Marathon - Sport photography - Tips or advices?

Our take

Tomorrow marks the vibrant spectacle of London’s marathon, and as your friend takes on this inspiring challenge, you have the perfect opportunity to capture thrilling moments through your lens. While your strength lies in landscape photography, transitioning to dynamic subjects like runners can be rewarding with the right approach. With your Sony Alpha 7 IV and versatile lenses, you can create stunning images.

Tomorrow is London's marathon. A friend of mine is running it and would like to surprise him with a few shots. Issue is, I'm more a landscape photographer than anything else. I have a bit of experience with portrait shots, but usually friends or family during trips, standing still. I'm definitely not used to moving targets: the few times I tried my luck on animals for some wildlife photography led to poorly focused pictures (when no other issues).

Would you have any tips / advices to make sure I capture great shots of him? I will naturally try a few shots of other runners before he arrives to my spot so that I get some practice.

For background, I own a Sony Alpha 7 IV with a Sony 28-70mm Zoom Lens, a Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8, and a Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 (I suspect it will be less useful this one).

Appreciate any feedback and happy to share some of the shots later on in this thread.

submitted by /u/LinkyoFR
[link] [comments]

Read on the original site

Open the publisher's page for the full experience

View original article →

Tagged with

#health and wellness#luxury photography#fashion photography#wellness photography#Marathon#Sport photography#Sony Alpha 7 IV#Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8#Tamron 28-70mm Zoom Lens#moving targets#landscape photographer#portrait shots#wildlife photography#focused pictures#tips and advice#practice shots#runners#photography experience#Sony 17-28mm f/2.8#feedback