Since publishing the sports image on the blog from the Clemson game, I’ve received a number of questions from former students and friends about how to approach sports photography.

1)      Practice, Practice, Practice. When you shoot sports, you are testing your reflexes. The question becomes, can you be as fast as the players. The more you shoot, the better you will be.

Quick Tip: If you like tennis and shooting sports photography, you're in luck. Playing tennis builds great hand-eye coordination, which is something you'll need when covering sports.

2) Follow the ball. Train your eyes to follow the ball and not the players. The players, paticuarly the quarterback, are doing everything they can to mislead the defense with their hands and eyes so it's critical to lock onto the ball and watch where it goes in order to follow the action.

Here, the running back fakes a handoff from the QB.

More tips on shooting sports will be published throughout the week.