Tom Jenkins

Tom Jenkins Tom Jenkins is a sports photographer that travels the world

getting photos of many different sports. He has been to six football World Cups and four summer Olympic Games, he says these were the best experiences of his career. Tom says that he always dreamt of being a sportsman but never fully had the enthusiasm to make it. So as he began to study photography in school he realised that he could enter the sport industry from a different angle.

Tom went to the documentary Photography course run by Magnum member David Hurn at Newport, South Wales. He left the course in 1989 and started to freelance for the agency AllSport along with newspapers such as The Independent and Sunday Telegraph. In 1990 he began to do work for the guardian and is still there today.

He lives in London with his Wife and his two children, he says none of them are interested in football which he loves.

Rule of thirds – The player is the vocal point of the image as he is in the centre.

Camera angle – The shot is taken from a low angle looking upwards at the player walking up the stairs to collect the trophy for the 2004 Rugby World Cup.

The player is the main subject but the people in the crowd are still subjects as they're in focus.

Framing – Framed so it shows the main subject at the front of the image with his fans surrounding him.

Lighting – The photo is an action shot at a stadium so the light used in the image is natural light from the flood lights as the photographer doesn’t have any control over them. Although you could argue that its non-natural light due to the fact that the flood lights are powered by electricity and someone has turned them on.

The photo has a shallow depth of field as some of the background is out of focus meanwhile the fans and the player are in focus.

Meaning – The meaning of this photo is to show that the player with the number 10 on his back is the hero as he's walking up the stairs and everyone is trying to shake his hand.

Shutter Speed – The photographer caught the player walking up the stairs with all the fans waving their hands at him to try and touch him. As the fans and the player are in focus even though they are all moving shows that a fast shutter speed was used.

Rule of Thirds – Ronaldo is in the centre of the photo so he would be in the middle square. He is the vocal point of the image.

Camera angle – The photo is taken at a low angle looking up at the players, but the main focus is Ronaldo.

The main subject of the photo is Ronaldo as he's scoring the penalty were as if Riena saved it he would be the main focus of the photo.

Framing – The photo is framed so it shows minimal subjects but has the crowd in the background.

The photo has a shallow depth of field as Ronaldo is fully in focus meanwhile Riena is out of focus along with Rooney and the crowd in the background.

Lighting – The lighting in this photo is natural light from the sun as it’s a mid day premier league game in the summer.

Meaning – The meaning of this photo is to show one of the best players of all time scoring a penalty in a match against his teams biggest rivals. It puts across a message that Ronaldo has all eyes on him as you can see the large crowd behind him.

Shutter Speed – In the photo the photographer catches a shot after Ronaldo just kicked the ball from the penalty spot along with the ball actually flying into the goal. This is a fast shutter speed as the photographer caught Ronaldo after kicking the ball and Reina diving for it without them both being completely blurred out.

Rule of Thirds – Most of the athletes body is in the 3 boxes going down the middle as he's the main subject of the image.

Camera angle – It is a low angle looking upwards at the athlete. This is done to make him seem great and intimidating.

The main subject of this photo is the athlete as he's in focus. There are no other subjects in this photo.

Framing – Framed so it has the main subject up close in the centre and in focus with the large stadium in the background.

The photo has a shallow depth of field as the main subject is fully in focus meanwhile the background is blurry as its not as important as the athlete.

Lighting – The lighting in this photo is natural light from the sun. You can tell natural light was used as you can see the bright blue sky in the background behind the athlete.

Meaning – The meaning of this photo is to show that even though this man has a disability he can still be a high level athlete. The low angle helps this meaning massively.

Shutter Speed – In the photo the photographer caught the athlete running past him on the track. The photo has a fast shutter speed as the athlete ran past him as the photo was taken but still managed to fully be in focus.