For once the boot's on the other foot for me ... I'm looking for suitable images.

I've written a book on photography, which is due to be published in the UK later this year, and I'm trying to illustrate it with as many photos of my own as possible.

But I can't cover everything. So I'm looking for  images to illustrate certain techniques.

At the moment I'm on the sports photography chapter and I need:

1)  A photo of amateurs playing a sport, any sport. That doesn't mean to say that they must be doing ridiculous things, but they must clearly be amateurs. So, a shot of footballers in a packed stadium just won't work.

2)  Two images of some high-speed sport (e.g. motor/motorcycle/horse racing) one using a low shutter speed and panning to give motion blur, the other at a high shutter speed to freeze action. Must be the same sport for both.

3)  Players or spectators showing some sort of emotion - anger, joy, frustration, etc.

4)  An alternative sports image, strong graphically - track markings, equipment, seats in a stadium or similar

5)  An image of an offbeat sport - tiddelywinks, cheese-rolling, bog-snorkelling, dwile flonking, whatever.

If anyone on the forum's got anything suitable let me know. I'd like to give first chance to fellow microstock groupies (and it saves me searching endlessly    ).

The publisher has an account with Fotolia, so it would be simplest if stuff is with them. But I may be able to persuade them to use another agency or even go private if the image is right.

here are a few that may work...

running track
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/6111206 [nonactive]
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/6111156 [nonactive]
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/6111148 [nonactive]
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/6125651 [nonactive]

outdoor basketball net
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/4936193 [nonactive]
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/4936170 [nonactive]

outdoor tennis court
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/4898508 [nonactive]
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/4898463 [nonactive]
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/4898404 [nonactive]

Thanks everyone. I knew you'd come up trumps. There's a whole pile of pictures to look through. I wish I could use them all  :-) 

 

take a look at these images

2 women 50 meters race

www.fotolia.com/id/401942
www.fotolia.com/id/401724

Hey Vangelis,
I really like your race shot! 

(always double check!!! )

Claude

I can try and push everything through to my fotolia portfolio if they want to buy it...

Got this one for motion panning if you like...


And this one for an amateur doing sport?  Got loads that could fit this brief too, rock climbers, could even dig through my sunday league football shots if you wanted something like that.



Some sports

They approved Marathon man this time:


I have just observed that images in the "Infinite collection" show a black FT logo next to them in searches.

Regards,
Adelaide

Here are a few from my port for youth/amateur sports for baseball and football...
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/4724501 [nonactive]
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/4692029 [nonactive]
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/4682025 [nonactive]
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/4724690 [nonactive]
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/4958357 [nonactive]
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/4958368 [nonactive]
newbielink:http://us.fotolia.com/id/4958386 [nonactive]

Here are a few from my port for youth/amateur sports for baseball and football...
http://us.fotolia.com/Member/IndexContent/4724501
http://us.fotolia.com/Member/IndexContent/4692029
http://us.fotolia.com/Member/IndexContent/4682025
http://us.fotolia.com/Member/IndexContent/4724690
http://us.fotolia.com/Member/IndexContent/4958357
http://us.fotolia.com/Member/IndexContent/4958368
http://us.fotolia.com/Member/IndexContent/4958386

Sorry ... those links take me nowhere