For shorter races you really need to have everything scoped first and there’s little latitude to experiment, and with the training schedule for my own triathlon, pre-scoping the course isn’t on the agenda for this one.
Looking forward to a good day out at the lake.