How?

[Maloney™]

Do you get on the sidelines for sporting events to do photography?

I am a photography "noob," by the way.

[ssim]

You need to talk to the venue and the team. In many cases you need to be sponsored by a reputable media company that has reason to be there. Having a website full of sports pictures doesn't really do it.

Depending on the level of the sport in question, most have a set of criteria for allowing photographers onto sidelines. In some cases the venue may have more stringent criteria than the team. The most restrictive of the two will normally apply.

[Travisj]

Without knowing what you are trying to get into it’s kind of hard to give you the answers you might need but here’s what I do. I only cover high school, jr. and pee wee type of events. I do cover them at times for a local paper and I do have a photo Id from said paper. Still at a minimum I ask the coach and the referees to make sure there aren’t going to be any problems and to let them know that I am there and why. Helps them to know I’m not just a relative of one of the players flocking out from the stands.

[butcha27]

It is best to gain some experience and look at getting the right equipment. Often you may not be allowed unless you are covering it for a puiblication. Start at a lower level where access is easy and try to pick up some work that way. Then you may slowly progress. It can be a ver competitive market, depepnding on where you're from.