So I was thinking of ways to make sports photography more portrait like without it being the standard “yea, I am holding a ball and looking seriously at the camera lens”. You know the kind you got when you were a kid – the ones that looked rather generic. I want to bring youth sports up a notch. I am not a sports photographer per se…that is I don’t go out and shoot a game and then sell prints.
I want to create a moment in youth sports that is a portrait with implied action. I am not sure what to call this type of portrait. Maybe “Stylized Youth Sport Portraits” or something like that. I will get back to you on a name. For now, here is my take on Youth Sports Photography…