To build my selection of images for use in my final piece, I went back down to a practise session for the Rams to get some different types of shots to the ones I had the week before.
Having a gauge on what settings I needed to use on my Canon R6 MK2 with 70-200mm lens, this made getting into the flow of shooting very quick and easy for me as I set the shutter speed to 1/1000 and used a continual shooting setting (as opposed to single shot) under TV priority. Although this means I have more images to sift through afterwards, I’ve found it is the best way to get the best shot as opposed to trying to time pressing the trigger.
The next step is finalising my interviews next week and I will also be following the team to their first game of the season against Hull on Sunday. I think this will be good to get game shots to go with the practise ones I have, and it works well for my story, which is about being inspired to play competitively.
Natural light testing
One test I tried to do during the early stages of practise was play with the natural light. Unlike the practise from the week before when it was dark and overcast, the presence of sunlight made me think about trying to be more creative with the players on the field.
I grabbed the below shot of the quarterback, which is different to having him fully lit, but I quite like the shots of the player and particularly the helmet caught in the sunlight in the following images. Although you lose the detail shooting like this, I think it was a good test to contrast what I had been shooting for the last fortnight.
Photo by Dan Hawkhead
Photographic Journalism 
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