Adrian Dennis is a sports photographer known for capturing candid moments at sporting events. He photographs a wide range of sports, including rugby, football, and auto racing. Many of his photos depict athletes celebrating goals or victories, capturing their emotions. Dennis aims to get full body shots to show facial expressions. His photos are often unplanned moments occurring in the heat of competition. He analyzes two of Dennis' photos, noting how they capture emotion and the techniques used like shutter speed, rule of thirds, and depth of field. While praising Dennis' ability to capture emotion and good positioning, he criticizes putting too much focus on the background and including too much empty space.

1. Unit 57: Photography and
Photographic Practice
Research of other photographers
work (P1, M1, D1)
Photographer: Adrian Dennis
http://adriandennis.com/

4. Theme or focus of images
The photographs above are the work of photographer Adrian Dennis who is known for his sports
photography along with news and portrait .But is mainly connected to sports ,he takes photos of a large

5. range of sports including rugby ,football and driving .He has also done photography for the Olympic and
Paralympics games as well as other large sports events .Most of his shots are usually done when a person
is celebrating there goal or victory but there are a few acceptations just like the one with the car being
tipped over .A lot of this photographers work are usually done by taking pictures of people but again there
are a few acceptations where he takes cars racing .With the pictures of people he usually makes sure that
their full body and face are in the picture this allows them to get all of the emotion that the person is
showing us .For example if the person has just won a major victory you can see the joy in his faecal
emotion , and if he has just lost you can see the pain in his face. The photographer sometimes takes people
of multiple people instead of just one . Most of his photos are not originally planed out they are ones that
tend to happen in the heart of the moment this shows that the quality of the image really depends on the
position of the athletes on the day so luck has a major part of his work .The lighting of most of his work is
usually done by the stadium that the atheist are performing in since most of the events that he take photos
for are usually televised the lighting will already be set up for the cameras for TV .The lighting will also
differ depending on the time of day and weather.
I shall now look some of the photographs that have been done by this particular photographer .The first
one that I shall have a look at is the photo that is second from the top. In this photo we can see a football
team ( I can't recognise which one) scoring a goal in a game .We can see five people at the front of the
photo three of them are showing joy that they have just scored a goal each of them are looking at the ball
wail smiling , the other two are also looking at the ball but their emotions that are given of are the
complete opposite they are showing that they are disappointed or annoyed that they could not defend the
net . The ball is also in the shot it is in mid air this gives a slight anticipation that will the ball go in the net or
not . We can also see net but it is not in focus it is another for us to tell that the shot has been taken behind
the net but not focus enough for it to draw our attention . We can see that there is a crowed in the
background but they are not in focus so it does not draw are eye but I believe that it is too in focus the
crowd should not be in focus at all .The camera is positioned behind the net from behind the wall that
splits the athletes from the fans . It has been taken in a crouching position tilted both up and clockwise to
give the photo a slight angle .One thing I do not like about this shot is that it has too much of the sky in the
shot and a lot of the space looks empty if he positioned it lower I think it would look better.
The next image that I shall have a look at is the third from the top . This is a photograph that was taken in
the Paralympics games I believe that this was taken in the hundred meter sprint . In this photo we see a
British Paralympics athlete winning a race . In this we can see all of the emotion that are given off by all the
competes in the race .For example with the British competitor we can see that he is giving of the emotion
of joy and pride. We can see that he is shouting something to the crowd this was probably him cheering at
the fact that he has won this race .This photo can also show us the strain that this race has put on all the
competitors this shows how much they have tried to get to the point that they have . This photograph does
not have match of a background ,the only thing that is used is the rest of the racing track this is in full focus
aging just like the last one I don't like that they have the background in focus . When taking this photo the
photographer would need to be very fast in order to get the right timing to make the photo look as good as
it possibly can . The positioning of the camera has been taken from within the stands the camera has then
been tilted downwards at the athletes .
Composition
The composition of all the shots changes depending on where the photographer is steadied in the
stadium . Most of the time he aspires to be in the front around the side of the felid but there are times
when he has been in a stand looking down at the athletes .Depending on where he is he will tilt the camera
lances ether up or down and occasionally tilt the camera to the side .The photographer will always zoom in
on the athletes this is because the shot would be too far away if he did not zoom in from the distend they
have . He also to just get the athletes in the photo and try to cut out as much of the crowd as possible .
Techniques used

6. Think shutter speeds- I think that the use of shutter speed was thought about during this i think that the
shutter speed would be very high since there is a lot of movement but very little motion blear . I think that
the shutter speed would be somewhere around the 1/250 to 1/500 depending on what happens on the
shot .then aperture would then need to match this so it would need to be F16 or something near this .
Then the IOS would be around the 200 to 300 mark .
rule of thirds - The photographer has used the rule of thirds . For example with the pitcher of the
Paralympics runners in this one it has two of the runners on the integrating lines .Also with the last picture
the footballer is also on the integrating lines this is meant to draw the eyes of the viewers.
depth of field-the depth of field is only slightly out of focus behind the centre image this would have an
aperture of something around the F 16 or something near that maybe more near F16 but it would be really
hard to be exact
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
He is very good at capturing emotion
Good positioning
Weaknesses
I think they put too much focus on the background
There is too much space with nothing in it

7. Think shutter speeds- I think that the use of shutter speed was thought about during this i think that the
shutter speed would be very high since there is a lot of movement but very little motion blear . I think that
the shutter speed would be somewhere around the 1/250 to 1/500 depending on what happens on the
shot .then aperture would then need to match this so it would need to be F16 or something near this .
Then the IOS would be around the 200 to 300 mark .
rule of thirds - The photographer has used the rule of thirds . For example with the pitcher of the
Paralympics runners in this one it has two of the runners on the integrating lines .Also with the last picture
the footballer is also on the integrating lines this is meant to draw the eyes of the viewers.
depth of field-the depth of field is only slightly out of focus behind the centre image this would have an
aperture of something around the F 16 or something near that maybe more near F16 but it would be really
hard to be exact
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
He is very good at capturing emotion
Good positioning
Weaknesses
I think they put too much focus on the background
There is too much space with nothing in it