The art of sport photography with Ryan Pierse

It is Friday night at the historic Sydney Cricket Ground where Collingwood are taking on Sydney. Getty’s chief photographer Ryan Pierse is running up and down the sidelines, looking for the perfect frame. ‘You need to know the sport back to front,' says Pierse. 'You have these amazing athletes jumping into the air and getting themselves into some pretty crazy positions. To capture that - that’s the art.' As part of Guardian Australia’s series on the art of photography, we look at how professional sports photographers make the mess of action on the AFL field into a clean, crisp image
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[@Paul_Rutherford]

Thanks for sharing the thoughts that go into getting these great images!

[@johnsudbrink229]

Great Information and Thank you for letting us all peak into your world of Sports Photography. John S

[@douglashagan65]

Capture the greatest moments in sport history

[@rljrphotography]

Editorial integrity. Love it!

[@dilshawarnakulasuriya6025]

So glad on your valued words😍❤

[@QuanTranVisuals]

I think the hardest part of sports photography is how you quickly cull, sort and find the best images among thousands of shots you took. This is a very painstaking task, esp for hi-end camera file sizes nowsaday (45mp/pic).

[@omarrobertolopezvidal8051]

beutiful job you have

[@AgnostosGnostos]

Cold weather is better than warm weather for cameras. The digital image sensors doesn't have only image noise due to high ISO but also thermal noise due to high temperature. Thermal noise in photos is a common problem with long exposure which makes the sensor hot and with normal shutters speeds under hot environment. With the same ISO and shutter speed photos have less image noise and more dynamic range during colder days.
Indeed the cold reduces the capacity o lithium batteries but batteries aren't very expensive or very heavy for a fit professional photographer. A smart solution is to keep fresh spare batteries warm inside your jacket or warm used ones and regain their remaining capacity.

[@groundhoppingwlkp3622]

Ok, but in sports mostly you use very short exposure, so it's not an issue. Even if you panning it's 1/15-1/60 of second so photos can't overheat camera. Of course making 4k video is a whole different story...

[@carlosdias1940]

Is it possible to know the specs of the macbook e.g 128 or 256 RAM? Thank you for the quick glance on sports photography!

[@villamediallc5028]

I don't think it's either lol I think you mean storage not RAM.

[@carlosdias1940]

@@villamediallc5028 :))) OMG, getting hold!!! I guess not even on the Space Station!!!

[@NextScamdemic]

He's left-eye dominant. I don't feel so bad now

[@nitinsahu-zp3bv]

Hiii Ryan can I work with you l want to learn a sport photography from you.

[@mrbilly5102]

What game they play ?

[@vitabcdefghijklmno]

Quidditch

[@user-zn3mx5dz9k]

😁😁😁😁

[@user-zn3mx5dz9k]

حلوو

[@policeluber6720]

Help !

[@OLBastholm]

2:55 Daniel Agger 😍

[@glory.glory.ukraine]

Frank Lampard turned photographer?

[@mvp_kryptonite]

Lol

[@clickmaisangola4455]

How do I become a sports photographer?

[@tonypmedia]

How to get accreditation is the question. I'm trying to land my first REALISTIC sports shoot but getting the media card is tough

[@mvp_kryptonite]

@@tonypmediafor sure, it’s always booked up. But I guess keep trying (which is what I havnt done)

[@FM-up3qu]

كفوو

[@spartus]

Canon,,,, 400mm 2.8... wish I had $5,000 ... and lift to pick up...

[@LeonKotze70]

WOW, such rich content, just to be cheapened by a Wix ad... really?????