Looking For a Sports Shooter Sponsor!

S.Horton wrote in post #7808978
I'd pay just to be able to buy the gear listed there.

are you referring to the classified sales or sponsor discounts?

Hey guys I support the idea of sportsshooter. And I think it's a great forum.

TheShooterMIssouri wrote in post #7809092
Hey guys I support the idea of sportsshooter. And I think it's a great forum.

I think any extra information is always going to help, I've already done a lot of reading and am enjoying it greatly.

I think that most that feel really negative about SS are those that really only frequent the message board. Personally, I think the board there does leave a bit to be desired as it has become a bit of a **** session as papers have been shutting down. Looking past the board, there's a ton of fantastic info there. Much is contained in articles that I have seen on where else on the web. Add to that the professional networking and classifieds and I'd say its worth the $25/yr.

I think SS is a great resource. Non-members can read articles, download videos, and so on. I got a GREAT article there once on how to do through the glass basketball shots.

The great thing about sportsshooter is the help you can get with harder techniques and tricks. Try asking someone around here how to run five remotes on a single set of strobes. You can learn a lot of basics and progress here but for a lot of harder techniques it is easier to get help there.

butcha27 wrote in post #7804325
I hadn't really looked into sports shooter. After reading this thread I thought I'd see if I was any chance without a sponsor. I threw a few recent images together and submitted them, I only used 8, I was hesitant to put something in to just make up the numbers.

I was accepted one day later. So it is not impossible to do, but take the time to select your better work, maybe even get a critique of each photo individually on here, if people find faults maybe it says it is one that should be omitted.

Here is my page so you can get an idea of what my submission was like - www.sportsshooter.com/​robshots


KJEphoto, are you still going to try? Happy to try and help with critiques etc if you are, and good luck too.

That is a really nice collection you submitted. Great work.

namasste wrote in post #7809581
I think that most that feel really negative about SS are those that really only frequent the message board. Personally, I think the board there does leave a bit to be desired as it has become a bit of a **** session as papers have been shutting down. Looking past the board, there's a ton of fantastic info there. Much is contained in articles that I have seen on where else on the web. Add to that the professional networking and classifieds and I'd say its worth the $25/yr.

I fully agree with Scott. I consider my $25 a year to be a good investment and have learned a huge amount from SS. While I agree there is a ton of good info on this site, there is also a lot of bad and totally incorrect information that can really side track a new user.

Because there are at least some entry level requirements to become an SS member, there is much less erroneous content because you can't start posting threads 10 minutes after taking your first camera out of the box. Like Scott mentioned, it is too bad so much of the chatter now is confined to the serious troubles in the newspaper industry.

I always wanted to be a sportshooter member. I was far too lazy to try and find a sponsor so I just submitted and was admitted a day later as well. Excellent source of information from many of the best in the industry. I was worried about my portfolio because it's almost all animal sports, but they didn't seem to mind.

http://www.sportsshoot​er.com/members.html?id​=8313

Access to the guide alone is worth $25/year, though most info is free the membership is well worth it. I've bought a few things on there that were "available to members only" and made some good connections.

S.Horton wrote in post #7808978
I'd pay just to be able to buy the gear listed there.

tomd wrote in post #7809064
are you referring to the classified sales or sponsor discounts?

Both.

I don't have anything to add to the forums, but I read them -- The buy/sell gear is what I wish I had access to.

Seems to me like you can find the same deals elsewhere--but the networking is great. If you are a student they run really sweet contests and stuff and you can get some really great portfolio reviews that are well thought out by big name professionals. I'm not nearly good enough to be a competitor in those but hopefully some day.

You can search on the site for sports shooters in your area, then you can put the bug in their ear (however that's really different from bugging them to help you). I had given up on it, being in a kinda limited rural area, and then a visiting photo journalist from Colorado asked if I wanted a sponsor. So just keep you head up and your eyes and ears open. Also they seem to stress having good captions, so follow the AP guide and you should be okay. In their words "buy your favorite copy editor lunch and sit down and get it straight."

I was looking for a sponsor too last week, and emailed Bruce Ely - an old cat from SS, but by the time i got an answer from him (which was positive) i already took my chances and signed in with the non sponsor method.
Had no problem and in 3 days i got activated.

www.sportsshooter.com/​radurosca

I have a sponsor but not sure if I would need to use her. Here is a sample of some images I have over the last few years.
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I say you can go ahead and apply. These great images you posted here will help you make it. Just remember to use a good caption. Sometimes that makes the difference.

http://www.sportsshoot​er.com …ge_display.html​?tid=36374

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