Sports Photography: Making the Shot with Al Bello

Al Bello

Capture the Action in Your Sports Images

Sports Photography: Making the Shot
  • 6 video lessons
  • 1 hour and 25 minutes of class content
  • Streaming access on desktop and mobile browsers
  • 100% satisfaction guarantee

It’s unpredictable and happens in a fleeting moment; the game winning point, the facial expression of success, the underdog coming from behind moment. Capturing athletes in their sport not only takes a quick shutter, but also the right prep and creativity to stand out. Al Bello is an award-winning photographer and the Chief Sports Photographer in North America for Getty Images. He has covered 11 Olympic games and has photographed numerous well-known athletes. 

In this course you’ll learn:

  • What to look for to get a successful and creative action shot 
  • How to prepare for a variety of sporting events 
  •  The behind the scenes in capturing unique and timeless images including an in depth look into underwater sports
Learn how to prep and capture sporting events and stand out in a field of photographers.  
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Course Instructor

Al Bello

Al Bello

Al Bello graduated with a Liberal Arts degree from the University of New York at Stony Brook in 1989. In March of 1990 Al worked as Darkroom Manager for The Ring boxing magazine. Al soon found his way by photographing boxing on a weekend basis while processing, and printing film during the week. In 1993 Al landed a position as a junior photographer at Allsport  which is now a part of Getty images.

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  • Zoltán T. Jun 1, 2018

    I do recommend watching this class when is on air for free, but in my opinion it doesn't worth 50$ as of 06.2018. In the first half, the instructor is presenting images he took through his career, which are really inspiring for the future sport photographers. In the second half, he explains how exactly he had done those shown previously and others too. Take in consideration that the instructor is working for Getty Images, so he has the connections, the tools, the needs, the motivation to achieve what he is presenting. Most of us, while can work on the relations and access part with way more time and less luck than he has, the other "royalties" are out of our reach.

  • Anna E. Jan 12, 2018

    Al Bello is a giant and have him walk us through his work on the first 10 minutes alone was worth the investment. He shares more technical information than a lot of educators do, that are easy to follow and understand.

  • Britt S. Dec 22, 2016

    Sports Photography: Making the Shot is a very good class for showing what really goes into big league sports photography as well as a glimpse into the sacrifice and outside-the-box thinking needed to standout from the crowd. Al Bello's images are stunning and his years of experience and unique creative style are clear in each one. This is not necessarily a course where you are going to learn camera settings or recommended lens suggestions for certain sports, but what it lacks in that area, it certainly makes up for through inspiring images and Al Bello's humble presentation style.

  • Agnieszka W. Dec 7, 2016

    Al Bello did a there good job with this course. He gives a lot of informations of the gear and setup on different locations. He makes you inspire to look for better shots than other does. This course helped me to work on location with other 20 photographers. And I can be proud to take a totally different shots then others of horses that we photographed in 3 days job in Poland. I really recommend it!

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