World Series Question

I have been closely watching the World Series and noticed a couple things. In Boston (where I am from,

which means I am a happy camper), the photographer wells are on either side of the dugouts with

temporary wells on the third base (visitor) side. I notice at Fenway a lot of 400, 500, 600mm lenses and

all Canons with the exception of one Nikon. There were no cameras behind home plate. None of this

surprises me. The only thing that did was that one photographer was using a pocket wizard with what

looked to be a short 70-200 or something close to that. How could you use a pocket wizard at a Red Sox

game. He was located behind the on deck circle on the home side.

Second question: At Coors Field, I could not detect photographers wells in the same place they are at

Fenway. But I did notice that there were cameras set up behind the screen behind home plate. Some were

big lenses. How do you shoot through the screen? And where are the photographers if they are not in the

same places as at Fenway.

Thanks, paul

The pocket wizard was more than likely connected to a remote camera somewhere in the

stadium. Many of the shooters will have remotes high up or out in the outfield. When he

takes a shot of someone swinging, he gets more frames of the shot from different angles

around the stadium.

As for the locations, every stadium is different for photo locations, some have 2 pits on

each side of the dugouts, some have one, some are lost to add more seats, some are down

the lines, between bullpens, in baskets on the second level, etc. More than likely, any

place that there is a tv camera, there are still photographers and/or remotes. Also,

shooting through the screen is easy. Just use a 2.8 lens or wider and go.

Here is a shot I took at a college summer league game through the screen behind home.

One thing it does is give you interesting bokah

http://www.fredmiranda.com/hosting-data//5262/28569FAIR01.jpg