Ron Wyatt
“From Minor League to the Olympic Games: A Journey through the World of Sports Photography”
Sponsored by NIKON
Saturday Breakout Sessions 9-10:45 am and repeated 3-4:45 pm
Red Jacket Room
Join Sports photographer Ron Wyatt as he discusses capturing the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat in sports photography. Whether you’re an ambitious beginner, or a seasoned pro, Ron will cover equipment, camera set-up, and how to plan a shooting strategy. He’ll also emphasize the importance of knowing the game, how to have fun photographing sports and what it’s like to cover the Olympic Games. Before you know it, “play ball” will resound in neighborhood and ballparks across the land. Ron will help the family photo-bugs prepare for capturing action on and around the field. This is the perfect program to learn about the basics of sports photography, and see images of milestone sporting events captured by a true pro.
Bio
Ron Wyatt’s first experience with photography was an unsuccessful photo documentation of his honeymoon. Armed with a borrowed instamatic camera, he learned that camera shake will not produce great photos.
Ron, a self-taught photographer, has covered the NBA, NFL and Major League Baseball. He also photographed two Summer Olympic Games. His photos have appeared in various publications such as: USA Today, Black Enterprise Magazine, Time Magazine, Newsweek TV Guide, ESPN and others.
He currently covers corporate assignments for, Six Flags, Eastman Kodak, Continental Airlines, CVS, Pepsico, Verizon and many others. His photography has allowed him to travel to various parts of the world. Ron was assigned by Kodak to photograph two Summer Olympic Games, (Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008). His Olympic work was feature in the Nov. 2008 issue of Studio Photography and a 7-page spread in the July 2009 issue of RangeFinder Magazine.