[ Billboard Ready ]

As the official photography provider to the Los Angeles Galaxy Soccer Club, we are always looking for ways to distinguish the photography and keep it at the highest level.  A majority of sports photography is done with cameras that have the ability to rapidly capture a sequence of images, such as the Nikon D3s and Canon EOS Mark II & III.  The draw back with those cameras is that their image quality is not as high as slower studio cameras.  Studio cameras such as the Nikon D3X & Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, in contrast, do not capture rapid image sequences as well as sports cameras.  In 2008 we decided to use the 21 megapixel 1Ds Mark III to photograph game action.  Although it was a steep investment (but what camera gear isn't these days), it allowed us to the ability to reproduce beautiful high resolution images at very large print sizes, such as billboards.  Recently the Galaxy used one of our high quality action images to create billboard advertisements around Los Angeles.

The Image Used:

Although it requires much more skill to capture peak action at a slower frame rate, our preference is and will always be, to photograph events with the highest quality equipment.  For more information about the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, please visit Canon's Website.