Soccer Goals

Saturday April 18th was my sister's first soccer match of the season. So instead of chilling at home, I tagged along and my cousins also came too. She had team pictures at 8 am, and her match started at 9. Her pictures were over by 8:15, which left 45 minutes of waiting around until her match at 9. Good thing I brought my camera because the wait time was a great time to pictures. It was relatively warm and the sun was starting to dry the dew. In those 45 minutes, her team prepared for the match with warm-ups and things, which left my cousins and I bored. There were other fields around the place that were empty, and since my cousins are soccer players too, they practiced some soccer. Which left me to myself. Making myself useful, I went around and took pictures of my cousins in action. 

This was the white, spray-painted end line. I guess there's nothing interesting about this picture except its structure. There's always talk about the 2/3rds rule. That rule says that you shouldn't place your subject directly in the middle. In this case, there's only one subject. I thought about the 2/3rds rule when I took this picture but it just didn't make sense. If the white line was off center, it would make the picture unbalanced. Therefore, I tried making the line as symmetrical in the picture as I could. 

The classy soccer ball picture. You can easily identify where the source of light is coming from in this picture. (The sun is shining on the left.) But theres an unecessary shadow on the left side. I think that's the head of my cousin, which could have been easily avoided. 

The final picture. The final goal. This was of my cousin scoring a goal. Actually, it was a practice goal (since they were just playing around, one was goalkeeper and the other was scoring).To me, this is a great shot because the lighting makes the shadows visible. And if you are paying attention to the shadows of the ball, it is positioned to confirm the ball is in the air. The field of depth is great because it cuts off right behind him. And it would've been better if he was wearinng his cleats, but that is understandable to me because he just came to watch my sister's game and didn't know he would be playing around. 

I also got a great shot of my sister during her game. It was of her sprinting with the ball with no one around her. So photographically, it was a good picture because there weren't any players around to distract the audience from the subject. I showed it to her after the game and she loved it. Her hair was flying and she was in a great position. Sadly, her team lost that first game of the season. Oh well, there's always next time. But, not always with photography. :)