Discussion on the Skills of Sports News Photography

Abstract. The speed， strength and difficulty shown in sports games can give a reflection to the superior skills and vigorous and graceful modeling of athletes. Sports news photography bears an important responsibility in the communication of sports news and the creation of sports' beauty， and therefore fully knowing the skills of sports news photography is helpful for further promoting the development of the sports communication industry. In the face of dual characteristics combining technique and art， the author thinks that it is necessary to establish photographic awareness from appreciating the aesthetic characteristics of sports news photography， and also improve shooting skills in practice from the characteristics of various sport items and the different levels required to show.

Key words： Sports； Photography； Skills

In sports， many athletic postures promote people to highly praise because of the graceful， beautiful or masculine atmosphere. This type of dynamic beauty endows sports photographic works with unique aesthetic feeling. Excellent sports photographic works not only contains important information suitable for news communication， but also brings the most shocked aesthetic pleasure to audiences. Sports news photographic works is mainly captured in the athletic process， and how to shot the most representative photographic work in the fierce athletic process is the key to the success of the sports photography.

1.Learning How to Appreciate the Aesthetic Characteristics of Sports Photography

There are many types of sports； there are tens of thousands of differences among the quantity and quality of sport movements； in the fierce competition process， it is not an easy task to frame the most wonderful and the most standard moment firmly to be a picture.

It is necessary for the photographers to firmly grasp the laws of sports and the moment of producing beauty， and enhance the understanding of the aesthetic levels in works， so that splendid works can be shot more accurately in the practical shooting.

1.1 Both Formal Beauty and Spiritual Beauty Are Possessed by Athletes

The main task of sports photography is to make a moment in movements firmly to be a picture through camera， and this moment includes the movement modeling and expression of athletes in sports. As is known to all， modeling is an external visual art， and many movements produce an aesthetic feeling in form. For example， the athletes in gymnastics complete movements with the whole body， and therefore all arms and legs as the foundation of modeling are with a visual beauty full of tension and perfect harmoniousness.

Compared with the external formal beauty of athletes， their inner spiritual beauty is also very important. With regard to sports photography， each movement form and each movement are with distinctive individual styles， and there is a difference among athletes in psychological quality and spiritual pursuit. This difference， if embodied in movements， can be the unique spiritual beauty of an athlete.

1.2 Dynamic Beauty and Static Beauty Are Contained in Picture

Sports photography is also a photographic form focusing on the expression of dynamics. Photography is different from film and television， and photographs are static. Therefore， movements can only be framed firmly as a picture for expressing the dynamics of movements. The dynamic beauty， which is expressed in the static forms， is a direct way for testing the technical means and artistic accomplishment of a photographer. Reviewing a great amount of outstanding sports photography works， it can be found that all of them give a reflection to the dynamic beauties just like dynamic pictures， and their composition， false and true contrast， and shooting angle own different focuses.

1.3 Moving Difficulty and Aesthetic Feeling Are Harmonious

The moving difficulty and aesthetic feeling in the sports photographic works are a mutually combined entirety. The movements with high difficulty can often easily produce an amazing visual effect under the perfect performance of athletes.

Reviewing many outstanding sports photography works， it is found that the most classical dynamics in the movement process are often tightly captured and also presented with an appropriate technical technique.

2. Mastering the Art Skills of Sports Photography

Sports photography， different from other types of photography， does not provide enough time for the photographers to make a full preparation. The starting and ending of movements often occur in a flash. However， the beauty of this moment is the key to achieving excellent photographic works.

When a photographer gets a more thorough understanding of sports photography， it is necessary for him to master the basic skills of photography and also possess excellent professional qualities， so that the best works can be shot in the practical shooting through the flexible application of the mastered skills of sports photography.

2.1 Basic Qualities Necessary for a Photographer to Possess

First of all， it is necessary to own a solid technical foundation and basic artistic accomplishments. The main shooting way of sports photography is capturing the instant movement. In this moment， whether photography technology can be applied in the right position can directly decide the success or failure of photographic works. Also， it is necessary for a photographer to skillfully make use of camera. In this process， the most important for him is to quickly and accurately focus. Focusing is a prerequisite for determining the resolution of image， and the key to the accurate focus lies in whether the speeds of diaphragm and shutter can be quickly controlled. The skills such as what diaphragm used in different light conditions and what shutter speed used in different forms of movements are necessary for a photographer to possess. It is also very important for a photographer to accurately find out the best focusing point.

