Taking Minor Hockey Photos
Since starting our budding empire of photography, without really being categorized or having a niche, one thing has been clear. In Canada, hockey is big business. For example, some of the top pros make 8-9 million dollars a season, and on top of that they get multimillion dollar endorsement deals. So whip your kids into shape young is the point. OK, maybe not. The real point is that even at the lowest level of hockey, the starting point, there is money to be made as a photographer. If you can get invited to photograph minor hockey tournaments you can make 1000$-2000$ a weekend, no sweat. OK, some sweat since there is some equipment involved, and stairs, and arenas, but it’s still a good gig. We are talking about the first few years of hockey here. For two reasons, one, everyone wants pictures when the game is cute and the kids are cute and they haven’t yet crashed the car or skipped school. Two, they are not yet moving at breakneck speeds and shooting slap-shots that could take out a camera, or worse, a photographer. The subjects are a lot more co-operative.
January 28-29 Mayerthorpe Initiation tournament
We had a great time in Mayerthorpe, the brand new arena they have there is having the finishing touches put on the upstairs so we were in a bit of a tight space but for a small town arena it really is a nice building. The lighting is great, the ice is great, and the food at the concession is awesome. They made a traditional Ukranian supper one night with perogies and all!
There are very few one-rink arenas in small towns that are as nice as Mayerthorpe as far as photography goes. The benches are nice and long so you aren’t in the way. The lighting is clean and even as mentioned before. We are planning on going back there for the Atom provincials so that should be cool. Enjoy the photos. (more…)
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