Thousands of pictures
One question sports photographers get asked is how many pictures they shoot during a game. Here’s some numbers from tonight’s Oklahoma State game against Missouri.
Staff Photographer Steve Sisney shot with 2 camera bodies. Both are Canon Mark IINs. John Clanton used 3 camera bodies. A Canon 40D, a Canon 5D and a Canon MarkII N. These cameras are pretty fast. The MarkIIs shoot 8 frames per second, the 40D is a little slower and the 5D only does about 4 frames per second.
Here are the totals:
Sisney:
Pregame features-71 frames,
First half game action-713 frames
Second half game action- 544 frames
for a total of 1328 pictures
Clanton shot:
Pregame features-73 frames
First half-635 frames
second half -503 frames
for a total of 1211 pictures.
At halftime and after the game we run up to the pressbox and edit as fast as we can and get our pictures narrowed down to the absolute best pictures that tell the story of the game. We send them in via Wi-Fi to the paper. Sisney got his narrowed down to 49 pictures that he sent in to the paper. Clanton only found 15 pictures that he liked enough to send in. (He doesn’t shoot football very often)
Kendall Hunter breaks away from Hardy Ricks for a long touchdown run in the second half as Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) plays the University of Missouri Tigers (MIZZOU) at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo. on Saturday October 11, 2008. BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
Patrick Lavine intercepts a final pass by Chase Daniel in the second half as Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) play the University of Missouri Tigers (MIZZOU) at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo. on Saturday October 11, 2008. BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
Oklahoma State defenders stand around Missouri QB Chase Daniel after he was sacked during the second half as Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) plays the University of Missouri Tigers (MIZZOU) at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo. on Saturday October 11, 2008. Oklahoma State beat Missouri 28-23. BY JOHN CLANTON, THE OKLAHOMAN
-John Clanton
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