Hope you've had a great weekend, it won't be long until the next one. All the best, Nick.
Well, it's been a little while since I've had the opportunity to sit down and put pen to paper or fingers to the keyboard, as it's probably better referred to these days, but I've been busy with a lot of other things outside of the nine to five however I'm slowly getting a little more of a taste of what it's like to be a photographer. I say a little because truth be told I've also been watching a lot of football and sipping a few beverages as well since the 17th of August! I've been fortunate enough to secure some work with our local newspaper thanks to word of mouth, my own efforts and some sound advice from another individual who I hold in high regard. It's always nice to see your images printed and it's even better to see our local football team do well. Last season they didn't do much but they've got a lot of new faces, a younger squad and a lot of desire. I watched their latest match at the weekend whilst shooting and the team spirit was second to none. They were 2 nil down for most of the game but then managed to pull it back to 2-2 and it was only through a little misfortune at the very end of the game that they ended up losing 3-2. I genuinely felt gutted that they hadn't even got a point for their efforts. As it stands at the minute they've won as many games in the league as they did for the whole of last season and we are only three games into the season so hopefully this won't be the end of that winning feeling for too long. Getting back to the photography now before I get too sidetracked, I also had a wet evening in Ballymoney the other night and found myself pushing the D7000 up to 3200 ISO even in a floodlit stadium. Granted I'm not using an f2.8 lens as money isn't plentiful but I didn't realise just how much the light would have dropped so after that experience I was on to the boys at Wex Photographic before the week was out and I've now purchased the next best thing, a monopod. I'd say this is a must in any budding sports photographers arsenal and I really noticed a significant difference when I used it at the weekend, it cost just under £70 in total including a tilt head which is a bit closer to my budget given that the Sigma 120-300mm is about two grand further up the league just now. I hope at this stage I'm not biting off more than I can chew as I know that after a busy week sometimes running out to take pictures then picking your favourites and getting them submitted before the following week could probably turn out to be more tiring and time consuming then I imagine but at least there isn't a lot of editing to be fair. I'm shooting jpeg and literally applying a crop in most cases. I have edited some for the club website and made my own personal changes for something different but we'll see how things evolve especially if I'm shooting other sports. By the way if anyone has any got links or know any good sports photographers that they can recommend that I can check out or follow please don't hesitate to let me know. Hope you've had a great weekend, it won't be long until the next one. All the best, Nick.
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