I've thought this numerous times when I see the paintball photographers at big games, snapping shots of all the action: " How do these guys resist the temptation to put that camera down, grab a paintball gun, and jump into the fun !!? " 
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It’s just another hobby. Shooting live action sports is a challenge for photographers. Much easier with todays technology. But to get good shots and you know the ones I’m talking about. It takes skill, money and Balls. Cuz who wants a paintball down the pipe of your $3k lens.
Lots of people make money with them as well. Like event photos. It’s been a while but I remember many teams throwing good money at photographers at PSP and NPPL events and that was back when anyone could walk on the field and take photos. Now you need a media pass. But photographers can shoot multiple different teams in the same day it’s a decent pay day for them often cash to.
Most all of the photographers are players to. Some get injured and cant play anymore, some just do it for the action shots. I have a buddy who use to ref but takes photos of events because he gets to watch the games from the best view in the game. Like a ref but don’t have the responsibility of watching a zone and gets payed more. He travels to all the events to take photos and it pays for him to go to the next. He takes great shots to. Some places like OSG use it for promoting. Everybody who has played at OSG knows Toms Ryan’s photos and they adorn all of Facebook it’s great marking. I purchased a few of my wife and I playing there together and they hang on my wall.
Tom takes some really cool photos. Check ‘em out.
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Thankfully, no. The ball hit the rim rather than directly on the glass, and I had what was basically a clear ('neutral density") filter on the front as scratch-and-dust protection.
I just hosed the goop out of the inside of the hood, wiped down the filter, and later that evening, cleaned out the filter threads.
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Yeah I'll use my $200 lense. Might not come out as crisp, but my wallet doesn't mind
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There is a market for it and I think they can get a decent amount during their weekend.
I was happy to buy couple from Sheldon Carless after the Wasaga Big game. Even my family where interested looking at some pictures of the big game. Help them to understand the fun we have playing
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I have bought photos from Sheldon from 2 Ultimate Paintball events, but not from Wasaga! He captured all you guys in the photos, except me ! Maybe I got shot out too much and spent too much time in the deadbox!Originally posted by Alexndl View Post
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Sometimes I shoot at them so they feel included.
Just kidding! I feel terrible when I hit a photographer but sometimes they startle me. 😬Comment
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Anyone here shoot events/freeplay regularly? What kind of set-ups?
I'm planning on getting back into paintball after taking around 10 years, would be fun to integrate one of my new hobbies (photography) with it.Comment
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My girlfriend usually plays with me, but she's recovering from knee surgery. She still wanted to come out last weekend (Gangs of NY, APE), so I gave her my Nikon. She still had a blast, sans a few times when she got lit up, but she just yelled at them and kept going. She got some really good shots of the games.
I love photography myself, but I also love paintball, so it would be a really tough choice to drop the marker and shoot some games, even though I know I could capture some sweet action shots.Comment
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Here's some tips: Zoom lense, UV filter, and slow down the shutter speed to catch the paintballs flying and splattering.Comment
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Yes, but you have to pay attention to what is focusing on. Sometimes it will focus on a twig in front of what you're trying to shoot.
Oh and get a big memory card to take as many pictures as possible. Not every snapshot is going to be great.
Oh and it's easier to use the screen as a viewfinder. Can't really put the camera right up to your eye with a mask on.
Oh and cover your camera with a big ziplock bag and just cut a hole to expose the lense. If you think cleaning paint out of your marker sucks, try cleaning paint out of a camera.
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It's also worth keeping in mind that getting the actual splat on a goggle or something is basically blind luck. That big camera I posted up above was the fastest available at the time, and could take eight frames per second. That sounds fast, but a ball at just 250 FPS can travel over thirty feet between those frames. I can't count the number of times where I got a perfect goggle shot... between frames. Frame 1, goggles are clean. Frame 2, there's a splatmark. The hit and cloud of spray only lasts maybe a hundredth of a second- so it's basically pure luck if the camera catches that at just the right time.
(The sports photographers have the same lament- getting a picture of the baseball in contact with the bat, is incredibly rare, because it, too, happens in just a small fraction of a second.)
The guys that get the great shots, they burn through cards and batteries. It wouldn't surprise me if, these days, one of the pros came back from an event with anywhere from 5,000 to 10,000 images. And out of those, less than 1% are going to be good, and out of that 1%, just a bare few will be great.
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I am not a paintball photographer but a teammate "Paintball Junkie" was and when our team would go to events he'd play for a couple hours then go back out and take action shots and then go back to playing. Whenever there was a break in the game the camera came back out. Other time Junkie was asked to cover an event and was paid so he would go and shoot the event, there were a few times some of us went along to help out with the non-candid shots.
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what about the question: How can so many people play paintball and NOT be tempted to pick up a camera and take a few shots...
i believe its about where your interests lie. some people lave photographing or rendering cars but as far as the engine goes, its just another piece of the car. other people put allot of time and money into the engine and leave the appearance alone.
as a player you might think one way, as a photographer, you might think another.Comment
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