This video is intended for the beginning photographer to hopefully give you an idea how you might like to shoot sports. I realize this might not be the technically correct way to do sports photography, but its what has been working for me. Thanks, and Enjoy.
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25 responses to “How I shoot sports as an amature photographer”
Thank you. 🙂
nikon sucks
A is Aperture priority, P is for Program(A.K.A Auto) and S is Shutter Priority
@RyanCPhoto hi uhm do you have a flickr account? 🙂
thats for canon.
Im a beginning sports photographer as well. I shoot with a Nikon D90 with a nikon 80-200mm F2.8 lens. I like to shoot in aperture priority because you get a shallower depth of field with makes the subject stand out from the background. Personally, I think shooting sports in manual can be ify because you may miss the shot changing settings. Now when Im in the studio I shoot manual and raw but for sports its jpeg and aperture priority. Everyone has there own preference though.
First: Use Av. You need to get into Manual. Second: Shoot RAW. Third: Fill there frame. Whats with tall the empty space?? Fourth: Get out of AWB… Wtf?
@GacusanAMVs Oh you’re right… @skatebaker321 seemed so sure though haha.
m – manual
a – aperture
s – shutter
p – program
am i right or am i right? lols
faillll… aperture priority is Av.
wrong.p is program.
fail
lol A isnt aperture priority. P is.
Oh yes, and did I say: I Shoot RAW! (Jared Polin). Don’t trap your images for ever by shooting jpg, because that’s basically the equivilant.
RAW is a must for any good photography. The only purpose JPG serves is for photojournalists who have a deadline to meet and have to constantly upload their photos during a shoot, such as a sports event. But even some PJ’s still shoot RAW, and periodically process the golden frames with breaks in the action to upload them to the editor.
Here is some of my work for the ECHL, local high school and local beer league hockey: hhmultimediallc.zenfolio.com/
Yup, pretty much. That’s why hockey is the most difficult sport to shoot… and lack of light at the local rinks is just the beginning, we’re not even talking about the close action, the and the larger depth of field needed to get most of the players in focus around the face off, then, there’s shutter speed to freeze it all. 3200-6400 does the trick, but you have to have a camera with excellent low-light capabilities to pull it off 😉
ISO 6400 Wtf are you shooting hockey in the dark mate?
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Lenses: 24-70mm f2.8, 70-200mm f/2.8
Local hockey ice rinks for hockey:
Nikon D7000, ISO 6400, Shutter 1/640th, f/4.5 (fixed).
Local professional hockey arena:
Nikon D7000, ISO 3200, Shutter 1/640th, Ap f5.6 – f/6.3 (fixed)
This is why when shooting sports, such as hockey, you should shoot full manual (but obviously use auto focus). Shooting any programmed mode to let the camera suggest what it thinks you should set, is usually a bad idea. I shoot ice hockey in very low lit rinks but also shoot pro hockey with broadcast quality lighting in the ECHL.
Wouldn’t it be a better idea to be shooting in shutter priority? What if the camera gives you a higher ISO and pushes your shutter speed down (its happened to me before)? Only because I noticed some of your images aren’t exactly sharp? I don’t shoot sports yet but this is how I imagine I would go about it. Probably stick to M mode though.
Shoot RAW! 😛
ah shit that lens is awesome!!
Hey thanks for the comments. Since i made this video, i have learned quite a bit more about sports photography, and im glad to say i shoot similar to how you do. I also just bought a Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 and the fast aperture has made a wondrous difference. I agree with the manual setting. Unless im shooting in the evening where the light is constantly changing, M is a good way to go. Thanks again.
oh and also, i have a few sports shots on my flickr, the link is on my youtube page under my info
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3. in my opinion, especially with the camera that we both own, the last thing that i want to change it the iso, the pictures get worse as it increases. because of this, i shoot as wide open as my lens allows (@ 1.4) or at 2.8 if im outside.