Specialization Course in Sports Photography

The sports photography graduate course consente a coloro che sono già in possesso di buone competenze di tecnica fotografica digitale, di approcciarsi o di approfondire le proprie competenze nell'ambito dello sport.

The training course, which is highly applied, focuses on the technique, l'equipment necessary, the software used and the photographic language required. What it means to be a professional sports photographer and how to manage the relations with newspapers and news agencies. The importance of knowing the sport being photographed will be emphasized, how to capture the athletic gesture and emotions and the importance of the set shot. We are concerned with the indoor and outdoor sports photography.

The sports photography course will then include a'practical shooting exercise in the field: shooting a professional football/basketball game, the sideline positions, remote shooting techniques, choose the right optics. 

Course Duration.

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fase d'aula 40 ore, itinerante sul territorio Milanese: 5 giornate teoria + pratica sul campo durante gli allenamenti 
Practical experience of shooting in the field at a sporting event 
Portfolio dissemination to all companies , firms, agencies and newspapers nationwide

- Approach to photography (line and color balance, type of light, photographic composition)
- Theory and preparation for photography
- Basics of the sports photographer
- Photographic set analysis and settings
- Analysis of post-production results
- The relationship with the athlete
- Preparation of the set by the students
- Sports on Instagram
- Differences between the publishing and digital worlds.

Addressed to those who already have good skills in digital photographic technique.