froknowsphoto.com How to take ice hockey photos. Ice hockey is one of the hardest sports in my mind to try and photography. It was my first passion as a photographer and though many photographers tried to steer me clear of shooting it, I stuck with it and felt like I got as close to mastering it as possible. There are a lot of factors you need to take into consideration when you are shooting ice hockey. You have to think about the basics like what should my ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture be but than you also have to think about what will make for a good image. That is where a lot of people get lost when it comes to sports photography. You see a lot of images of players standing around because action shots tend to be more difficult.
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25 responses to “Photography Tutorial – How to take Ice Hockey Photos”
@JaredPolin How many panels of synthetic ice is that?
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Thank you. You kind of got that Ogie Oglethorpe thing goin’ on!
Greetings! Have you ever tried photo sfxart tricks (search for it)? My mate Charley made some amazing pics with their video tutorials.
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no foil, coach?
excellent. going to become the official photographer of our Friday night rat game. with a bunch of old guys stopping the action shouldn’t be that difficult. crappy lights in our rink with a d200 = lots of noise.
wow awesome set up! That must of cost like 2000 bucks for that synthetic ice!
where i can buy that base where you skate ??
Hi, have you come across “PhotoSFXart” (search on Google for it)? There you will find a great free video showing how to create impressive pictures. It made it possible for Matt to take photos which have that jaw-dropping-effect any time you look at them. Hopefully it works for you too.
you should do a tutorial on how to shoot Football (soccer)
are your sofas in yet?
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Hey there, have you come across “MagicSFXphoto” (just search on Google for it …)? On their website you will find a great free video explaining the way to shoot amazing photos. It made it possible for Joe to make photographs that leave you with a jaw-dropping-effect while you look at them. Perhaps it will work for you too.
Thumbs up for the playoff beard!
Double thumbs up for the Flyers orange shirt!!
Thanks for the excellent tutorial!
Thanks! Wish I had thought to search for this at the beginning of the hockey season…but now I’ll be ready for next year. You’ve been very helpful.
not sure exactly what it is but its from global synthetic ice.
is that Polytatrafluoroethene (PTFE)… i wanna get some… looks fun :L
A LITTLE TO LONG
THANKS!!!
thank you, very good to know ..
On a 7D, are you kidding??? Crank that thing up to 6400 and even 12,800! Now, will there be noise? You bet there will be but you can correct for it in Lightroom and you’ll be surprised at how much detail is preserved — some will be lost, it’s a fact, but you’ll be surprised at how much detail is retained. Go out and shoot to find out for yourself.
I think you’d be surprised at how many people have tried to shoot ice hockey with their brand new DSLRs and failed miserably. I shoot hockey 5-6 days per week as a pro photog and even I, after many years of shooting the game, appreciate this video. Besides, you can always learn something no matter what the subject mater is.
This is a GREAT question! The deal is, the higher the ISO the more sensitive you camera’s sensor is to light. When we increase the ISO sensitivity, this opens new doors for us as a photographer: 1) we can increase our shutter speed to stop the action (never shoot any sport with a shutter < 1/400th) 2) we can also increase the depth of field to settings like f/4.5 - f/5.6. To do this at a local rink, you need a cam that has great ISO performance such as a Nikon D7000, Canon 60D...