Sports Photography "for" Sports Enthusiasts - The Sessions

So, you are one of the thousands of hockey moms and soccer dads that recently bought a new camera. You bought it with hopes of capturing magazine quality images of your children just like the pros do. As a matter of fact, the employee of some big-box store told you to "Buy the digital SLR, or this advanced point-and-shot camera if you want to get good sports photos." "The money you spend now you will save by not paying for pictures of your kids over the next twelve years." they said. Herein lies the problem. You now own the camera but of the 2,366 pictures you have taken, not one of them looks quite like the ones you see inside the magazines or on the web sites.

If the above paragraph sounds familiar, or, you would just like to learn more about sports photography, read on. I would like to help.

Everyday I get asked the same questions. "How do you do it?" "Why don't my pictures look like that?" "What kind of camera is that and is it better than mine?" "Why is the ice in all my hockey shots grey?" "Why do all my pictures look like snapshots?" "What settings are you using?" I used to ignore these questions, or come up with some useless answer, mostly out of fear that I would somehow lose business or that, if I answered, you would then know "my secrets". Not anymore, I can not possibly handle all of the demand for sports images and you have bought that camera, you should know how to use it!

If you are one of the people asking the above questions, or would like to but haven't, if you live in southern Saskatchewan and would like to learn more about sports photography, I am willing to answer your questions. I will let you in on some of the "secrets" of photography that can be applied in both sports and other photography areas.

If you have an Digital SLR camera, consider registering for one of our "Introduction to Digital Photography Courses" hosted at Don's Photo in Regina. After completing that, if you wish to learn more specifically about sports photography, $249.00 plus GST will get you three hours of one-on-one sports specific training. Call Rob @ 535-5997 to register.

Over the last few years Devona & Rob helped improve the photographic skillset of well over 1,500 aspiring photographers via their "Introduction to Digital Photography" DSLR workshops.

Here is what just a few of them had to say:

"I learned more in this 3 hour course than the 6 week course with the city." - Chantelle

"You are great co-presenters!  Your humor and bantering really helps relax everyone!  Thank-You!" - Cory

"This workshop was very useful and would definitely recommend it to others." - Carla
"Everything about this course was beneficial. I've tried to understand the manual settings before and was getting nowhere. I feel like I've learned a lot in just a few short hours." - Marie

" I can't wait to try out what I've learned... Everything talked about was very interesting and useful." - Kara

"Exactly what I was looking for. Took my minimal knowledge to the next level." - Ray