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I was looking back at my two main football photos from the two games I covered on Saturday and was happy that I was able to capture a nice peak action shot in both games. I also realized that after all the work that goes in to covering both games, the photos represent less than two seconds of my day. The shutter speed settings for my Pittsburg State photo was 1/4000th of a second and my St. Mary's Colgan photo was set at 1/500th of a second. Timing and being in a spot to capture a moment is everything when covering sports. Normally I am a fraction early or a fraction late when I take a photo at a game. The photos are still usable, but the peak moment of a play is what I am after. So, it is a good day when two show up in the viewfinder. It doesn't really matter how fast your camera shoots -my camera can take four frames a second- it is all about timing and pushing the shutter release button at the correct moment. Every now and then I do it right. When I don't get the peak moment it motivates me to keep trying. As long as the athletes keep making plays, the opportunity and challenge to capture the peak moments will be there as well.
Sean Steffen has been a staff photographer at the Morning Sun since 2007. He has been a photojournalist for more than eight years.
The purpose of this blog is to document life in southeast Kansas, one photograph at a time.
