American Football Today

[karenoliver]

Originally Posted by Cutter

Hey karen i heard about using a monopod do you have one? extend it as far as it will go then hold it high above your head to get a high angle shot, it will be a bit hit and miss but worth the experiment.

Take care

That is genius lol No I don't have one but I am tempted to get one now and try that. Will the camera be safe? I'd hate for it to fall off and smash. I have heard about balloons that take your camera up into the air.

Karen

[pburness]

Originally Posted by karenoliver

That is genius lol No I don't have one but I am tempted to get one now and try that. Will the camera be safe? I'd hate for it to fall off and smash. I have heard about balloons that take your camera up into the air.

Karen

Remember to get a remote shutter release as well, could look a bit daft wafting a camera in the air if you can't fire the shutter

Phil

[Cathus]

Originally Posted by Cutter

Hey karen i heard about using a monopod do you have one? extend it as far as it will go then hold it high above your head to get a high angle shot, it will be a bit hit and miss but worth the experiment.

Funny you should say that....I use this technique quite a lot. Extend monopd, hoist as high as you can & use little radio trigger to fire the shutter.

[karenoliver]

Great shots, Cathus. I think I will drop the hint to my husband that I want a monopod for Christmas :-)

Karen

[Cathus]

and a radio trigger, a cheap one off eBay will do the trick

[Cathus]

and another thing, I use the same technique the other way round too, i.e. I put the camera on the floor looking up. This depends on whether I have the monopod attached of course, sometimes I just kneel on the floor & hold the camera on the ground.







Then there's all sorts of other techniques you can employ....





it's all about thinking outside the box & trying different techniques, which also come in handy in other aspects of photography.

[Cathus]

I found this pic on facebook & just got permission from the photographer to use it.
It shows me using the monopod technique in action on Sunday.

[karenoliver]

Really good :-) Looking at the photo I will need to make sure that I get a good monopd because I'd hate to drop my camera. The other angle was good too. Its so easy to just stand up and take a shot , varying the angles like you have done adds something extra.

[Cathus]

This is another one that the Hurricanes turned into an advert for the team, the actual advert has text across it & was used by the Uni on their fresher's fairs.

[karenoliver]

Thats a great shot too, is it mist, dust, dry ice? I don't know if we have American football around here. I am wanting to get into some sort of sports photography so I can add some images to my portfolio for when I apply to uni. I want to do either photojournalism or documentary and figured some sports images would add some variety to my portfolio. We do have an ice hockey team near by and basketball, I will have to check out American football.

Karen