Swim & Dive

04. SPRING SPORTS SWIMMING & DIVING

AT SWIM AND DIVE MEETS there are often multiple swimmers from a single school in the water at the same time. This can cause some difficulty when trying to make sure you capture all of your athletes. In addition to the swimmers, there may also be diving heats firing at the same time. The weather plays an important factor in outdoor meets. Make sure to keep an eye on your settings to ensure correctly exposed images, as sudden clouds can make a drastic change in exposure. When indoors, the lighting will be difficult to master, but once you have the settings figured out, it shouldn’t change throughout the meet. In a lot of meets, a bulkhead will be placed across the pool to separate the competition area and the warm up area. This is a good place to stand/sit. Timing is the most crucial, as it’s the difference between capturing a swimmer’s face and the top of their cap.

SAFETY SHOTS

Great images to capture include swimmers leaving their starting wedge/ ledge, swimmers looking to the clock/scoreboard to see how well they did. For diving, look for athletes spinning and twisting as they move through the air.