In the ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner today, pro sports photographer Bruce Bennett gives some valuable tips for shooting fast moving action. The lens he is using/discussing in the video is the Tamron 70-300mm VC USD Lens.

When you want to create sports photographs and portraits with more depth or sense of motion, you should consider adding an element of “space” to the scene. This is done in several ways, but if it is done correctly it can add a whole new factor to the image, and really get a viewer thinking and responding.

Let’s begin with the sports photographs. Quite often the photographer of a sport such as football, soccer or even competitive bicycling will have a single subject – the athlete. Additionally, this athlete is usually in motion and heading towards a goal or finish line. While watching this as it happens can be exciting, a photograph of an athlete doing their job can actually be dull. How many times do we see images of a runner sprinting towards the end zone? These are not necessarily compelling images, but they could be if the photographer had only added an element of space to the photograph.