Football

[petereoin]

Thanks for looking

[briansquibb]

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What a great image - their faces say it all!

Great capture of the moment and the IQ to go with it too - something for us to aim for

[F.S.P.]

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Nice photo did you get it in the papers (wonder if anyone as photo from other side with Robbie facing them.)

[paul linton]

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Hi Petereoin
Great shot

One thing that stands out about the image it tells the story.

Paul

[David Stallard]

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Still can't get excited about poofball BUT I will give credit where credit is due - that is a cracking shot, the bit that makes it for me are the expressions and the guy in the foreground (goalie I presume?)

.DAVID.

[bexman]

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Awesome shot Peter, I'd be interested to know if this made the papers too?

Is this shot with the 300mm wide open?

[Hereford_EOS2]

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They say "every picture tells a story" this photo certainly does.
A great image, well done.

[paul linton]

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Can you tell me if poss how you get your images to were they need to be Quickly(what software). I'm not sure who you post your images to, be it Getty images or direct to the National papers,Its not so bad uploading 4/5 images but you couldn't upload 200 images through the internet.I presume you process you images straight after the game or even at half time,I'd be very interested how you go about your job after the game when the real work begins. Hope I'm not been to inquisitive but it's that side of your work i need to understand more.

Paul

[bexman]

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Can you tell me if poss how you get your images to were they need to be Quickly(what software). I'm not sure who you post your images to, be it Getty images or direct to the National papers,Its not so bad uploading 4/5 images but you couldn't upload 200 images through the internet.I presume you process you images straight after the game or even at half time,I'd be very interested how you go about your job after the game when the real work begins. Hope I'm not been to inquisitive but it's that side of your work i need to understand more.

Paul

Paul, one of the methods I use is bulk file transfer. In fact if I have to get images to the club it's always via www.wetransfer.com and it's brilliant. But I don't send images to newspapers as all of mine are primarily used on the club website or programmes. The togs who sit next to me use either 3G dongles or the wifi in the press room to get their pics to Getty and other sites, they literally send them in small collections at points during the game, usually 2/3 at a time.

They have mentioned that for big matches, cup finals etc...they send them immediately (no processing) to a photo editor who will be based in an office somewhere and he/she sends them on.

I too would be interested in finding out what the pro's use though

[petereoin]

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Paul, one of the methods I use is bulk file transfer. In fact if I have to get images to the club it's always via www.wetransfer.com and it's brilliant. But I don't send images to newspapers as all of mine are primarily used on the club website or programmes. The togs who sit next to me use either 3G dongles or the wifi in the press room to get their pics to Getty and other sites, they literally send them in small collections at points during the game, usually 2/3 at a time.

They have mentioned that for big matches, cup finals etc...they send them immediately (no processing) to a photo editor who will be based in an office somewhere and he/she sends them on.

I too would be interested in finding out what the pro's use though

This is my workflow:

Lightroom - select photo, straighten, crop
Photo Mechanic - code replacement with caption
Photo Mechanic - ftp photos during match, half time and end of match.

[Bumble]

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For League matches you can only upload photos in ten minute windows through the match and at half time and full time. Most agencies don't require very many, just the goal and major incident action sent 'live'. The stock pics are then sent after the match.

Many League stadiums have their own wi-fi in the press room but in a lot of cases it doesn't reach pitchside so it's pretty essential to have a dongle (or better still a MiFi type devise, which seems very popular at pitchside at the moment). Most agencies require the pics sized to a specific size, anything else (brightening, straightening etc) it's much better to get right in camera because of the need for speed but you need some software at hand in case.

When I work for an agency, I use photo mechanic to caption the photo (I usually put the squad lists into photo mechanic using code replacement the night before, again to save time at the match). Then Elements to size and adjust if I have to.Then Zilla to ftp them away. Photo mechanic seems to be a popular choice at matches for captioning but choices for editing seems more varied.

[paul linton]

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I think I'm more confused than ever.

I'm sure when you have this all setup it's a piece of cake,But boy If i had to do this for the first time at a game I'd hear the crowed singing "you'll get the sack in the morning "
When ever you pros need an assistant let me know as i think i need to see this in action rather that try to work out what the hell I'm suppose to do with it.I'll be still there Sunday morning working it out!!!

Paul

[Bumble]

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You have good days and bad days, if you get a few nice goal and celebrations shots first half and get them away quickly at half time its great. If its a boring 0-0 and you are struggling to select shots, and then you have trouble making a connection it can be a bit of a nightmare. I end up trying to balance two cameras and a laptop and wondering which button to press next!