This evening was meant to be a fun experience: my first ever live Rugby League game. Let me set the scene. My father and I are at Leeds Carneige Stadium in Headingley to watch the Leeds Rhinos play the Salford City Reds at home. You may be asking yourselves ‘But Stu, you’re not a sports fan, you hate sports!’ Normally you’d be right, however on this occasion we’d acquired free tickets through my mother’s job, and being Lancastrian I don’t turn down free tickets.

The real reason I wanted to go was to take my camera, a really nice Canon EOS 1000D with the stock 18-55mm and a Sigma 55-200mm I bought last year. I wanted to get some practice of taking sports shots and fast action stuff, what better place than a fast paced Rugby League game? More >