Photographers Fired! The Changing World of Photography, Sports Illustrated & Our Challenges - Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- In part 1 of a multi-part series, Peter kicks off a discussion of the changing world of sports photography. With decades of experience, no one has been exposed to more in the world of sports shooting and Peter has seen the incredible growth and massive recent changes, and offers his thoughts on both.
AP/Sports Illustrated Photographer and Canon Explorer of Light Peter Read Miller is among the most accomplished photographers of all time, now enjoying teaching his sports photography techniques. Today, Peter sat down at an Oakland A's game to chat with 40 year Oakland A's team photographer and 49'ers team photographer Michael Zagaris.
Peter Read Miller has been photographing athletes, events and the sporting life for more than 40 years. He is has worked as a staff and contract photographer for Sports Illustrated for more than 35 years. His images have appeared on over 100 Sports Illustrated covers.
His editorial clients have included: Time, Life, People, Money, The Associated Press, Playboy, Runner’s World, Newsweek, USA Weekend and The New York Times. In addition to covering 9 Olympic Games and 40 Super Bowls, Peter has shot 14 NBA Finals. He has covered the Stanley Cup Finals, the World Series, the Kentucky Derby, the NCAA Basketball Final Four, and the Men’s and Women’s World Cup Soccer Finals.
Peter's workshops involve major sports such as the Tennessee Volunteers, and much more, all with top of the line cameras and lenses by Canon USA. The workshop is sponsored by Canon, Western Digital, ThinkTank, Dynalite and Hoodman. www.peterreadmiller.com/
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The best of days are definitely over and it's extremely tough to make a livable wage doing photojournalism work. It seems to me that now you need to work twice as hard or twice as long to make half the money. However, you won't usually hear me complaining too much, because there still is opportunity and I am doing what I love and that is sometimes priceless. The truth is that this is has been going on for a long time now and I'm more than used to hearing these kinds of stories, but I'm definitely interested in hearing part 2 and part 3 of this story. I'm pretty sure I know most of what is going to be said, but then again I'm very interested in hearing Peter's advice.
While not a sports shooter, I was a wire shooter for many years in the 80s and 90s that on an occasion shot a few college games, namely Football and Basketball. For the most part, you nailed it. My goal in college was to shoot for the 'Geographic' and travel the world. Needless to say, that never materialized, though shooting for AP did get me some assignments abroad (many I would rather forget). I was excited about the coming digital age in the late 90s and all of the world being able to view my work with the stroke of a keyboard and click of a mouse. That excitement came to an end very quickly, as my online work was constantly "stolen" and being used without my permission, the advent of the 'Smartphone' and the inevitable "democratization of photography". I was finally cut loose in '08' from a daily newspaper. Upon reflection, despite not getting a steady weekly paycheck from what I love doing, forced to go "freelance", doing a non-photo related job to provide medical coverage, shooting product and corporate work, at the end of the day, I find that I am happier than I have been in years and I am excited again about this artform, frankly, I was getting very burned out.
Mr. Miller sums it up perfectly!
Now is the greatest time to be a photographer!! The reality is that in order to stand out you gotta be a true artist otherwise you're just a number
I love your videos man, you inspire me to keep working at improving my photography. Keep em’ coming!
Thanks Marc
i am learning a lot from your videos :)
Peter, in what might be one of the most failed businesses (it is a hobby-type business where everyone has access to camera), 90% of what we do is business, the other 10% might be photography. When I started out in the late 80's it was that way, still is and will continue to be this way.
Some day do a video on Hy Peskin, SI's first.
I’m considering double majoring in photography and media. I have a family loan lined up and I could purchase the necessary gear to shoot anything. Should I quit photography before I invest my savings into it? I want to be able to make a living for myself, but I don’t want to struggle to put food on the table.
Join the Navy and become a Mass Communication Specialist. You'll learn the trade of photography (and comms and public affairs) and get PAID to travel the world and shoot things none of the University classmates could on gear the Navy provided to you! Then after 4 years you can leave if you want (with a ton of gear you bought along the way) and as a veteran get a good job.
I started shooting hockey in 1993 with strobes. Hockey, as with most sports back in the film days, was timing to get a great shot. I still shoot hockey today. Some of the shooters today apply the "spray and pray" technique. I asked one of them how many images he shoots a game. He told me he fills a 32 gig card with jpegs every period. Smh
If they do they lose time in the workflow to select the pictures to keep. I think despite of having a sony alpha 9 with 20 fps, I try to stay low and shoot only what could be a keeper. Burst is in fact an advantage to get the best frame with the Puck in the right position in an action scene.
That’s way too much. When I first started out I sprayed and prayed but it took me months to realize you’ll make the sorting after the game easier on yourself if you practice timing
In some ways progress is great,in other ways its bad.
Whole industries have been changed by the internet.
I used to work in a local newspaper with 100 staff of which two or three were full time photographers and we all heard that they got really good pay.
Now we have a couple of prominent photography vloggers saying that Smartphones are staring to give DSLRs a run for their money.! (So I unsubscribed to them)
Will we see professional photographers at the side lines at big games with a smartphone?
Would Naomi Campbell be impressed if I asked to shoot her with my galaxy 5?
(ps I'm a low end Nikon shooter DX)
Are you testing the Canon 1Dxiii?
If he was he could never legally admit it, so it's not worth asking. A colleague of mine is a Nikon Ambassador and is testing the D6, and he can't say anything about it and he can't even share the specs with anyone, but I have been able to glean quite a bit from seeing 8 sample images from the D6. It appears to have amazing dynamic range and Live View functions which make it basically a mirrorless camera.
Patrick Smith depends what the confidentiality agreement says
@Conservative Lantern The D6 is going to be a game changer in my opinion, because it appears to have the dynamic range of about 14.5 stops, but equal or better high ISO as the D5. To me this is huge, because the D5 is known for it's poor dynamic range, especially at anything below ISO 2000. This is the sole reason I chose to skip the D5 and use two D4s bodies. The D6 sample images I saw, were really impressive and the specs that I know of are equally impressive. IBIS or VR in body is huge in my opinion and probably one of the features that really get's me excited. The only spec I really don't know about is the megapixels, but it appeared to me it was around 24-26mp based on the dimensions of the 8 sample images I saw. However I only noticed the dimensions on one of the images and it's possible it was cropped before I saw the image. I personally wouldn't want 30mp or more and I'm hoping I'm correct in assuming 24-26mp! That would be perfect for me and would make me very happy, but the other unknown for me and it's a big one is price. If it's more than $6499, I will not buy one right away and may just settle for a lightly used D5 or two. If you can find a low mileage D5 in decent shape for around $3200 it's a steal and I'm just waiting for the final specs of the D6 to be announced. What will be interesting is seeing wether or not they limit the FPS for non "E" type lenses. Already my D4s will only shoot at 10 fps with G and D type lenses, and only ever hit's 11fps with the newer "E" type lenses. Canon really does do 14fps or 16fps, because they have always had electronic aperture lenses. If the D6 does 14 or 15 fps it won't matter unless you're using "E" type lenses, and Nikon loves to hide this fact from people.
@@bngr_bngr Well I can tell you they are full stop NDA's. You can't reveal any of the specs, functionalities and often even the name of said camera or lens. Also when out testing the equipment the camera or lens must be completely covered, with something like a rain cover, etc. So you literally can't say anything, often including even naming what you're testing, which is why I said Peter wouldn't be allowed to admit he's even using or testing a 1Dx Mark III.
Patrick Smith how do you know that?
Interesting but stop tapping on the table . . . . .