 Evan C. Benson |
Sports photography Im 15 years old and I have a passion for photography. I just got a volunteering job with a local newspaper here. Once I get established there and they beleive my pics are good then they will be provideing me with my own Digital Camera. However right now I have Cannon Rebel K@ with a 90mm Lens ... Its a 35mm Film Based camera... I cannot afford any real big products... im going to be taking shots outdoors mostly of High School Sports and Collage. I can afford like some filters on ebay real cheap but havn't yet gotten one ... I really want to be successfull in this ... What is a good Cheap Brand of film and what is the best ISO speed... Also if you have any good advice that would be wonderful as well!!! Thank you so much!
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Ariel Lepor |
I can't help you with film photography and buying stuff for that, but I wouldn't think you would use any filters with sport photography, except, maybe, if the glare from the players uniforms or something is real bad, you could use a polarizer filter to help with that. Do note, however, that it would make the picture darker so you would need a higher ISO, a bigger aperture, or a longer shutter speed, and, when doing sport photography, the smaller the aperture, the faster the shutter speed, and the lower the ISO, the better. So, when you shoot, if it's sunny, you won't have much problem. The ISO should be like 100 for low noise (or 200 if need be), and have as small an aperture possible (unless you are trying to focus on a single player, which is difficult at 90mm) while keeping a shutter speed of like 1/200s or faster. Ariel
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Mark Feldstein |
Greetings Ev. You came to the right place but before I continue, there's another place that's exclusively for FILM photographers (like me and apparently you). http://www.apug.org. It's the analog photographers users group. All film, all the time, no digital. Shooting, processing, printing techniques, all film and paper. You'll probably fit in just swell there. It sounds to me like you're following the same sort of road I followed that got me into photojournalism....about the time Moses was still in short pants. I started shooting when I was 9, started doing h.s. track and field stuff at 14, freelancing h.s. sports for a local paper at 15 and then stringing for the Chicago Sun Times at 18. To answer your your immediate questions though, film: Believe it or not, film is probably the cheapest commodity a photographer has. But really cheap film can be problematic. My own preference for umpteen years has been Kodak Tri-X Pan, either professional emulsion (ISO 320) or standard ISO at 400 for 35mm work. It's great stuff !!! Process it in D-76, among other developers, experiment and find your fave combinations. It takes awhile but take notes on your exposures and ISOs, etc. You'll find the combo that works best for you. If you need the names of labs that can process your film, let me know. Also, I shoot a lot of Tri-X at 250 ISO. That requires a little adjustment in the darkroom for processing, but the results can be really beautiful. Filters for b&w outdoors? You don't really need much, if any. Contrast enhancers like red, green, yellow, all have some degree of use, as does a circular polarizer to help reduce or eliminate unwanted glare or reflections. The three most important items you can have are a lens shade, a separate incident light meter, and good lenses. For sports, even if you're down on the sidelines, a 200-300 mm lens is quite useful. A monopod (not a tripod) can be helpful too along with a rain hood. Anything else? Feel free to post it here or just drop me a note. Above all have fun with it.
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Ariel Lepor |
Aw, Mark. You always give better answers than me right after I answer a question! lol Evan, if anything Mark said contradicted anything I said (which I don't think happened), he has more experience than me so follow his judgment. Have fun shooting!
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Mark Feldstein |
Now I'm blushing. Sorry Ari, didn't mean to nearly step on your toes. It must be that great minds like yours and sometimes...mine??? think alike. LOL !!! Hey I saw your advice on model releases you gave someone. COOL @@@ You got it !!!! I'm sure whatever advice you can give Evan will be right on too like you did here if he was shooting digital. But as you may know, I'm digitally impaired. I'll only shoot with a digital camera if an editor insists and justifies it AND loans me the camera. LOL !!!
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Ariel Lepor |
Really? Thanks, Mark! I was a little uncertain about my advice since you gave such a detailed one after mine, but I'm really glad to get this conformation from such an experienced photographer (some of who's work I'd really love to see on this site!)! :) Mark, I got my first P&S digital in '03 and my first manual control "P&S" a few months ago. I'm thinking of an SLR upgrade in a while. I find digital good for learning for me because I can experiment with different settings more than I would with film and I can see the results right away so I know what to change. I'm also already used to digital terms and stuff, so I'm fine with it. :)
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Evan C. Benson |
thanks mike for the advice... I had a digital Camera however on my recent vacation to colorado it turned up missing from the top of pikes peak and hasn't turned up yet :-(... however I love my Canon Rebel... I purchased it a couple of months ago for about $250... Anyways I still need to know alot... Im still just using Auto, portrait, landscape and low light settings I don't go the other way with P, TV , AE stuff like that cause it just really confuses me.... also don't even know what an Aparture value is... I do know How to change it butnot at what its supposed to be at... Any help on that would be great ... Im to poor at the moment now.... Im only 15 so I don't have a job... And this sport photography is only a volunteering job now... but if I show them some good work they are going to provide me with a digital camera... If theres a good website that will teach me this stuff as far as Apparture value and stuff I would greatly appreciate it... Also any advice... Im using a 28-90mm. lens.. thats all I have to work with... thanks so much for the support given... you guys are awesome...
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Ariel Lepor |
http://scrattyphotography.blogspot.com/2006/06/what-do-camera-settings-mean.html I write here what the different manual settings mean.
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