Action Photography

The main application of professional sports photography is for editorial purposes; dedicated sports photographers usually work for newspapers, major wire agencies or dedicated sports magazines. However, sports photography is also used for advertising purposes both to build a brand and as well as to promote a sport in a way that cannot be accomplished by editorial means.
The equipment used by a professional photographer usually includes a fast telephoto lens and a camera that has an extremely fast shutter speed and sustained burst rate that can rapidly take pictures. In general, monopod are often used in order to support the weight of the heavy equipment and stabilise the camera. Preferred camera bodies for the modern sport photographer are those with fast autofocusing ability and a high frame rate (usually 8 frames per second or faster). The flagship sports cameras produced by Canon and Nikon are the Canon 1D-series and the Nikon D3, and these are the most popular in professional sports.