I had a small series of posts myself on shooting football, focused a bit more on the technical aspects of equipment choices and lighting.

http://shuttersounds.thedailynathan.com/2008/09…

Great question. I think I know what you mean. Feel free to link me to your version of the crop.

I did an alternate version of my crop here: http://jessicalum.com/blog/2009/10/04/college-f…

I think that either way would work, as long as the player is not dead center in the frame. You're right, typically crops allow more space in the direction the subject is looking.

However, in the example image, I chose to leave the negative space behind him to imply movement from an area. He's the quarterback, so it's notable that he's rushing out from the pocket. I still left some space on the right of him as well, since he needs room to look and move into.

I used the alternately cropped photo for a casual game wrap on my blog last month. Composition-wise, this crop does look better, since we tend to look at photos like we read, left to right.

Thank you for pointing this out. Not only does cropping improve the composition of the photo, it can be used to add or focus the narrative of a photograph.

I had a small series of posts myself on shooting football, focused a bit more on the technical aspects of equipment choices and lighting.

http://shuttersounds.thedailynathan.com/2008/09…

Great question. I think I know what you mean. Feel free to link me to your version of the crop.

I did an alternate version of my crop here: http://jessicalum.com/blog/2009/10/04/college-f…

I think that either way would work, as long as the player is not dead center in the frame. You're right, typically crops allow more space in the direction the subject is looking.

However, in the example image, I chose to leave the negative space behind him to imply movement from an area. He's the quarterback, so it's notable that he's rushing out from the pocket. I still left some space on the right of him as well, since he needs room to look and move into.

I used the alternately cropped photo for a casual game wrap on my blog last month. Composition-wise, this crop does look better, since we tend to look at photos like we read, left to right.

Thank you for pointing this out. Not only does cropping improve the composition of the photo, it can be used to add or focus the narrative of a photograph.

I don't actually know alot about american fotball, but it seems very intense, and you include some great tips for sports overall.