Hello, my name is Beshoy, a BFA major in photography. Photography has always been something I've loved to do ever since I was young. It's been almost a year now since I have broadened my versatility to Sports photography and I began to fall in love with it. I love to see motion and emotion. I believe that human motion can be art within itself so most of my work now involves athletics.
When I was first introduced to sports photography, I saw it through the lens of Jean Fruth. I would watch youtube videos of baseball games/pictures she covers and that's what made me decide that I want to try this field specifically. I now shoot many different sports, Basketball, Football, Baseball, Volleyball, Tennis, Soccer, etc. Ive even shot some cheerleading events. A Lot of my influence comes from other photographers I meet during events like this. I have learned many things just watching how someone shoots, where they stand to get the best shots, and even what they wear during certain conditions to be as comfortable as possible throughout harsh weather conditions.
There's something about the fast paced photography that really pulls me through, part of it is seeing the athlete do a crazy dunk or score a wild touchdown but the part is also just the fact that you have to capture it at the right moment and time. If you aren't prepared you don't get another chance, maybe the person dunking gave a reaction they've never shown before. These are the types of shots I crave to get. This is what I want to see myself doing as a professional career.
2 Quotes
The two quotes that stood out to me most were;
“Photographs really are experiences captured, and the camera is the ideal arm of consciousness in its acquisitive mood”.
“To photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed. It means putting oneself into a certain relation to the world that feels like knowledge -- and, therefore, like power”.
Both these quotes from a Sports photographers perspective I feel are important. What I understood from the first one was that every image is more then just a record, but a moment frozen with energy, struggle, and or even power. The camera allows us to capture these once in a lifetime moments in fraction of seconds, if they are not captured they are lost forever. Sure you might get a similar touchdown or dunk, but it won't be the same person, even if it is, it might not be the same emotion or intensity. Every shot of a game is shaping how the viewers sees it. By choosing to photograph the right moment of a certain player, it can change an opinion of a fan, either good or bad. One example of this is when I shot a highschool football game, although the team I was focused on lost, they had some awesome images of them looking and feeling powerful. That changes the perspective of the game, they did their best and in those images, you see that.
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