Football

tabatha_lambrecht · Oct 17, 2012

These are some of my newest shots. I'm disappointed with how most of them turned out. I just couldn't get the settings right on my new camera. Despite the noise and blurriness I would like some feedback on the actual timing and looks of the shots. Please and thank you. O and I tried to turn down the "instagram" effects, so they are a lot more natural looking.

fjrabon · Oct 17, 2012

you need your shutter speed to be higher. Like around 1/500

tabatha_lambrecht · Oct 21, 2012

I tried to put my shutter speed higher but when i was in shutter priority mode the pictures turned out way to dark. So i tried adjusting iso and the aperture but I still couldn't get the pictures light enough so i had to switch in aperture priority mode and then the shutter speed was to slow and i couldn't figure out how to fix it with out messing up the aperture again.

brian_f2.8 · Oct 21, 2012

Gotta shoot manual, try f2.8 and 1/500th then adjust the ISO from there. What settings were you using? Im not a pro but just my opinion. Also anyone would rather have some noise as opposed to blurriness. Don't be afraid to shoot at 3200 ISO, your camera has that setting for a reason.

MLeeK · Oct 21, 2012

Your extremely heavy contrast is killing what is probably some good basic images. Is your monitor calibrated?

tabatha_lambrecht · Oct 24, 2012

I wasn't set in one setting, i kept switching between a mode and s mode. I tried manual for a while but I just don't think I know enough about the camera to really play around in manual mode. I feel like the more I mess with it during a game the more shots I am losing and the longer it will take me to adjust it back to where it was before I messed with it.

tabatha_lambrecht · Oct 24, 2012

I felt like I had to make the contrast a little heavier because I couldn't get the lighting right and the pictures seemed so dark, I will definitely try to tone down the contrast for some of my next shots.

MLeeK · Oct 24, 2012

For sports your most important thing is shutter speed. You must stop the action, so if you are having troubles use that number 1 need to determine what mode you shoot in.

Manual is much easier than you think in sports. For football I point my camera at the grass and meter it so that it reads zero. My first priority is that shutter speed so I set it at 1/500. I know with my 70-200 I WANT to be at f/4 if I can so I dial those two things in. Meter the grass. According to what the meter says I either raise or lower my ISO until it reads just at or maybe 1/3 stop below 0. If you are under the lights-they never change in brightness so you can stay right there. Done. exposure the same all night long. No problems.