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someblokecalleddave

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Cricket Photo's

I'm a photographer by trade so I can take a pretty decent photograph and my team have asked me to shoot images of them over the coming summer - what do you reckon are classic cricket shots - the type of photo you'd like to have on your clubs wall or for yourself and if someone was to get such a shot would you be tempted to part with your hard earned money?
 
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I took a photo of the opening bowler who was batting at 10 or 11 playing a classical forward defensive, he was chuffed with it.

In the same match The captain skied the ball and was caught for a duck which I also got a photo of, he was less chuffed.

Personally I like a photo of a diving catch, but since you'll probably be fielding I'd go for a cover drive.
 
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The classic is getting the bowler during his delivery stride (side and front on). Also, any shot of a batsman being bowled and the stump flying back is also a good one.

Pretty much any diving/sliding in the field is popular as well.

It's the old problem of trying to photograph sport though, you'll wait all day for that exciting moment then miss it!
 
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Yeh, dad is into this, he borrowed a 420ml lens and missed the moment where the keeper had knocked the ball into the air and was about to catch it on his second attempt, woulda been a class photo.

But yeh, cover drive would be great, because you probably can't take photos while fielding (well you could try :p )
 
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Any shot with a bit of anger i reckon is fantastic to see. Thats why i think Gilly has such great photographs to use in signatures etc.

Another good person to photograph is Lee, hes perfect in delivery stride. I'd happily pay for a photo along those lines. Obviously i know you're not photographing real international players, but i thought it'd be easier to explain that way :)
 
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Now, something like this is great:

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Aye, thats a great photo, i noticed it on BBC earlier and it's a great picture. The photo of Freddie and Brett Lee from 2005 Ashes is a hell of a picture aswell, would love a blown up, signed and framed picture of that moment.
 
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Just reiterating really, as a bowler best shots would be delivery stride, during delivery, taking a wicket (ie stumps all over the shop) with followthrough in BG or with the batsman jumping around to aviod a bouncer.

Batting, just any good shot but esp drives or cuts I think. Cuts have a nice dollop of aggression thrown in and drives are very classical.

Good luck with it, I'd be interested to hear how you get on.
 
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I think the other side of the coin is to try to catch the more unusual moments, such as fielders looking pissed off at dropping a dolly, club house scenes, team dynamics - stuff that might not mean much to the casual observer but would mean a lot to your club.
 
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They've got some great images at Getty images. I think the easiest to take would be a bowler about to deliver from his runup or a batsman in his stance because you can be prepared for it. To get a shot of a batsmen getting bowled or a perfect cover drive might need you to wait for hours unless you get the players to deliberately do it.
 
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I have a great photo on the wall of me taking a catch, im ready for the ball and you can just see it entering the shot

Hope you get some good photos!
 
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I'm not saying that I'm going to be that successful at it, but it should be relatively easy what with using a digital camera. It's like batting your timing has to be right. I'm more concerned with making the whole thing look good - the backgrounds and angles you shoot it from and waiting for opportunities to shoot the pictures at away matches rather than our ugly urban pitch that we have to use.
 
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