Amateur Sports

Sooner or later, most photographers decide to try their hand at shooting some kind of sport. It might be your kids sporting events or your friends amateur leagues or a professional game that you shoot as a spectator from the stands. Let’s look at a few pointers for getting some better shots.
Dive!
Week four of the theme competition. Heading into the final stretch now, so don’t forget to make your guesses. Action from the 2008 National Intercollegiate Athletics Games.
X-Bikes Get Air
Thursday photo in the theme competition is from the Taipei Cycle Show earlier this year.
Chinese Taipei v Taipei City FC
Chinese Taipei’s national football team met Taipei City FC, an all-star team comprising the top foreign players from the various Taipei teams, at Zhongshan Soccer Stadium. Photos by Craig Ferguson and Selina Tseng. ©Craig Ferguson Images 2008
Taiwan University Games
The National Intercollegiate Athletics Games (NIAG) are Taiwan’s university games. Beginning on May 9th and running until the 13th, over 12 000 athletes representing 169 universities and colleges in Taiwan will be competing. As the biggest sporting event in Taiwan prior to the Beijing Olympics, these games will feature members of the Chinese Taipei Olympic [...]
Tour de Taiwan 2008
The Tour de Taiwan is a professional cycling race and is the tenth race on the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) 2007-08 Asian tour. UCI is the world governing body for professional cycling with headquarters in Switzerland. The 2008 Tour de Taiwan feaures eight stages, beginning with a 40 lap, 88km criterium around the Love River, [...]
2008 CIHL Taipei Cup International Hockey Tournament – more photos
Some more photos from the hockey tournament. For a full report, take a look at the previous post about the 2008 Taipei Cup International Hockey Tournament.
