Ok – I rarely take photos of people, I never felt I was very good at it. However, every once in a while I get a situation that works well for me to do so and I get some lucky shots that work….
Dupont is one of the guards for Blue Ventures to keep an eye on the volunteers and the area that we stayed in – not that I ever felt there was a need for a security guard, but there were definitely other benefits to having the security guards on-site. One of which was that Dupont is very athletic and would often help to organize beach volleyball games, which I very much enjoyed! So when he invited me to come watch his futbol match the one day, I figured it was definitely an opportunity to take the camera and get some photos…
It was fun to take the photos with the long telephoto and use the high frame rate of the camera to freeze the action.
And as I said, sometimes I get lucky and get a decent photograph of a person… I really like this shot of Dupont as the teams were preparing for the match…
Oh and one other thing… I was really impressed with the athleticism of these guys… It was probably in the high 80s and very sunny, but you can clearly see that the field is not a manicured lawn like most associate with sports – there were plenty of rocks in that field too – and many of the guys were playing barefoot!
