Today has been a very wet day for me: shooting the Head of the Gorge rowing regatta from an umpire safety boat under rain, followed by a soccer match under even heavier rain (but from a relative comfort of a tent, which was set up just for me). My gear (Canon EOS-1D X
I took about 4,500 images from the rowing race and about 1,000 images from the soccer match. Having just finished going through the rowing photos, I must say, the rowing action is not as exciting as soccer, because the motion of the rowers is very repeatable. To add some variety to the final selection of photos, I mix the action shots (both closeups of the facial expressions and wider shots of the entire crew) with portraits of the athletes and the coaches.
During the soccer game, I was confined to the location of the tent, while usually I like to move around the pitch to shoot different perspectives of the action. Fortunately, today’s extreme weather conditions added sufficient interest to the shots. Another plus of the cold, rainy weather was a free cup of hot chocolate, courtesy of UVic.
