Comments on: Volleyball Is a Difficult Sport to Photograph http://regex.info/blog/2007-02-28/389 Not a photo blog, but sometimes I play one on TV Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:50:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Andrew S http://regex.info/blog/2007-02-28/389#comment-3562 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:09:01 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-02-28/389#comment-3562 Wow, these are some serious volleyball players! The second shot is great, because you can tell that the player has a huge vertical and is going to crush the ball. Beach volleyball tournaments are great to photograph, because you don't need fancy equipment (if it's outdoors), and in early-round matches you can sit right by the sidelines. Wow, these are some serious volleyball players! The second shot is great, because you can tell that the player has a huge vertical and is going to crush the ball.

Beach volleyball tournaments are great to photograph, because you don’t need fancy equipment (if it’s outdoors), and in early-round matches you can sit right by the sidelines.

]]> by: Anonymous http://regex.info/blog/2007-02-28/389#comment-3408 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:31:40 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-02-28/389#comment-3408 jr is entirely correct. Ideally, you use a slower shutter speed and move the camera to follow the jump / movement of the athlete. This blurs the background while keeping the subject in focus. It's very difficult to get right though! jr is entirely correct. Ideally, you use a slower shutter speed and move the camera to follow the jump / movement of the athlete. This blurs the background while keeping the subject in focus. It’s very difficult to get right though!

]]> by: jr http://regex.info/blog/2007-02-28/389#comment-3398 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:10:06 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-02-28/389#comment-3398 Sports photography is generally a pain. There's a reason that folks shooting games have more than one camera (and far more than one roll of fim/memory) on hand. You wind up shooting an insane number of pictures, and even then, only ten or so come out the way you want.) If I remember a class correctly, one of the tricks you can use to convey movement is to pick a high contrast target and follow it with a slow shutter speed. Of course, the problem with doing that is you're going to miss the spectacular, hair reflex shot, and of course, to get those, just never take your eye out of the camera. (Thus explaining why there's usually a few unconscious photographers on the sidelines.) These are all still great, so don't beat yourself up about it. You'll be getting Anthony in Sports Illustrated eventually. Sports photography is generally a pain. There’s a reason that folks shooting games have more than one camera (and far more than one roll of fim/memory) on hand. You wind up shooting an insane number of pictures, and even then, only ten or so come out the way you want.)

If I remember a class correctly, one of the tricks you can use to convey movement is to pick a high contrast target and follow it with a slow shutter speed. Of course, the problem with doing that is you’re going to miss the spectacular, hair reflex shot, and of course, to get those, just never take your eye out of the camera. (Thus explaining why there’s usually a few unconscious photographers on the sidelines.)

These are all still great, so don’t beat yourself up about it. You’ll be getting Anthony in Sports Illustrated eventually.

]]> by: Anonymous http://regex.info/blog/2007-02-28/389#comment-3395 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:19:02 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-02-28/389#comment-3395 Great shots. Sports photography is much harder than it looks! Even with the fast glass you have, it's going to be next to impossible with indoor lighting to capture any motion without at least a monopod. Great first attempt though! Much better than my first try at baseball.... Great shots. Sports photography is much harder than it looks!

Even with the fast glass you have, it’s going to be next to impossible with indoor lighting to capture any motion without at least a monopod.

Great first attempt though! Much better than my first try at baseball….

]]> by: Grandma Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2007-02-28/389#comment-3388 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:36:24 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-02-28/389#comment-3388 Jeff, these are enjoyable to those less critical of photography technique. It would be extra nice of you to make copies of some of them and give them to the teams. It would be an unexpected treat for them, even the opposing teams. I think you did a nice job on them. Jeff, these are enjoyable to those less critical of photography technique. It would be extra nice of you to make copies of some of them and give them to the teams. It would be an unexpected treat for them, even the opposing teams. I think you did a nice job on them.

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