There I was, making pictures for the athletics department to use in their marketing materials when suddenly, a soccer ball soared straight into my lens and smashed my camera into my face. See, the plan was to make action pictures. We’d already photographed all the athletes’ headshots — about 200
Category: Celebrations Photographer: CampanellaFoto Photo: “AIK 1-2 IFK Göteborg (2015-10-26)” Sports celebrations are always fun to watch, and here, a soccer goalkeeper is captured as he celebrates a big win. The color here is great and pops against the blurry background, which really makes him stand out. Whether it’s touchdown
Category: Sports Photographer: Mark Fletcher “Jamie Vardy – Leicester vs Southampton 19/04/18 (Explored)” Mark captures this soccer player mid-air as the soccer ball reaches his toes, in what is an excellent, well-composed photograph. The blurred background helps to separate the player and make him stand out in what is already
Category: Sports Photographer: Pat Callahan “Paris-Doorway Goal” Pat combines the world of sports and street photography in this image, which captures two boys playing soccer, using a door in Paris as a makeshift goal. You can see the readiness on the goalie’s face, and the anticipation on the striker as
Category: Sports Photograph: Andrea Fucà “IMG_4811” This image of young boys playing soccer in Morocco, showcases Andrea’s ability to capture street life when traveling. This could really fit into a number of categories — street photography and travel specifically. But the focus on the soccer ball sets this apart, and
Category: Sports Photograph: Visitor82 “Untitled” This photograph of what I’m presuming is father and son showcases the long generation of soccer players. Many kids grow up playing soccer, and this alludes to that. It appears as if the father is showing his son something on his phone — perhaps a
We had a chance to catch up with Dave Black at Photoshop World last month in Las Vegas. He sat with Photofocus’ Pamela Berry to go behind the scenes of 5 of his most recent commercial jobs, showing us how he set up and lit each image and got an
Join Photofocus’ Melissa Niu and commercial photographer Joel Grimes as they explore the story behind one of Joel’s favorite photo composites with soccer player, Bailey.
