There is no conflict here. You are being hired to do a job. The fact someone else is also being hired to shoot the same event (and maybe didn’t negotiate a very good deal) is nothing to do with you.

This is no different than a sporting event hiring a photographer and local newspapers sending their own along too.

An experienced photographer develops muscle memory. I can adjust my camera while looking through the viewfinder as conditions change.

But you wouldn’t expect an inexperienced photographer to be able to do that so use whatever mode you need to.

1. Top level professional sports - you only get to shoot that if you are a top level professional photographer with accreditation from a media outlet (paper, magazine or sports website).
2. To get to that point you would need to start shooting at lower levels (school/college) and build a strong portfolio and focus on building contacts with the media agencies that manage the events and the various different sporting media.
3. Hopefully one of the media will decide to hire you and will get accreditation for you.

In short… to get to the NBA you will need to be a working professional sports shooter. It simply isn’t something an amateur is going to be able to do.

I cull out of focus/wrong exposure shots and usually duplicates. But I keep all the others. There have been cases where I have returned to an image (that wasn’t originally a pick) years later and done something with it.

Some of the filter options are labeled as CN-100, E-7240, SP/200 and PV/100F.

They are types of film stock that the filter is supposed to emulate.

All digital cameras have some form of in camera processing (Picture Styles) in order to turn the RAW sensor data into JPGs. However these creative modes are generally quite limited (Portrait, Landscape, Black and White, Standard etc). The Fujifilm range of mirrorless digital cameras do have some film emulation Picture Styles) but for most cameras anything like that would need to be applied separately in post.

Sorry but if you allow this to become a legal dispute you are silly. This is an unpaid (hobby) you are doing to support the school. Why would you suddenly turn it into a legal drama?

1. Yes you own the copyright on your images but…
2. You already granted them the right to use the images. It was part of the initial agreement under which they granted you access to shoot the various events.
3. The right to use them doesn’t mean they must use them, it means they can. If they choose not to that is up to them.
4. Choosing not to use them doesn’t cancel their right to use them. If they change their mind and decide to use them then it isn’t “using without permission”.

This isn’t an international company using your images for profit without your permission. It is at most a minor tiff with someone who doesn’t know what they are doing yet.

You got to shoot events you wouldn’t have and many people got to enjoy the images. More people may or may not get to enjoy them.in the year book but is that really worth making a fuss over and potentially souring the relationship? Be the bigger person.