 Bryan Wyatt |
Photographing Action: Sports
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Diane Dupuis |
Well, if you're shooting action, you have to keep in to mind the shutter delay. It takes some getting used to when shooting action - you have to basically anticipate where the action is going and be ready for it before it gets there. Lots of practice with your camera will help. I've been following around the girls basketball team where I work, and I get my best shots at 1/60 F2.8 200 ISO with the flash on. But the settings will depend on the lighting, etc. What are you trying to get pictures of? Outdoors or indoors?
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Mark Feldstein |
Hey Bryan: Along the lines of what Diane mentioned, there are a few things I suggest you try to solve that problem. For example, learn how to pan your camera - i.e., turning your camera to follow the action and keep it in the viewfinder. A tripod or even a monopod will give your camera support while you do that. Also, as Diane suggested, anticipating where the action is going - and being there ahead of time - will help you a lot. In a sense, you set your viewfinder for what I call "the zone of action", and as the players move down court you'll see them thundering into the viewfinder where you're ready to hit the shutter release. That cuts down on the time to set-up and frame your shot. A motor drive or power winder is very useful for sports photography. It not only can help capture multiple frames in a second (depending on your actual shutter speed) but allows you to concentrate on the viewfinder without being distracted through advancing the film to the next frame, although I suspect your camera is digital. When using available light at a venue, personally, I prefer a faster ISO and shutter speed, to work around 1/125 or 1/250th of a sec. When using a flash with a focal plane shutter, of course, you need to be working at slower speeds for flash sync, but the flash will help freeze the action. Hope that helps.
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Lori S. Aschbrenner |
Bryan, on the Canon G5, to get what you see - use the LCD screen instead of the viewfinder. I found what worked best for action was to have the focus already set by pressing the shutter button half way down in anticipation of the shot and then to press all the way just as the subject was coming into view on the LCD. Once you get used to the shutter lag, you'll capture more of what you're wanting. Although I should mention that I haven't taken many sports pictures... just active kids. Hope this helps some.
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Ryan Glaze |
Lori is correct...the image in the LCD is what you get...not the view finder.
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Bryan Wyatt |
Thanks to all of you for your help, sorry I havent got back in touch sooner have been in hospital. Diane the answer to your question is out door sports. Lori have tried what you suggested and have found that better then before (Thank you). All of your answers have been a great help and once again thank you all for the advice.
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