我和運動攝影的偶遇 | My Encounter with Sports Photography
作為一位中學生，我曾認為成為一名「攝影師」是遙不可及的專業工作。因此，在最初的時候，我只自稱為學校攝影工作人員（影相仔）。直到我開始參與各個學校的運動比賽，我的師弟們戲稱我為「攝影師」，我才漸漸接受這個稱謂。
我們學校沒有同學為在學界比賽中拼搏的運動員拍攝照片。說實話，起初我並不是一個熱愛運動的人，完全沒有想過在中學生涯中會接觸到運動這一領域，更不用說運動攝影了。
正如前文所提到的，因為我是學校攝影學會的成員，只要學校有活動需要攝影，我就會參與其中。有一次，原本應該舉行的學校籃球比賽因為天雨取消了，但令人意外的是，在宣布取消比賽後不久，雨卻停了。我心想既然已經攜帶著相機，就和朋友一起前往田徑場。正是從那一刻開始，我踏上了我的第一步運動攝影之旅，也因此開始參與學校田徑學會。
第一次拍攝運動時，我拿著從老師那裡借來的長焦鏡頭（不得不說，Sigma 150-600 簡直就像是負重訓練），突然發現運動攝影原來如此有趣，一開始接觸運動攝影，我對各項參數（快門速度、光圈要如何調教；要使用什麼對焦模式等等）都不是很純熟。在接下來的幾天裡，我和體育科主任聊天時，他建議我可以考慮拍攝運動員們的學界比賽。從那時起，我開始在各個學校隊的學界比賽中穿梭遊歷，亦因此見證著許多運動員在這一年的學界征途中的成長。
運動攝影，看似只是拍攝一張照片給運動員放在社交媒體，對我來說，卻是為各校隊同學留下奮鬥的紀錄，以及一個團隊的成長，即便到最後沒太多人留意我的攝影「工作」（應該更多是興趣吧），我依然希望這些照片能成為大家成長與努力的證據。
As a high school student, I used to think that becoming a "photographer" was an unreachable profession (at least it sounds like a pro job). Therefore, I only referred to myself as a school photography staff member (aka "the photography guy") at school. It wasn't until I started photographing in various school sports competitions that my juniors jokingly called me a "photographer," and I gradually accepted this title.
In our school, there were no classmates taking photos of athletes competing in the school sports events. To be honest, I wasn't someone who loved sports initially (at all! Imagine you have to hit the track every day), and I never thought I would get involved in the field of sports, let alone sports photography, during my high school years.
As mentioned earlier, because I was a member of the school photography club, I would participate whenever the school had events that required photography. One time, a basketball game that was supposed to take place at the school got canceled due to rain, but surprisingly, the rain stopped shortly after the announcement. I thought to myself, since I already had my camera with me, I would go to the with my friends (I got nowhere to go since my schedule was marked). It was from that moment that I embarked on my first journey of sports photography and started participating in the school's track and field association.
During my first sports photography session, I held a telephoto lens borrowed from a teacher (I have to say, the Sigma 150-600 felt like weight training, I should've trained my biceps so it wouldn't be sour haha). I suddenly realized how interesting sports photography could be. At the beginning of my encounter with sports photography, I wasn't very familiar with various parameters such as shutter speed, aperture settings, or which focusing mode to use. Over the next few days, while chatting with the chairperson of the Physical Education Panel (who he is also the Track and Field Team coach and my PE teacher), he suggested that I could consider photographing the athletes in their inter-school competitions. From then on, I began to join various school team's journeys in inter-school competitions, witnessing the growth of many athletes throughout the year with my camera.
Sports photography may seem like just taking a photo for athletes to post on social media, but for me, it is about capturing the records of struggle for the students in various school teams and the growth of a team. Even if not many athletes pay attention to my photography "work" (probably more like a hobby), I still hope that these photos can serve as evidence of everyone's growth and efforts throughout the year.
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