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Welcome to an introspective series a journey depicting visual artistry with emphasis on a variety of multimedia mediums.

As a multimedia specialist that's also a budding photographer it's my aspiration to take great pictures with every opportunity.

Sports has been an area of interest for me as a younger person so as a result I have a unique vantage point to photographing sports.

Being aware of your surroundings, using natural light effectively, and understanding how to manage challenging lighting conditions are crucial.

It's a belief that it's most important your focus is to capture the action, emotion, and intensity of each game.

This involves understanding your camera settings, using appropriate techniques like panning or freezing action, and being ready to react to the flow of the game.

"At sports events I don't want to think about my camera, I want to focus on the action. If you're thinking about shutter speed or what different buttons do, you're not in the match or event. I'll change settings during a match but so quickly, it's instinctive. Take your camera everywhere and shoot all the time. Only then will you understand what it's capable of."   Tom Jenkins

One of the best at capturing the moment is Tom Jenkins a multi-award-winning sports photographer for The Guardian newspaper.

Tom has been all over the world covering sports events and personalities for The Guardian and Observer newspapers

Over the past 30 years, he has covered major sporting events – including six football World Cups and five summer Olympic Games, five Rugby World Cups, 20 Wimbledon tennis championships and numerous others shares some extraordinary insights i.e. best functions to increase your hit rate while revealing how he captured some of the most breathtaking moments in sports.

Top 5 Takes

* Know your sport
* Ready for action
* It's not all about the lenses
* Rule your equipment
* Experiment with shutter speed

Tom realized his learning and loving photography in school then approached a career associated with sport from a different angle.

In 1989 Tom started freelancing for Allsport agency and The Independent and Sunday Telegraph newspapers. 
By 1990 he began to get more regular work for The Guardian later adding The Observer after its acquisition in 1993.

In an interview with Rachel Segal Hamilton & Kathrine Anker Tom Jenkins goes into greater detail explaining the aforementioned insights.  

Tom shares his mindset in a journey making him one of the best "You know, photography that you put in an art gallery, that people have to take time to stand and digest … I was never into that, really. I wanted to take pictures that people could relate to immediately".

Tom says photographing for The Guardian, his images have to catch readers' attention instantly but his winning shots often happen by accident.

A prime example is the photo that earned him first prize in the sports singles category of the 2017 World Press Photo contest. It captures jockey Nina Carberry in mid-air as her horse and others fall at a fence at the Grand National steeplechase. When Tom captured the iconic picture, he was too busy manning five cameras – a mixture of Canon EOS-1D X and Canon EOS 5D Mark IV bodies with different lenses – to realize that he had just caught a winning shot. In the fast-paced sports photography arena, Tom lives by a few rules to make sure he gets the best shot, even if it is by chance.

The visual side of journalism has changed and developed in the last few years Tom has started venturing into making short films for website use as part of multimedia projects.

More about Tom Jenkins:

https://www.canon.ge/pro/stories/tom-jenkins-better-sports-photography-tips/