Last time I left off, I had finished shooting my first football game and was left partially satisfied with most of my setup, yet wanting a bit more, especially on the very long end. For my second game the very next week, I traveled out with the team to Palouse, Washington, for an away [...]
One dramatic difference you’ll while shooting a football game is how the light changes if you’re shooting a game that overlaps the sunset. This first game I shot ran the full gamut from daylight to sunset/shade to stadium lights. Experienced sports shooter should already known to shoot in aperture priority, but for those who are [...]
Use aperture priority. Why? In dynamic lighting situations (which will be anywhere outdoors), your lighting will be all over the place as the sun starts to decline, clouds roll in, and players move in and out of shaded regions (or for stadium lighting, the better-lit sidelines). There is simply no way to manually [...]
Life is full of little small choices, and then there are the big decisions. Namely, 70-200mm f2.8 on a 1.3x crop or 400mm f2.8 on a 1.5x?
I recently had the opportunity to shoot a couple of football games for the paper I work at, The Daily Californian. It was my first time shooting football game, and [...]
: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give me input on the Kodak Z980 vrs. the Canon Powershot (with 20X zoom for $399). I am really struggling with which to buy...