Want to be the Official Photographer of a League 1 Club? UNRIYO Communication Studies Students Invite Bali United Photographers

YOGYAKARTA – Did you know that the job of an official football club photographer is not only to take pictures of the players, but also to be able to build relationships with players? Now, this time, students of the S-1 Communication Studies Study Program, Faculty of Social and Economics (FISE), Universitas Respati Yogyakarta (UNRIYO) invited Ewin Setyo, the Official Photographer of Bali United, a football club from Bali that competed in the BRI League 1 (Soccer League). Bola Utama Indonesia) to immediately reveal the secret in a webinar with the theme Sport Talk entitled "Behind the Scenes of the Official Photographer Club Liga 1", last Saturday (20/11/2021) via zoom meeting. 

"I appreciate this event which is one of the student's tasks in the Event Management course with the aim that students can learn to design and implement the program," said Warhi Pandapotan Rambe, UNRIYO Communication Science lecturer who teaches Event Management.

No less than 100 participants who were not only joined by communication science students and UNRIYO Communication Science lecturers also received enthusiasm from the football lovers community. Especially when Ewin Setyo, the Official Photographer of Bali United, began to show his photographs one by one with the opening photo of Bali United Champions by telling about his experiences ranging from his role on the sidelines to the ups and downs he experienced while being the official photographer for the club from the Island of the Gods.

“As a football photographer, he has a lot of work to do. Apart from being busy depending on the club's agenda, I am also required to adjust to the club's busy activities from practice to matches," said Ewin, a photographer born from Bali. 

"Football team photographers also have to be able to build relationships with players so they can help get images that match the photographer's wishes," he added. 

Ewin also told how the most unexpected moments for him were on the touchline and made him have to focus for 90 minutes to monitor the uncertain events displayed by the players. To overcome this, Ewin admitted that he always did a little research to be able to predict what events would happen.

"I always do a little research first to find out about the various habits of players on the field and individual achievements that can be my reflection capital to get similar moments that might happen," he explained. 
In addition to delivering the material, Ewin also received several questions from the participants who attended the webinar. From several questions submitted by participants, there was one participant who asked about the sad experience that Ewin had with Bali United as a photographer. While Ewin awkwardly answered the question, 

"The saddest moment is seeing the team not winning," said Ewin, hiding the reason why Bali United failed to win the Indonesian League at that time in 2017. The sad emotions felt by the players when they failed to win became the sadness of all parts of Bali United, including Ewin. as the official photographer.

When asked about the challenges faced by today's football photographers, according to Ewin, is competing against time. In addition to taking pictures during the match, a photographer has the responsibility to send photos to the media manager throughout the match. Therefore, the equipment used must be able to support activities so that photo distribution is not disrupted.

"Nowadays, photo resolution doesn't have to be good, because the most important thing is that photographers in the field must be able to quickly report the moment in real time so that the image can be immediately processed by the media department to be shared on the club's social media," he said. (Hadid, Editor: CS)

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