Secret Diary of a Seasoned Snapper
All photos ©Al Macphee/MiraclePR With Super Bowl 2023 coming up this weekend, I decided I would shake things up a bit and cover some American football. Now, the UK season doesn’t start until April, so I got in touch with the Torbay Trojans, our local American football team, who happened to be training in Plymouth … Read more
Documentary photography: All photographs © Al Macphee/MiraclePR Documentary photography is capturing the atmosphere using fly-on-the-wall photography. It covers anything that moves naturally and is related to the subject you want to record. Documentary photography at weddings and sports events I work with the documentary photography style at weddings. I sit down in a corner where I … Read more
South Devon Football League action from Coach Road. As a club photographer, make sure you contact the venue in advance for permission to take pictures. © Al Macphee/MiraclePR Protecting your equipment – and yourself! Let’s start with something that a new club photographer might not think about: keeping their equipment safe. It’s not just a … Read more
FA Vase: All photographs © Al Macphee/MiraclePR The FA Vase challenge Working with the local press in the 21st Century is very different to how it used to be. Things have changed a lot even in the last ten years. Many local newspapers now come under the umbrella of large commercial publishers and editors have responsibility … Read more
South Devon Football League photographs © Al Macphee/MiraclePR The South Devon football 6 team challenge In a recent radio interview with David Hammond for Riviera FM‘s Sports Roundup, I mentioned how setting yourself a challenge can help keep things fresh for a sports photographer. Since Neil (press officer) and I hadn’t covered any South Devon Football … Read more
How to photograph sports: part 2. All photographs © Al Macphee/MiraclePR See my previous post, How To Photograph Sports: Part 1 for tips on framing the action, checking fixtures and my number one piece of advice! Please bookmark this blog or, even better, sign up to my mailing list to stay connected. How to photograph … Read more
All photography © Al Macphee/MiraclePR Saturday 7th August 2021 – Throgmorton Champions Cup Final photography & Ilsington presentations (then home for a party) Every job has its unique needs which you have to cater for. For the Throgmorton Champions Cup final, I needed to dig the astro turf boots out of the cupboard. The artificial … Read more
How to photograph sports: Part 1. All photographs © Al Macphee/MiraclePR Whether you are an amateur sports photographer looking to turn pro, a photography student looking for tips to improve or someone fresh out of school looking into future career ideas, my series of How To articles will provide you with valuable tips and strategies … Read more
All photographs, including bride and groom photography © Al Macphee/MiraclePR Thursday 15th July 2021 – Torquay United WFC Portrait Shots (Green Screen) The first thing you do is make a kit list for the job that’s ahead and pack the car. So we’ve got green screen, background supports and floodlights or flash lights. This one … Read more