Tag Archives: spot metering

Sep
27
2008

Football photography X’s and O’s, Part 3: Lighting Situations

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 [...]

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Sep
27
2008

Aperture-priority Exposure Technique (Sports Outside)

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 [...]

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