Editor Note: This post was written by Sony Influencer André Ringuette, all text and accompanying images have been used with permission.
When I first started photography, my original camera was a manual-focus SLR where you advanced the film with your thumb after every shot. When I became interested in sports photography, I bought my first motor drive, which automatically advanced the film at a blazing three frames per second. Then came autofocus, which felt incredible at the time. After that came digital cameras with four megapixels of resolution, and over the years, resolution, noise control, white balance, and overall performance improved exponentially.
But then Sony introduced their mirrorless system.
I had heard and read many great things about what the Alpha system could do, but I’ve always preferred to see things for myself and run my own tests. From the very beginning, everything felt immediately responsive, accurate, and sharp. Working with the Sony Alpha 1 allowed me to focus on composition, timing, and creativity rather than wondering whether a sequence of images was going to be sharp or not.
In fact, I started using my Sony cameras for personal photography — traveling and documenting my children’s activities — something I had rarely done by having to lug my professional cameras before.
Now, photography is thoroughly enjoyable again.
You can find more of André Ringuette’s work on his Instagram channel or at FreestylePhotography.com
About André Ringuette
Graduated Cum Laude in Fine Arts – Photography at the University of Ottawa. Started as Official Photographer for the respective Athletics Departments at U of O and Carleton University. Selected as Team Canada’s Official Photographer for the 1995 Universiade in Fukuoka, Japan. Photos from this assignment drew the interest of TSN’s marketing department and covered NHL, CFL, NBA, MLB, PGA for them. Became house photographer for Corel Centre (now Canadian Tire Centre), eventually earning the title of Team Photographer of the Ottawa Senators. Subsequently found some of the best and hardest working photographers to include into the Freestyle Team. Trusted photographer for the NHL, Getty Images, Upper Deck, Hockey Hall of Fame, IIHF and most of Ottawa’s pro teams.