{"id":56661,"date":"2015-07-21T12:25:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T11:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=56661"},"modified":"2015-07-21T12:49:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T11:49:53","slug":"blind-photographer-lands-dream-role-at-football-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/blind-photographer-lands-dream-role-at-football-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Blind photographer lands dream role at football club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Taylor (above), who has 25% vision in each eye, was left devastated after he was forced to give up his job in the security industry in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I didn\u2019t pick up a camera for three or four months,\u2019 the 51-year-old told <em>Amateur Photographer<\/em> (AP).<\/p>\n<p>However, photography \u2013 and help from the RNIB \u2013 lifted him out of the depression that followed his sight loss, and helped\u00a0him overcome his loss of confidence.<\/p>\n<p>A passionate photographer since schooldays, Dave said he has no formal training \u2013 instead, learning his craft from reading magazines such as AP and watching YouTube videos to help hone his technique.<\/p>\n<p>As a huge fan of \u2018Pompey\u2019, and determined to photograph a home game, Dave wrote to Portsmouth FC despite previously having shot only portraits and landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I was really surprised they responded to my email because they [already] have their own photographer,\u2019 said Dave.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I sent them a couple of landscape pictures.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In March, Dave\u2019s dream became a reality when he was shadowed during a match by a club photographer who loved his photos so much he asked Dave if he could cover reserve, ladies and academy teams\u2019 games.<\/p>\n<p>He now works as a volunteer photographer for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pompeypress.co.uk\/\">www.pompeypress.co.uk<\/a>, a website for Portsmouth fans, covering the occasional first-team game as well as other matches.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pompress.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56641\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pompress.jpg\" alt=\"pompress\" width=\"1040\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/pompress.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/pompress.jpg?resize=300,239 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/pompress.jpg?resize=503,400 503w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/pompress.jpg?resize=900,716 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/pompress.jpg?resize=562,447 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><em>The Pompey Press website, where Dave Taylor&#8217;s photos appear<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I can\u2019t always see the ball, so I rely a lot on my hearing of the ball being kicked and the crowd\u2019s cheers,\u2019 explained Dave, who mainly uses a Canon EOS 6D with a 70-200mm f\/2.8 lens and 2x converter.<\/p>\n<p>None of his kit has been specially adapted to cope with his visual impairment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I can hear the crowd. If Portsmouth are attacking towards the Fratton End I hear them getting excited.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Using sound as a guide, Dave is able to zoom in on the action.<\/p>\n<p>This technique doesn\u2019t always work, though. Dave recalls an amusing moment when he was waiting for the ball to come down to earth, only to find \u2013 after a long wait \u2013 that it wasn\u2019t a ball after all, but a passing gull.<\/p>\n<p>Dave said he has a \u2018hit rate\u2019 of 10%, meaning that from around 1,000 photos he takes per match, around 100 are \u2018okay\u2019.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8882.web_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56658\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8882.web_.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8882.web\" width=\"640\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/IMG_8882.web_.jpg 640w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/IMG_8882.web_.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/IMG_8882.web_.jpg?resize=515,400 515w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/IMG_8882.web_.jpg?resize=562,436 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Dave said he has difficulty judging the quality of his pictures from the camera&#8217;s LCD screen, waiting until he has downloaded them to a computer where he can view them on a larger screen.<\/p>\n<p>He sends 40-60 of his photos from each game to the Pompey Press website.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When I found myself at pitch-side taking photographs, at the club I have supported all my life, I felt like a kid in a toy shop \u2013 it was so exciting for me,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s great that Portsmouth was willing to look beyond my sight loss and see that I can actually take some decent pictures.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m looking forward to the new season and maybe one day becoming a more regular photographer for the first team.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Colin Farmery, who manages the club\u2019s inclusion and diversity policy, said: \u2018When Dave approached us, it sounded such as inspirational story [that] as a club we were delighted to give him his chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He has proved a valuable member of our Pompey Press volunteer team of photographers and his pictures are very good.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dave told AP he first got into photography when he was given the chance to take photos at school on Wednesday afternoons, as an \u2018art\u2019 option instead of doing sport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_2644.web_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56659\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_2644.web_.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2644.web\" width=\"640\" height=\"984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/IMG_2644.web_.jpg 640w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/IMG_2644.web_.jpg?resize=300,461 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/IMG_2644.web_.jpg?resize=260,400 260w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/07\/IMG_2644.web_.jpg?resize=562,864 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> [All photo credits: \u00a9 Dave Taylor]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who is registered blind has landed his dream role as an official photographer at Portsmouth Football Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":56660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-56661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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