Sports photography

Sports photography refers to the genre of photography that covers all types of sports.

The equipment used by a professional photographer usually includes a fast telephoto lens and a camera that has an extremely fast shutter speed that can rapidly take pictures.
Many amateur photographers now have access cheap digital single-lens reflex cameras (D-SLR). With a little technique, the amateur photographer can occasionally capture images that rival a professional sports photographer. It is now perfectly common to see soccer moms and football dads carrying around an impressive digital camera and reasonably long, fast lens, looking for that action shot of their son or daughter that will grace their mantlepiece for many years to come.