By Shawn Smith


Professional sports photographers have incredible ability and talent and in my humble opinion, more ability than a videographer. Keeping a motion camera on the action needs less skill than attempting to find that ultimate still shot that captures the essential nature of the sport. Having being involved with professional sports photography for a while, I have come to realise that the industry is becoming a much harder and ultra competitive one.

It has gotten to a stage where it's a dog eat dog world, where social common-sense is thrown out the window. To get jobs in this industry, photographers need to be cynical and cunning so as to land the big time jobs. I find this to be upsetting given the current economic environment where many are struggling to put food on the table.

However I still love working as a professional sports photographer. There's nothing that gets the adrenalin running more than shooting that perfect shot. One that captures the sportsman at their peak doing something superb. There have been many shots that have emulated a star in their own sport from Michael Jordan's many clutch shots to Roger Federer winning one of his many grand slams.

The main application of professional sports photography is for editorial purposes; dedicated sports photographers typically work for newspapers, major wire agencies or dedicated sports mags. Nevertheless sports photography is also employed for advertising purposes both to build a brand and as well as to promote a sport in a way that can't be accomplished by editorial means.

Thus to be known in the photography circles as a gun professional sports photographer is something that needs to be achieved through sheer endurance and hard work. The ultimate professional can simply earn revenue far above other professions and even other photographers working in other niches like wedding photographers.




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