SportShooter.com has a great article about the low angle technique sports photographer Peter Read Miller uses when shooting football games. His descriptions and the examples of this technique at work are outstanding. Particularly impressive are the photos of former USC running back Reggie Bush and San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson.

Describing the Reggie Bush shot Miller says

"It was not what I expected when he took off towards the right and I swung my camera while lying on the ground and he leaped over a UCLA defender on his way to a touchdown," Miller said. "A number of other photographers had the picture, but the low angle I had accentuated how high he jumped in the air."

Just goes to show that a little change in perspective can make all the difference in the world when shooting. Lots of other photographers probably caught Bush going in for the touchdown but this change in perspective made Miller's much more iconic and memorable.

via Rob Galbraith