I have a great time trying to capture at least some of the action from behind the camera to share with everyone here on HawkeyeNation along with several of the players via Facebook. Many thanks go to Jon as my photos would not be possible without his help. Now that I am into my second season of covering the Hawks, I do have a fair amount of freedom in terms of where I shoot from as Spank mentioned above so long as I don't get in the way of TV or other media outlets such as BTN or AP Press. I also make sure to not get in the way of the spirit squad or block the view of fans behind me for any length of time.
As for the number of images I shoot per game, it varies from sport to sport but for basketball I will have roughly 125-150 shots to sort through once I get them imported into my computer before I filter out stuff that is perhaps a duplicate or too blurry.
Clem