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Has anybody photographed flyball before?


David we mostly do flyball. There are a few standard views to each run:
- the start (release).
- over the jumps (need some head-on, some side-on).
- the box. The box is not "easy" as dogs are right or left-handed and will often be turning away from you.
- crossovers. Good crossover shots depend on how good the team is.

Teams should run several times a day, so you get the opportunity to move from end to end or from the side to try for a few different angles for each team/dog.

Presentations at the end of the day: get teams to pose with their trophies. Members sometimes purchase individual "team shots", clubs sometimes purchase to hang in club-rooms.

Hope your event is outdoors. I have never seen really good results of indoor flyball shots.

We don't do a lot of Agility but it is mostly the same principles. Flyball jumps are low, so it is best to get a lower viewpoint than with agility shots: this is not always easy as you cannot go into the ring (distracts dogs) but there is always a light fence and not always easy to shoot through.

Would love to see some of your shots of the event, and hope you have good weather.

Nobody here does printing/selling on the day, which would work well. We put all shots on the website and people email us to order (lose the moment). On the business side there would be better ways of marketing - running my own dog gets in the way of running the business.



This is my little fellow Frodo, he runs for our club the Croydon Rockets, in the Space Cadets team.

We captioned this one "You will believe a dog can fly".

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