Bob,


Couple of things. You may first need to get permission from the rec league, and if schools, the city/county. Many leagues have contracts with a company to just do portraits. It seems getting a vendor license will cover this.


In the youth sports I have covered: soccer, football and surfing, we break up galleries by team names. Before the games we offer to sell coupons to interested parents who want to guarantee an action photo of their kid. We still cover the whole game as well.


When publishing on our site, we separate out by team name or time slot (in the case of surfing) and allow the parents to browse through those galleries no restrictions, we email the parents and coaches with the link to the galleries. This also has a search function.


You can do what we do in Triathlons where we link images to bib/jersey numbers and email individual players a link to their photos and allows a person to search by last name and/or jersey/bib number but this is a royal royal pain in the ass if you have over 2000 images and you are the only one doing post.


My sports site: www.triduo.com


who does the managing of the orders and such: www.exposuremanager.com


On field work: Football you can get away with alternating between sidelines and goal area for shots, you will need two bodies: a telephoto and a wide. Follow the ball, grab some blocks as well.


Soccer: Depending on field size you can park yourself in a corner and cover the entire field with a 300-400 or move around. Again a wide and tele is a good idea. Follow the ball, timing is key here.


Baseball: zzzzzzzzz. Probably one of the most boring sports to shoot. Alternate between 2nd and 3rd base line.