Bob Martin

Bob Martin is a British photographer who is known for his football work he has worked taken photos at many different Premier League grounds along with this he has also been to several FIFA World Cups beginning as early as the 1970s. Martin is a huge inspiration in my work as he has been to several huge events and has taken some of the best football images that I have seen.

This image is one of my favourite that Martin has taken this is because it shows the aftermath of a tackle during a game between Watford and Man United. The main reason this is again a very strong image is that the fans in the background who are Watford supporters would be wearing yellow which is a bright colour but in this image they aren't distracting it doesn't take your eyes away from the action of the image that you are supposed to be looking at and in sports photography it is vital that the background is blurred out and not distracting to you.

This photo was taken at the 2010 FIFA World Cup at a match between Argentina and Mexico. This photo I really like because it shows the two players battling for the ball and the Mexican player is using a rather unorthodox method of trying to get the ball in mid-air this is something you would normally do if the ball was on the ground or off the ground a bit but not like this. Here again he has blurred out the crowd and that isn't distracting I also like expression he has got on the face of the Argentine player I find it quite funny and is kind of makes it a bit of a hilarious image.

This image shows Liverpool's Emre Can (in red) and Chelsea's Diego Costa (in blue) battling for the ball in a Premier League during the current Premier League season. The reason I like this image is because from this size it looks like Can has intense focus on his face at the ball and that Costa isn't looking at the ball, whereas if you look at an enlarged version of the photo neither player is looking at the ball which I find quite interesting as normally you would expect in a match. He has focused on the players I haven't seen a football photo with the crowd blurred out so much and of course this is vital.

Martin doesn't specify what equipment he uses when he takes his football photos but I would presume he would use a Canon 1DX as after I have met say that the best camera to use for football photography is the 1DX and that most football photographers use it and very few actually use Nikon's. When it comes to lens I would guess he probably uses either a 100-400mm or a 200-400mm lens as these are the most popular for sports photographers to use it could also be a 70-200mm lens as I know a fair few sports photographers who use them.