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News
Matt gets rear ended and Ryu goes to Japan to shoot some women’s sumo.

Assignment Desk
Light. Must say, it’s getting better. This one was the best of 2016 in terms of quality of photos entered.  Good job.  Now get us some more. More people should participate, because it’s, you know, free. For your next assignment, you are responsible for …

Masterclass
… objects in the foreground.  I did say 33.33% of your frame should be covered by an object (subject) in the foreground.  The main subject should be in the rear and in focus. Good luck.

Pledge QQQs
Questions from the Patreon pledgers:
-Flash and cycling photography?
-How many sports images do you sell per match?
-How to increase your chance in getting an accreditation / credential for a match?
-Cropping?
-Calibrating 400mm lens?
-Senior photographers?

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Cross-Counter
None.  Please send us websites or personal websites of sports photographers that we can talk about.  Tell us saveme@biglensfastshutter.com

Special thanks to…
Our producer Robb Massar
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Training Ground
Training Ground is now on video. If you’d like to participate (and we think you should), enter your pictures in the Flickr thread and make sure to tag them.

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