TAKING GREAT ATHLETIC TEAM PHOTOS

1. Turn Off any Special Features such as live photo, beauty cam, etc.

2. Set Phone to Highest Resolution Possible

3. Turn on Gridlines

4. Turn on Leveling Feature if available.

TWO DIFFERENCES FROM INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS

5. Do NOT turn on your flash.
Phone flashes are not strong enough to make a difference on group photos.
6. Do NOT use portrait mode for group photos.

Outdoors is best. We can always add a digital background to a team photo.

2. The sun should NOT be behind the team. If the team is in the sun, look at the shadows created by the players. The shadows should be to the side or behind the players. Shadows should not be pointed toward the photographer.

3. Do not let the sun hit your camera lens, this is the #1 problem in professional and DIY photography outdoors. Keep your camera shaded even if the team is in the sun.

Have subjects line up tallest to shortest to make posing easiler.

Back Row: 8 Tallest will line up shoulder to shoulder in the back row including coaches. Do not let coaches stand behind tall players.

Second Row: The next 8 tallest team
members posed with both knees down sitting up tall right against the back row.

Third Row, if needed: Additional players can sit "crisscross applesauce” in front, with their backs against the kneeling row.

1. Take Team Photos Horizontally

2. The heads of the back row should be at or just above the top gridline with empty space overhead.

3. Crop loosely/ Leave extra space. Our technicians will crop in properly, leave us some room to work with especially since we add captions to group photos.

4. Tell everyone “Look at me and when I say 3 make sure your eyes are open and smile. Then say “1 2 3 eyes open”.
Pro Tip: Don’t’ tell large groups to say funny words or you get mouths open photos.