Secondly， it is necessary for a photographer to possess innovative photography awareness and hard-working spirit. The movements in sports are often standardized to a certain degree. Under this standardization， there are regular shooting skills for most movements. However， what the works of art hates mostly is the sameness. At present， there are numerous people working in sports photography. Similar shooting angles and compositions often appear in the reports of the same sports events， and this is not conducive to the creation of the artistic uniqueness of photographic works. The life force of art lies in its originality， and how to make numerous photographic works stand out from the crowd lies in whether photographers have innovation ability. Therefore， it is necessary for a photographer to continually update photography awareness in the shooting process and take courage for exploring the way of innovation. Only in this way， more excellent photographic works can be promoted to stand out from the crowd.

From another perspective， a photographer is also required to possess a hard working spirit. To acquire an ideal shot， photographers are always in a state of full-attention， so as to prevent the missing of splendid shot.

2.2 Skills of Shooting and Their Application

Sports photography owns the fascination that other types of photography will never acquire. It has deeper difficulties than any other type of photography. It can't create light before shooting， and also can't make subjective processing on shot objects. The wonderful degree of sports photography depends on the perfect capture of a moment. Just because of the multiple characteristics， sports photography can possess its own unique charm； in the practical shooting process， how to master all types of shooting skills and flexibly use them is a reason for sports photographic works to achieve success. According to the characteristics of the sports photography， the shooting skills of sports photography are concluded from three aspects in this paper.

First of all， the key is to give an expression to the difficulty and speed of sport movements. The difficulties and speeds of movements are the main contents of sports competition， and the emphases of different forms of movements are also different. For example， the focus of track and field games or swimming competition lies in speed， and the flashing progress of the athletes is the largest watching focus of these types of sports； the emphasis of gymnastics， diving， wrestling and weightlifting lies in the difficulties of movements， and some sport forms such as Ping-pong and badminton integrate difficulty and speed together and thus show a high appreciation value. The foundation is to make proper shooting according to the characteristics of sports. In general， speed and difficulty are the common characteristics of sports. Therefore， the presented difficulty and speed of movements are particularly important.

Second， it is necessary to emphatically reflect the strength and mental state of athletes. The reason why sports competition makes the blood of people boiling lies in the strength and explosive mental strength presented by athletes in competition. This explosive mental strength is often very short but owns a strong appeal， and therefore it is the best time to shoot photographic works. As mentioned earlier， the presentation of the mental state of athletes is one of the important aesthetic characteristics of sports photographic works， and strength is the soul of sports and the weapon of athletes for achieving success. Therefore， presenting the strength with all means is indispensable for photographers. Now， it is necessary for photographers to adjust the technical means and follow the characteristics of sport items for the right shooting.

In addition， it is necessary to lay a stress on the effective absorption of atmosphere. Sports activities feature extensive participation. Both sports and audiences can very easily raise the high-peak atmosphere of different degree. Therefore， the presentation of the on-site atmosphere is also very important. In the process of shooting audiences， it is necessary to shoot with a wide angle scene in suitable angle， thus making atmosphere and scale presented together. There are winning and losing in all games. Athletes will also produce strong atmosphere in the face of success or failure. The joyfulness presented by the successful athletes is appealing. This is not only the important presentation of sports news， but also one of the expression ways for the charms of sports art. Thus， in shooting this successful joyfulness， it is necessary for photographers to the most effectively absorb this atmosphere， and present the limbs movements and facial expressions of characters with the most clear focus and light processing. As a result， the artistic effect of making people influenced by this joyfulness， once they see the photos， can be achieved. In the meantime， shooting the failure of athletes is also very important.

3. Conclusion

At present， the sports undertakings in China are in a vigorous and flourishing development； China's athletes have made extraordinary results in the countless sports games； Chinese people are showing the strong perseverance and steadfast spirit of Chinese nation with a new attitude to the world. Athletes have not only won numerous international honors for the motherland， but also have promoted the people of the whole country to produce an enormous pride feeling.

However， in this process， sports news photography has made a great construction in both communication speed and contents， all of these depend not only on the outstanding performances of China's athletes and also on the industrious work of sports news photographic workers.

It is firmly believed that China's athletes will further show a better state and achieve better results in the situation that China's sports undertakings are in the constant development and expansion.

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