Sports Photography - Premier League Football - Tips & Tricks

[@dbenedict357]

Good to see DSLR still being used. Mirrorless not needed to get good shots.

[@MarkKerton]

I do love my 1Dx’s I must say. Still waiting to see if they will repair my kit! Thanks for watching👍🏻

[@DarrenEdwardsAviation]

Quality video again Mark, a great insight into what goes in to being sports photographer.

[@MarkKerton]

Thanks Darren, appreciate that. It definitely is a frantic 90 minutes behind the camera with everything including bad weather thrown at us! Good job I enjoy the challenge.👍🏻

[@shayporteruk]

probably my favourite photographer keep work up always watching your vidoes

[@iXpertMan]

13:56 enjoy how you analyse football game and give it a story through photos

[@MarkKerton]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoy the videos👍🏻

[@applemango8624]

Loving your videos Mark, you’ve really inspired me to make a real start in the world of football photography. As a uni student, I needed to find my calling and your videos have helped me! Keep up the great work

[@MarkKerton]

That’s brilliant👍🏻 Pleased the videos have helped out in some way. Keep snapping👍🏻

[@LunkerFishing]

Mark, I really like your channel. I learn lots from you. I also get a kick out of all the names you have for things on your side of the world that are strange to us here in the US!

[@MarkKerton]

Ah thanks for the support👍🏻 Out of interest, what are the differences?

[@marcosperez6571]

Good morning dear, Here is a Uruguayan sports photographer, who greatly admires your work! In the afternoons after work I watch your videos translated into Spanish (since I'm not very good with English haha). I learn a lot, Greetings and thanks!

[@NikCan66]

Always great to watch.

[@MarkKerton]

Thanks Al, always appreciate your support👍🏻

[@sideshowalvy2925]

Don't bother coming back, if that's the sort of weather you're bringing, Mark! 🤔🤔🤔 Great to see you again.

[@MarkKerton]

What a game that was! Promise I’ll bring sunshine next time🤣👍🏻

[@BarryWalker-k4e]

Love your videos you give me so much tips on how to improve my own photographs when I'm at matches

[@itrepreneurpodcast]

Nice story!!!!

[@JimWattsHereNow]

Bugger about the 1dx, hope you sort it. Great video again.

[@MarkKerton]

Thanks Jim. It’s working ok so will be using it tomorrow. Then it’s off in to fixation on Monday. Word is one or both will be damaged when there force them apart🙈 Could be a costly day!!!

[@pascalkesselmark7529]

Mark, thanks for the great entertainment. I’m going for my first two international games next week and the weather forecast looks bad… but hej, maybe they are wrong. Well, I got the rain cover for the 400, so it should be fine. I can confirm what you mentioned about the mirrorless shooters. My current main body is the R6ii and I never take the eye of the eyepiece. I reconfigured some buttons, so I can look at the shoots, zoom and lock them with my right hands index finger and thumb. But I got the 70-200 on the 1DX and locking pictures there is difficult compared to the modern camera. Your old PocketWizard will also be used twice next week. It’s a busy time of the season with all these qualifiers. But I won’t complain ;-)

[@RDPHOTOGRAPH]

is it the England match?

[@pascalkesselmark7529]

@@RDPHOTOGRAPH I‘m based in Switzerland. So it’s the woman’s Champions League qualifier FC Zürich vs Ajax Amsterdam and the men’s European championships qualifier Switzerland vs Belarus.

[@MarkKerton]

Hi Pascal. Apologies for the late reply, I hope your international games went well. Great to know that the pocket wizard is still being used. I think I am going to have to take the plunge and go Mirrorless soon! Even if just to keep the body dry when it is raining, ha ha! the question is, the R5, R6ii 2 or R3?! Hope you are keeping well anyway mate👍🏻

[@nigelhakes1933]

Great video as usual Hope the 1DX survives

[@MarkKerton]

Thanks Nigel. The body is working again but still stuck on the 400! Will be sending it off on Monday for assessment.

[@MrJohnTudor]

great vid Mark, do you ever use rise to dry the kit out

[@MarkKerton]

Thanks for watching. Yes, it has been known in the past to fit an item of wet kit in a bowl of rice overnight! It definitely seems to do the trick.

