Getting the Shot
Carrie Giordano works fast. She’s a photographer for two professional sports teams in California: baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers and football’s Los Angeles Rams. TFK Kid Reporter Meyer Ballas, who lives in Los Angeles, interviewed Giordano about her job. Read their conversation here. You can also see some of Giordano’s photographs below.
JUST IN TIME Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford fires off a pass.
CARRIE GIORDANO—LOS ANGELES RAMSHow did you get into sports photography?
I was one of those kids who always had a camera. But I didn’t think it would be a career path for me. When I started shooting Little League, it was just a side job. Later, I got a job at Dodger Stadium. I went back to school for photography. I thought I would do landscape photography. But one time, at Dodger Stadium, I met [Dodgers photographer] Jon SooHoo. He let me hold his camera. From that point on, I was hooked.
How did you get your current job with the Dodgers?
I started working for a sports media company. That’s basically a company that shoots the games and supplies them to the news. The pay was terrible. But I did that for a couple of years until one of the Dodgers photographers was leaving. So that’s how I got in.
HISTORY MAKER Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani celebrates a career milestone.
CARRIE GIORDANO—LOS ANGELES DODGERSWhat’s your favorite moment to have documented?
There have been a lot of good ones. Any [baseball] walk-offs walk-off in baseball, a game-ending win by the home team in the last half of the last inning (noun) are really exciting, since I get to run onto the field. If I had to pick one, it would be when the Dodgers clinched their division in 2019. It was so exciting. They had a huge celebration.
WHIP IT! Giordano captures Dodgers pitcher Gavin Stone at work.
CARRIE GIORDANO—LOS ANGELES DODGERSWhat advice would you give someone who’s interested in photography?
Go out and shoot some sporting events. Once you have a good portfolio portfolio a selection of an artist’s work that shows potential employers what the artist can do (noun) —whether it’s Little League, high school, or college—then you can show people that. They might trust you for a job.
HOT SHOT Odell Beckham Jr. celebrates with L.A. Rams fans in 2021.
CARRIE GIORDANO—LOS ANGELES RAMSMore from United States
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