Sports-Game UI Photography Brief: Shot List, Lighting and Locations

Q: What shots should I get for a Sports-Game UI photo shoot?

For a Sports-Game UI shoot, capture: Scoreboard: a fictional match-day scoreboard band in stadium white on ink black, two team colours in signal red and electric blue, tabular numerals oversized, one gold accent for the leader; Player card: a single athlete silhouette cropped fast at the shoulder against a floodlight glare, gold foil frame, a giant numeral, condensed caps label zone; Match day: a wide stadium under floodlights rendered as a broadcast overlay, lower-third panels, glass overlays, no crowd faces readable; Stat sheet: a grid of stat bars and rating numerals on black, red and blue against white, the hierarchy carried by size alone; Trophy: a chrome trophy under a single light on ink black with gold and white bands, the composition of a season-end screen.

Q: Where should I shoot Sports-Game UI photography?

Good locations for Sports-Game UI photography include: A stadium or arena under floodlights, A tunnel or locker room lit like a broadcast, A studio set built as a scoreboard, A card table for the trading-card frames.

SET

The setup

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Brief Int(sports-game-.BRF)
✎Sports-Game UI
01 LightStadium floodlight: hard, top-heavy, with glare and a cool blue fill, so skin and kit read as broadcast rather than editorial. Overlays are lit by their own glass. Gold is the only warm light and it belongs to the trophy.
02 WardrobeFictional kits in signal red and electric blue with white numerals, warm-up gear in black. No real club, league or sponsor marks anywhere on the garment.
03 LocationA stadium or arena under floodlights
04 Palette
SetupNoteFinderShotsLightSave

DIR

Director's note

The numbers are the subject. Every frame has one oversized numeral and the athlete is cropped to serve it. Keep the league fictional all the way down: kits, crests, sponsors, names. If it starts to read as a SaaS dashboard, add the floodlight and the card frame back; if it starts to read as a real broadcast, take the sponsor out.

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Viewfinder

Live

Four controls on the brief's own plate · the meter is real, so you can blow a frame

Standby50mmf/5.6 · 1/125 · ISO 400

Aperturef/5.6Shutter1/125ISO400White balance5200K

Use your own photo

Running the list sets the camera for every shot in turn. Load your own photo to light and expose a frame you actually shot.

LGT

Light the set

3 lamps

Drag a lamp and watch the frame above change. The brief's own note is the preset

KeyThe light that makes the pictureMediumEye level

FillHow far into shadow you can seeMediumEye level

BackRound at the front, where it is just another fillOffEye level

On the brief

Contact sheet

00 / 12

Nothing on the sheet yet. Set the camera, then take a frame.

SEQ

Shot list

00 / 05

Tap a pad to mark the frame shot · saved on this device

Scoreboard: a fictional match-day scoreboard band in stadium white on ink black, two team colours in signal red and electric blue, tabular numerals oversized, one gold accent for the leadersetup50mm

Player card: a single athlete silhouette cropped fast at the shoulder against a floodlight glare, gold foil frame, a giant numeral, condensed caps label zonesetup50mm

Match day: a wide stadium under floodlights rendered as a broadcast overlay, lower-third panels, glass overlays, no crowd faces readablewide24mmthru glass

Stat sheet: a grid of stat bars and rating numerals on black, red and blue against white, the hierarchy carried by size alonesetup50mm

Trophy: a chrome trophy under a single light on ink black with gold and white bands, the composition of a season-end screensetup50mm

Rolling

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LOC

Locations

A stadium or arena under floodlightsA tunnel or locker room lit like a broadcastA studio set built as a scoreboardA card table for the trading-card frames

REF

Explore the aesthetic

Style guide Color palette

DOC

About this brief

How do I photograph the Sports-Game UI aesthetic?

Shoot the athlete like a card and the room like a broadcast, then let the numbers lead.

Director's note

What shots should I get for a Sports-Game UI photo shoot?

Leave with every frame on this list.

Shot list

Scoreboard: a fictional match-day scoreboard band in stadium white on ink black, two team colours in signal red and electric blue, tabular numerals oversized, one gold accent for the leader
Player card: a single athlete silhouette cropped fast at the shoulder against a floodlight glare, gold foil frame, a giant numeral, condensed caps label zone
Match day: a wide stadium under floodlights rendered as a broadcast overlay, lower-third panels, glass overlays, no crowd faces readable
Stat sheet: a grid of stat bars and rating numerals on black, red and blue against white, the hierarchy carried by size alone
Trophy: a chrome trophy under a single light on ink black with gold and white bands, the composition of a season-end screen

What lighting works for Sports-Game UI photography?

Stadium floodlight: hard, top-heavy, with glare and a cool blue fill, so skin and kit read as broadcast rather than editorial. Overlays are lit by their own glass. Gold is the only warm light and it belongs to the trophy.

Light

Where should I shoot Sports-Game UI photography?

Scout these before anything else.

Locations

A stadium or arena under floodlights
A tunnel or locker room lit like a broadcast
A studio set built as a scoreboard
A card table for the trading-card frames

What wardrobe works for Sports-Game UI photography?

Fictional kits in signal red and electric blue with white numerals, warm-up gear in black. No real club, league or sponsor marks anywhere on the garment.

Wardrobe

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