[@MrJohnTudor]

I photograph for a whitewater rafting company in north wales and we still go rafting in the rain!, the gear gets soaked, I had a 6D that did what you described, I thought the camera was dead, rice back then was costing 50p a bag alot cheaper than some of these fancy gels, keep up the good work @@MarkKerton

[@bagus_k_aditya]

nice👍👍👍

[@bagus_k_aditya]

I hope I can be like you

[@juelraun]

Horrible wet. Some great images though. Glad I shoot indoor national league handball 😊 Once shot beach handball when it rained a bit. Gear doesn't like moist 😢 Hope your 1DX survives. Maybe time for R3 + RF 100-300 f2.8? R6 is great too.

[@MarkKerton]

Tooooo wet! 1Dx is currently being assessed for damage🙈 As is the 400! Watch this space!

[@BruceLeroyUK]

Hope you sorted out your 1DX mate.

[@MarkKerton]

1Dx currently with insurance so we shall see? Thanks for watching👍🏻

[@stavrostheboss3491]

Sent him straight to the waspital 😂 and nice video mate just one thing though your banned from Goodison your first time and we’ve lost to Luton your bad luck 😅😂 nah next time hopefully we win🙏🏻 up the toffees💙

[@MarkKerton]

I will try and bring better weather next time! A surprising result for sure! A few crucial goal, scoring chances missed by Everton! See how it goes today for them?!

[@stavrostheboss3491]

@@MarkKerton I’m a lot happier today! Buzzin with the result we needed to get that home win defo👏🏻

[@sportsshooter2574]

what rain cover do you use Mark?

[@MarkKerton]

I’ve a think tank for my 70-200 and a freebie CPS (Canon Pro Services) cover for the 400👍🏻

[@sportsshooter2574]

@@MarkKerton The CPS one is really not good for heavy rain. I have one for the 70-200 but for the 400 the Think Tank Hydrophia is the best out there. It did well under the Irish rain

[@lensbrew]

A question about the usage of the images you take Mark. Since you've been commissioned to shoot those games, do you retain the rights to those image? Can you profit from them by selling prints or exhibits? Or portfolio and personal prints are the only things your allowed to obtain? Great work as always!

[@MarkKerton]

In a word “No”. They belong to Shutterstock as it’s them who have applied for my license and who I am working on behalf of. I can use the images for socials etc no problem but definitely cannot sell them on👍🏻

[@lensbrew]

@@MarkKerton Interesting and reasonable. Since you mentioned license, I'm assuming you're talking about media license from FA. Does that mean, in the UK, the photographer applies for access and media organizations pay for the work and images' rights?

[@robertlawrence7958]

"In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king". Also, so it would appear, in sports photography 😅😅

[@MarkKerton]

Hehe, thanks for watching 👍🏻

[@Joao.silva1407]

can i ask why aperture 5 ate first luton goal?

[@MarkKerton]

As I mentioned briefly in the video, I sometimes up the aperture to S5, just to gain a little bit of depth on the 400 when shooting a corner at the far end👍🏻

[@jakubmalicki8519]

Sorry for maybe silly question, but how many edited/ready pictures you sending over. Kind regards

[@MarkKerton]

No question is a silly one👍🏻 On average I’d say I send 40-60 edited images per game. That includes pre & post match stuff. Then a further 20-40 from a 2nd edit. So player and ball, top half type shots. A high scoring game will obviously be higher👍🏻

[@jakubmalicki8519]

​@MarkKerton Thank you for your quick response. I'm editing and sending over 120. I tried to find out how to speed up my work. I was keeping myself very busy for 2 days. I'm full-time employed in different job, so it's very important for me to finish editing as quickly as possible. Plus, I think I'm a perfectionist who cares about details, and here I'm spending too much time.

[@JayOhFree]

Little bit of a random question but when you've got your 400mm on a monopod do you leave the tripod collar loose so you can easily switch to portrait if needed? Or do you lock it off and only do portraits as an intentional decision? Ive been trying out a bit of both to see what works best but just curious wbat others do

[@MarkKerton]

Good question that is Jay. I always shoot with a loose collar. Just in case I need to quickly switch to Portrait for players running towards me. Thanks for watching

[@JayOhFree]

@@MarkKerton thanks Mark, I thought as much I just got told recently it wasn't a good idea to leave it loose because of horizons, but it felt comfortable for me to do it loose as horizons are an easy correction in camera and out of camera. Anyway, I appreciate these vids they're a good insight to know I'm on the right track! Hopefully see you pitch side someday!

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[@brianlarney817]

No tips a tricks ??!??

[@MarkKerton]

They’re in there if you listen to the image commentary😉👍🏻