Photography is a demanding action sport. The light can change so quickly. I often find myself sprinting so that I can catch the perfect light falling on a photogenic subject.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.
I'm not getting involved in sports anymore, except on film. I'm not agile unless a camera's going.
But sports photography isn't something you just pick up overnight. You can't do it once a year for fun and expect to do a good job. And I take pride in what I do.
Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.
Women's sprinting is something the sport should appreciate more.
Photography forces one out into the world, interacting with people and the environment. It flexes all those right brain, spatially-adept muscles.
Some guys can run fast, some guys can sing, I found I could take photographs that people were interested in.
The most important thing you learn as a sports photographer is anticipation - not where the action is taking place, but where it's going to take place. Not where the subject is now, but where they're going to be.
I really like sometimes to do action pictures; I get a really big kick out of doing those.
In a world and a life that moves so fast, photography just makes the sound go out and it makes you stop and take a pause. Photography calms me.