Commack High School Varsity Field Hockey vs. Copiague
Well, that was a toasty one.
Plenty of water breaks in this game. What happened to all that cool weather in August?
I thought I’d do a few quick tips on photographing field hockey. You would think the strategy is the same for field hockey as for other field sports, and it is except for one thing - unlike the other sports, field hockey players have their faces pointed toward the ground for the majority of the time because, well, that’s where the ball is. And, for the most part, that’s where it’s supposed to stay.
You could shoot from a lower vantage point, and that might work, but I find that for brief moments they have to look up and that’s the time to take the photo. You have to really pay attention because, as I said, they don’t look up for long.
Another thing I do is to keep my focus point in the upper third of my viewfinder so it’s over the player’s face. This helps prevent cutting off their feet. There’s really no downside to this because it’s not like soccer where the ball might be over their head.
Finally, if I’m down in the corner of the opposing team’s goal I’ll move the focus point from the center of my viewfinder to the side nearest our player with the ball. This keeps her on one side of the viewfinder with the goal on the other side and increases the possibility that I might get both the scorer and the goalkeeper in the same frame.
That’s it for today. Back at it tomorrow for another hot one.
